Digital Library Conferences
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The document details various international conferences focusing on digital libraries, including the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), the European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (ECDL), and the International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL). It outlines the history, objectives, scope, and attendees of these conferences, as well as their management structures and awards. Additional information includes past conference locations and themes, and the various publications associated with each conference.
Digital Library Conferences
- 2. JCDL • The Joint Conference on Digital Libraries • a major internationalforum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and socialissues. • A joint initiativeof Associated ComputingMachinery (ACM) and IEEE-CS • IEEE-CS:Instituteof Electrical and Electronics Engineers – Computer Society
- 3. History of JCDL • Annual Conference on the Theory and Practice ofDigitalLibraries being heldsince 1994. • ACM had been conducting Conference on DigitalLibraries (DL) since 1996 • IEEE-CShad beenconducting Conferenceon Advances in Digital Libraries (ADL)since 1995 • Both conferences wereheld separatelytilltheyear 2000. • In 2001, both conferenceswere combinedandcalled“Joint Conference on DigitalLibraries”
- 4. History of JCDL… • First held in 2001 by combining ACM DigitalLibraries Conferenceand IEEE-CS Advances in DigitalLibraries Conferences. • Since then,held annually. • JCDL 2017 was held atthe University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada from 19 to 23 June. • Theme:“Toscale,Toanalyze,Todiscover” • Detailsavailable atwww.jcdl.org
- 6. Objective& Goal of JCDL • Objective:To promote research and development in thearea of DigitalLibraries • Goal:to meet the needs of a large and diverse constituency, which includes practitioners, researchers, educators, and policy makers
- 7. Scope ofthe theme • JCDL covers all aspects of digital libraries. • Some of themare: – new forms of information institutions – operational information systems with allmanner of digital content – new means of selecting, collecting, organizing, and distributing digital content – theoretical models of information media
- 8. Intended Participants • Peopleinterestedin allaspectsofDLs such as: – Infrastructure – Institutions – Metadata – Content – Services – Digitalpreservation – Systemdesign& implementation – Interface design – Human-computerinteraction – evaluationofperformance
- 9. Main Sponsors • sigweb: Special Interest Groups of theAssociation for ComputingMachinery • ACM: Associated ComputingMachinery Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (ACM SIGIR) • IEEE-CS: IEEE-ComputerSociety • TCDL: IEEE-CSTechnical Committeeon Digital Libraries
- 10. Conference Management • Conferenceis managedby: – Steering Committee – Conference Committee – Program Committee
- 11. Awards • VannevarBush Best Paper Award: All papers accepted for presentation are eligibleand JCDL Steering Committeeselects thewinner • Best Student PaperAward: Sponsored by IEEE-CS TCDL.The award is given to thebest paper presented at JCDL having a studentas the first author.
- 12. Awards… • Best InternationalPaperAward:Sponsored by Universityof Arizona.TheAward is giventothebest paperthatis presentedat JCDL,having firstauthor fromoutsidetheUnitedStates. • Best Poster Award:giventothebest posterthatis presentedat theJCDLconference.Sponsored by UniversityofArizona. • Best DemonstrationAward:giventothe bestdemonstration thatis presentedatthe JCDLconference.
- 13. ECDL • European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for DigitalLibraries • Started in 1997 • A majorEuropean forumfocusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and socialissues. • Detailsavailable atecdlconference.isti.cnr.it/
- 14. Past Conferences
- 15. Past Conferences
- 16. TPDL • Since 2011, ECDLchangedits nameto TPDL- International Conferenceon Theory and Practice of DigitalLibraries. • TPDL2016 (20th) was held at Hannover, Germany from 5-9 September 2016 • TPDL2017 (21st) willbe heldat Thessaloniki, Greece, September 17-21, 2017 • Conferencewebsite:www.tpdl.eu
- 17. Past TPDL Conference No. Year Place Date 15 TPDL 2011 Berlin, Germany 25-29 September 16 TPDL 2012 Paphos, Cyprus 23-27 September 17 TPDL 2013 Valetta, Malta 22-26 September 18 DL 2014* London, UK 8-12 September 19 TPDL 2015 Poznań, Poland 14-18 September 20 TPDL 2016 Hannover, Germany 5-9 September *DL 2014: A single event that brought together the TPDL and JCDL
- 18. ECDL Charter • The Steering Committee:to ensure thecontinuity andthe quality of ECDL • The ExecutiveBoard: tosolicitproposals forfuture conferences andto selecttheproposal in consultationwiththe Steering Committee • The Organizing Committee:overallplanning,running and supervising theconference • The Program Committee:planning and implementationof technicalsessions oftheconference
- 19. Publications • TPDLProceedings are published under theseries“Lectures Notes in Computer Science”by Springer-Verlag • Select papers presented at TPDLare published in the journal “InternationalJournalof Digital Libraries” • Bulletinof IEEETechnicalCommittee on DigitalLibraries publishes excellentpapers presented in TPDLDoctoral Consortium
- 20. ICADL • InternationalConference on AsianDigitalLibraries • Startedin 1998 • Geographicalscope: Asia-Pacificcountries • Inspiredfrom JCDLand TPDL • First ICADLwasheld in Hong Kong • ICADL2017 (19th ICADL)willbe heldatChulalongkorn University,Bangkok,Thailand between13-15November • Detailsavailableaticadl2017.org
- 21. Past Conferences Year Venue 1998 Hong Kong 1999 Taipei, China 2000 Seoul, Korea 2001 Bangalore, India 2002 Singapore 2003 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2004 Shanghai, China 2005 Bangkok, Thailand 2006 Kyoto, Japan 2007 Hanoi, Vietnam 2008 Bali, Indonesia 2010 Gold Coast, Australia (with JCDL)
- 22. Past Conferences Year Venue 2011 Beijing, China 2012 Taipei, Taiwan 2013 Bangalore, India 2014 Chiang Mai, Thailand 2015 Seoul, Korea 2016 Tsukuba, Japan
- 23. Participants • Researchers and professionals from: – Library and information science – Computer science – Social science – Information systems – Law and policy – Education andlearning – andvarious other academicdisciplines
- 24. Themes • Topics generally include: – digital library technologies and information systems – content management – service models for digital libraries – cost and sustainabilityissuesof DLs
- 25. Conference Management • SteeringCommittee:Advisory committeeconsisting of digital library researchers and leaders in Asia and other parts of the world • PresentSteeringCommitteeChair:ShigeoSugimoto, University of Tsukuba, Japan • ConferenceCommittee • Program Committee
- 26. ICADL 2017 • An InternationalForum has been constituted to conduct ICADL 2017. • The forum is calledTheInternationalForumonData, Information,andKnowledgeforDigitalLives • The InternationalForum will include 19th ICADL and 8th A- LIEP (Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information EducationandPractice).
- 27. Publications • The papers accepted for presentationat ICADL are published in the form of proceedings. • Proceedings are generally released during the conference.