Workshops

Proposals are invited for one- or two-day workshops to be held on Thursday September 21st and/or Friday September 22nd. Workshops are intended to bring together communities of interest in the digital library field and to provide a platform for presenting novel ideas in an informal and focused way. Workshops differ from tutorials and papers in encouraging information sharing and discussion amongst highly focused groups of peers, rather than the presentation of information by the organizers and presenters.

Important dates

Workshops submission: January 27, 2006
Notification of acceptance: February 24, 2006

Instructions for authors

Workshop proposals must be sent via email, specifying "ECDL2006 Workshop Proposal" in the subject field.

Proposals for a workshop include:

• Title
• Names, affiliations, brief CV and e-mail addresses of the workshop organizer(s). Please mark the primary contact person
• One-page extended abstract
• Description of the planned format, duration (one- or two-day), expected number of attendees, and contact and biographical information about the organizers

Based on the input provided, the decision about the acceptance or rejection of your proposal will be made jointly by the ECDL 2006 General, Program, and Workshop Chairs . Notifications will be sent out no later than February 24.

Submissions, preferably in PDF format, have to include a cover sheet and an extended abstract as follows:

Cover Page

• Workshop title
• Duration: one or two days
• Expected number of participants
• Contact information of the proposers, including: name, affiliation, address, email, phone, fax, and homepage URL

Extended Abstract (1-2 pages)

• Brief description of the workshop to be used in the conference program, explaining the topic and goals of the workshop.
• Brief description of the general structure of the workshop, i.e. whether it will be mostly invited presentations, whether a call-for-papers will be issued, and a note on your plans regarding workshop proceedings publication
• Short information on previous editions of the workshop series (if applicable)
• A list of technical requirements for the workshop apart from beamer.

Submissions should also discuss plans for promoting the workshop and plans for selecting workshop participants.

In case of 2-day Workshop proposal, we reserve the right to request from potential Workshop organizers to shorten their Workshop to a 1-day Workshop if deemed appropriate.

Upon acceptance, workshop organizers will be asked to prepare a workshop homepage to be linked to from the general ECDL2006 website.

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