diglib: Fwd: [DIGLIB] IJDL CfP Special Issue on Digital Preservation

[Carol Hixson <chixson@darkwing.uoregon.edu>]

I'm passing this along in case anyone is interested
in writing anything and also as an issue to keep an eye
open for. One of the journal editors, Birte, was
one of the instructors of the digital preservation
seminar I attended last year in Antibes. She is
outstanding and I would expect this journal issue
to have some excellent content when it comes
out.

Carol



> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:10:07 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Andreas Rauber <rauber@ifs.tuwien.ac.at>
> To: diglib@infoserv.inist.fr
>
>                         CALL FOR PAPERS
>        International Journal on Digital Libraries (IJDL)
>               Special Issue on Digital Preservation
>
>        Co-edited by Andreas Rauber, Birte Christensen-Dalsgaard
>
>
>
> Digital media have become the dominant way that we create, shape, and 
> exchange information.  Unlike paper, however, we have very limited 
> abilities to ensure that today's digital information will be accessible in 
> 10, 50, or 100 years. This poses a challenging threat of ending up with a 
> gaping hole in our scientific and cultural record unless we act now. 
> Meeting this challenge requires profound research and evaluation in a 
> range of directions.
> While there have been many projects over recent years which have explored 
> aspects of digital preservation, there are still many challenges for any 
> organisation which is charged with the development of building and 
> maintaining sustainable processes to guarantee very long term access to 
> substantial collections of digital assets. The amassing of signigicant 
> amounts of data in private, personal digital libraries, adds another layer 
> of complexity and requirements to potential solutions, as does the only 
> rudimentary understanding of what future users will actually expect from 
> long-term electronic repositories.
>
> Two fundamental approaches have been proposed for maintenance of long term 
> access to digital assets: roughly speaking, these focus on either changing 
> the object itself (migration) or on changing the environment within which 
> the object is accessed (emulation). With the increasingly wide range of 
> types of digital assets which need to be preserved, it is already clear 
> that no single preservation strategy will prove suitable for all types of 
> technology and interim techniques as well as combinations gain importance.
> Although a certain amount of work has been undertaken on the theoretical 
> background to planning preservation strategies, there is insufficient 
> understanding of the processes and their effects on the individual assest 
> in the long run. The characterisation of those properties of a digital 
> asset which are significant in the context of preservation actions is an 
> essential step both in automating preservation actions and in evaluating 
> their effectiveness after the event in meeting specific preservation 
> strategies.
>
> Recognizing the importance of research in this area, the International 
> Journal on Digital Libraries is organizing a special issue on Digital 
> Preservation. The primary focus of this special issue will be on 
> high-quality original unpublished research, case studies as well as 
> implementation experiences and survey articles in the area of digital 
> preservation.
>
> Suggested topics include but are not limited to:
>
> * selection/appraisal strategies for digital objects
> * different preservation strategies and their evaluation
> * cost models and managerial aspects
> * formulation and evaluation of preservation plans
> * metadata for digital preservation
> * authenticity of digital objects
> * characterisation of digital assets
> * studies on future use of digital assets
> * case studies from large-scale preservation  activities
>
>
> Instructions for submitting manuscripts:
> ----------------------------------------------
> Manuscripts must be written in English and should include a cover page 
> with title, name and address (including e-mail address) of author(s), an 
> abstract, and a list of identifying keywords. Please indicate that you are 
> submitting to the special issue on Digital Preservation. Manuscripts must 
> be submitted directly to the guest editors by email.
>
> Important Dates:
> -------------------
> June 30, 2006           Due date for submission of manuscripts
> October 15, 2006        Notification of acceptance/rejection
> November 30, 2006               Due date for final version
> April, 2007                     Tentative date for publication of Special 
> Issue
>
>
> Editors of the Special Issue:
> --------------------------------
>
> Andreas Rauber                          Birte Christensen-Dalsgaard
> Vienna University of Technology         Statsbiblioteket,
> Favoritenstr. 9-11/188                  Universitetsparken
> A-1040 Vienna                           DK-8000 Århus C
> Austria                                 Denmark
> Phone: +43 1 58801 18826                Phone: +45 8946 2022
> Fax: +43 1 58801 18899                  Fax: +45 8946 2220
> e-mail: rauber@ifs.tuwien.ac.at         e-mail: bcd@statsbiblioteket.dk
> http://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/~andi       http://www.statsbiblioteket.dk/
>
>
>
> About the Journal:
> ---------------------
> The aim of JDL is to advance the theory and practice of acquisition, 
> definition, organization, management and dissemination of digital 
> information via global networking. In particular, the journal will 
> emphasize technical issues in digital information production, management 
> and use, issues in high-speed networks and connectivity, 
> inter-operability, and seamless integration of information, people, 
> profiles, tasks and needs, security and privacy of individuals and 
> business transactions and effective business processes in the Information Age.
>
> More information about the journal can be found at
> http://cimic.rutgers.edu/~jdl/
>
> The full Call for Papers can be found at:
> http://cimic.rutgers.edu/~ijdl/cfp/presrv.pdf