The following Conference Call for Papers is reposted for the information of
list members who may have an interest in this topic.
Iona McCraith
AAO Preservation Consultant
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Date: 16 Sep 2003
From: Stephen Chapman <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Call for Papers: IS&T Archiving Conference 2004
Hyatt Regency Hotel
San Antonio, TX, USA
April 20-23, 2004
<URL:http://www.imaging.org/conferences/archiving2004/>
Sponsored by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology
In cooperation with
CNI Coalition for Networked Information
DLF Digital Library Federation
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
RLG Research Libraries Group
SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering
TAGA Technical Association of the Graphic Arts
How will we recover our images and documents a year, a decade, a
generation or a century from now? How we will store and preserve
documents now so as to enable future access? How can we retrieve,
recover and restore materials of personal and cultural significance?
The Archiving Conference 2004 will address the complex and widely
varying topics in the field of archiving by bringing together
technical experts *both* from industry and from cultural
institutions (libraries, archives and museums) engaged in long-term
preservation. The goals are to benchmark or critique systems that
might be in place to preserve our digital and hardcopy information,
as well as to identify those areas where systems and technology are
not yet up to the task, and further research is of high priority.
The conference will include invited presentations by recognized
experts with extensive experience in this field, refereed papers,
and a series of tutorials to cover the technical basics of
archiving. Special keynote presentations are planned, including ones
by Gordon Bell of Microsoft Research on his MyLifeBits research, and
Clifford Lynch, Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked
Information (CNI).
Paper Submission: Prospective authors are invited to submit original
papers for presentation in any of the technical areas listed below.
750-1000 word abstracts are due October 15, 2003. If you wish to
submit a paper, please use the web-based form and process described
at
<URL:http://www.imaging.org/conferences/archiving2004/authors.cfm>
Proposed Program Topics:
Digital Image Archiving:
Standards for digital formats, color spaces, compression
Indexing and searching
Saving digital data to physical media
Archiving Conventional Media:
Standards for paper manufacturing
Archival inks
Photographic archives, including micro-formats
Storage requirements
Indexing and retrieval
Digitization for Archiving:
High speed scanning
High quality scanning
OCR, indexing and retrieval
Obsolescence of Digital Media:
Software and hardware obsolescence
Longevity of digital media
Cost of media rollover
Accessing Electronic Archives:
Indexing and searching methods
Web portals
Content and digital asset management
Emerging Digital Standards:
PDF/A
JPEG 2000
MPEG
Security and watermarking
Digital rights management
eBooks
Case Studies:
Digital Archives
Long-term archives
Museum collections
Libraries
Film archives
Medical records
Personal Photo Archives:
Personal digital archives
Saving pictures for a lifetime
Indexing and organizing
Digital versus paper
Tutorial Program: A full program of tutorials is scheduled for
Tuesday, April 20, 2004. Proposals for tutorial classes are invited;
send your proposals to the Conference Tutorials Chair
Bob Breslawski <[log in to unmask]>
General Conference Chairs:
Franziska Frey
Rochester Institute of Technology
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Robert Buckley
Xerox Corporation
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Stephen Chapman
Preservation Librarian for Digital Initiatives
Weissman Preservation Center
Harvard University Library
Holyoke Center 821
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-8596
Fax: 617-496-8344
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