Reminder: ECDL2003 early bird rates close 1 July 2003

[Traugott.Koch _at__ ub2.lu.se]

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               ECDL 2003 - 17-22 August, Trondheim, Norway
Seventh European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital 
Libraries
                            http://www.ecdl2003.org/
      BOOK NOW to take advantage of lower registration rates!

******  EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION FEES OPEN TO 1 July 2003  *********
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Registration forms, full program and travel details are available at:
                         http://www.ecdl2003.org/

Rooms at special rates at the conference venue, Hotel Britannia, will
only be available until 1 July, so book now.

The registration fee for the main conference includes all conference
sessions, one set of conference proceedings, lunch and coffee during
the three days of the conference, the reception and the conference
dinner.

Use the registration form to book for tutorials (Sunday 17 August) and
workshops (21-22 August) as well.  For tutorials and workshops at a
glance - see below.

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TUTORIALS
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Tutorial 1 : Usability Evaluation of Digital Libraries (full day)

Tutorial 2 : Indexing and Searching Audio/Video Documents in Multimedia
Digital Libraries (half-day)

Tutorial 3 : Music Information Retrieval using Audio and Symbolic
Representations (half-day)

Tutorial 4 : Thesauri and Ontologies in Digital Libraries 1: Structure
and use in knowledge-based assistance to users (half-day)

Tutorial 5 : Thesauri and Ontologies in Digital Libraries 2: Design,
evaluation, and development (half-day)

Tutorial 6 : Introduction to Geo-Referencing in Digital Libraries
(half-day)

Tutorial 7 : How to build a Geospatial Digital Library (half-day)

Tutorial 8 : Multilingual Information Access (half-day)

Tutorial 9 : The CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model - New Standard for
Knowledge Sharing (half-day)

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WORKSHOPS
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Workshop 1 : Digital Library Evaluation - Metrics, Testbeds, and
Processes

Workshop 2 : Networked Knowledge Organization Systems/Services (NKOS):
Evolving Standards

Workshop 3 : Digital Libraries in Healthcare

Workshop 4 : Web Archives

Workshop 5 : CLEF 2003 - Workshop of the Cross-language Evaluation Forum

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Registration
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The registration form is available from the conference Web site at
http://www.ecdl2003.org/

Payment can be made by credit card or bank transfer.  Accommodation at
the conference venue, The Britannia Hotel, can also be reserved via the
registration form.

- Conference fee, early registration (before 1 July) : 4000 NOK
- Conference fee, late registration (after 1 July): 4750 NOK
- Conference dinner for accompanying person: 500 NOK

Workshop and tutorial fees are as detailed on the registration form.

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Registration forms, full conference details and the latest news:
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REMEMBER: EARLY BIRD DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS 1 JULY 2003
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Dr L Huxley FCIPD, FRSA
Publicity Chair, ECDL2003
lesly.huxley _at__ bristol.ac.uk
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-- 
Traugott Koch
Programme Chair of ECDL 2003 (http://www.ecdl2003.org), the 
Seventh European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology 
for Digital Libraries, August 17-22, 2003, Trondheim, Norway 

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| TRAUGOTT KOCH, Senior librarian, Digital Library Scientist  
| Knowledge Technologies Group, NetLab. Lund Univ. Libraries 
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| E-mail: traugott.koch _at__ lub.lu.se                             
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