[InetBib] iPRES 2017 - Call for contributions

["Strathmann, Stefan via InetBib" <inetbib@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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                       iPRES2017
       (14th International Conference on Digital Preservation)

        September 25-29, 2017  Kyoto, Japan
        https://ipres2017.jp/

iPRES is the major international conference on the preservation and long-term 
management of digital materials.

The iPRES 2017 hosted by Kyoto University will contribute to promotion of 
researches and development of technologies and services of digital 
preservation. Following the success of the previous conferences, the iPRES 2017 
will serve as an international forum for the global community of digital 
preservation.

The main objectives at iPRES 2017 will be cultural resources in various domains 
and from various viewpoints. Academic societies in the areas of digital 
humanities and information resource management are the main communities to 
support this conference in Japan. This conference will be organized in 
collaboration with major memory institutions in Japan.

The theme of the coming conference is:  Keeping Cultural Diversity for the 
Future in the Digital Space -- From Pop Culture to Scholarly Information.

The iPRES 2017 invites contributions that present original work on research 
initiatives and innovative practices in digital preservation and expects that 
the contributions will be
- Leading edge
- Innovative
- Effective in informing and promoting the digital preservation debates.

Contributions (papers, posters, panels,workshops and tutorials) that address at 
least one of the following topics are welcomed:
- Institutional challenges, infrastructure (organizational and technological) 
opportunities and challenges, lessons learned
- Frameworks for digital preservation, their implementation, institutional 
integration and evaluation
- Novel preservation strategies, preservation planning, workflows and tools for
     - Digital art conservation (conceptual and practical)
     - Games preservation
     - Web preservation
     - Social media
- Training and education, case studies, best practices and novel challenges
- Research data preservation
     - Characterization, preservation and curation of large (heterogeneous) 
data sets
     - Modeling and description of scientific processes and context, 
engineering models and simulations
     - Risk models, dependency management
- Scalable preservation, service business models

All submissions will be subject to a peer review. Detailed information can be 
found in the website.

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Important dates:
    Paper and Poster submissions - Deadline: March 10, 2017
    Workshop, Tutorial and Panel submissions - Deadline: April 3, 2017

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Stefan Strathmann
Abt. Digitale Bibliothek

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
D-37070 Göttingen

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