Call for Papers

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JCDL 2008 invites papers, posters, demonstrations, tutorials, as well as workshop and panel proposals that will make the conference an exciting and creative place to attend. As always, the conference welcomes contributions from all the fields that intersect to enable Digital Libraries. Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Interfaces to information for novices and experts
• Information visualization
• Retrieval and browsing
• Data mining/extraction
• Enterprise-scale Information Architectures
• Distributed information systems
• Studies of information behavior and needs; user modeling
• Insightful analyses of existing systems
• Deployment of digital collections in education
• Digital Library curriculum development
• Systems and algorithms for preservation

Paper Submissions

Paper authors may choose between two formats: Full, and short papers. Both formats will be included in the proceedings and will be presented at the conference. Both formats will be rigorously peer reviewed.

Full papers report on mature work, or efforts that have reached an important milestone. Short papers will highlight efforts that might be in an early stage, but are important for the community to be made aware of. Short papers can also present theories or systems that can be concisely described in the limited space.

All contributions must be written in English. Full papers must not exceed 10 pages. Short papers are limited to at most 4 pages. All papers must be original contributions. The material must therefore not have been previously published or be under review for publication elsewhere.

All Submissions

All contributions are to be submitted in electronic form via the JCDL 2008 submission Web page, following ACM format guidelines and using the ACM template. Please submit all papers in PDF format.

During the submission process you will be asked to identify conflicts of interest with any of the program committee members. A conflict of interest exists, for example, when any of a submitted paper's authors and a committee member:

• Hold employment at the same institution or company
• Are candidates for employment at the same institution or company
• Co-authored a book or paper in the last 48 months
• Are co-principal investigators on a grant or research project
• Are actively working on a project together
• Are in a family or close personal relationship
• Are in a graduate advisee/advisor relationship
• Hold deep personal animosity

Important Dates

All papers are due Monday, February 4, 2008 EXTENDED by 5pm PST.
Poster and demonstration submissions are due Friday, February 8, 2008 by 5pm PST.
Tutorial, panel, and workshop proposals are due Friday, February 8, 2008 by 5pm PST.
Notification of acceptance decisions for all papers and submissions EXCEPT Doctoral Consortium papers will be issued on March 10, 2008.
Camera-ready versions of accepted papers (except for Doctoral Consortium papers) are due April 9, 2008.

Conference: June 16-20, 2008