From: Douglas Nishimura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Call for papers--Archiving
This is an announcement about a conference on archiving sponsored by IS&T--The Society for Imaging Science and Technology. This conference evolved from a now discontinued conference series call PICS: Image Processing, Image Quality, Image Capture, Systems Conference. According to Dr. Frey, they were interested in archiving and decided that they would like to cross-pollinate (I don't recall what her term was) with the world of archives and libraries. Dr. Franziska Frey is one of the general co-chairs of the conference. Steve Puglia (NARA), Steve Chapman (Harvard Libraries) and I were talked into joining the program committee.
IS&T Archiving Conference Meeting Announcement and Call for Papers Introduction to Archiving 2004 The Hyatt Regency Hotel San Antonio, Texas, USA April 20-23, 2004
General Chair:
��� Franziska Frey ��� Rochester Institute of Technology
��� Robert Buckley ��� Xerox Corporation
Sponsored by: The Society for Imaging Science and Technology <URL:http://www.imaging.org/>. Cooperating Society: TAGA
Preserving our heritage is important and so much of that heritage is captured day by day in images and documents. Employing economical methods to save some fraction of that materials for future generations is vitally important. We are concerned, furthermore, not only with how we will recover our own images and documents a generation hence, but how we can retrieve, recover and restore the culturally and historically important imagery of past generations.
This conference brings together technical experts to discuss the complex and widely varying topics on archiving. Techniques for preserving, cataloging, indexing and retrieving images and documents in both digital and human readable formats are subjects that will be covered in detail. Our goal is to benchmark systems that might be in place to preserve our digital and hardcopy information for the future as well as to identify those areas where systems and technology are not yet up to the task, and further research is of high priority. Accordingly the interfacing of digital and hardcopy preservation strategies, issues of format obsolescence, and storage media technology are of particular interest.
The Archiving Conference 2004 will include: invited presentations by recognized experts with extensive experience in this field, refereed papers, and a series of tutorials to cover the technical basics of archiving. Special keynote presentations are planned, including one by Gordon Bell, Microsoft Research on his current MyLifeBits research. Proposed Program Topics:
��� Digital Image Archiving
������� Standards for digital formats, color spaces, compression ������� Indexing and searching ������� Saving digital data to physical media
��� Archiving Conventional Media
������� Standards for paper manufacturing ������� Archival inks ������� Photographic archives, including micro-formats ������� Storage requirements ������� Indexing and retrieval
��� Digitization
������� High speed scanning ������� High quality scanning ������� OCR and document understanding
��� Obsolescence of Digital Media
������� Software and hardware obsolescence ������� Longevity of digital media ������� Cost of media rollover
��� Accessing Electronic Archives
������� Indexing and searching methods ������� Web portals ������� Content and digital asset management
��� Emerging Digital Standards
������� PDF/A ������� JPEG 2000 ������� MPEG ������� Security and watermarking ������� Digital rights management ������� eBooks
��� Case Studies
������� Digital Archives ������� Long-term archives ������� Museum collections ������� Libraries ������� Film archives ������� Medical records
��� Personal Photo Archives
������� Personal digital archives ������� Saving pictures for a lifetime ������� Indexing and organizing ������� Digital versus paper
Held in conjunction with TAGA's (Technical Association of the Graphic Arts) Annual Conference, April 18-21, 2004.
Invitation and Instructions to Authors: Prospective authors are invited to submit original papers for presentation in any of the technical areas listed in the "proposed program topics" section of this brochure. All submitted papers will be refereed by the technical committee in order to ensure that the conference provides significant and timely information to its participants. Papers should be authoritative and complete in regard to advancing the state of knowledge in the subject matter. The conference language will be English.
Authors may choose either a 20 minute oral presentation or a poster presentation with display boards. Oral and poster presentations are considered of equal importance and merit, and the author's preference for one or the other will be honored whenever possible.
If you wish to submit a paper, please use the web-based form and process described at <URL:http://www.imaging.org/conferences/archiving2004/authors.cfm>
Use of the web based submission process is strongly preferred, however submission may also be made via e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reference subject line: Archiving 2004 submission. Please include: 750-1000 word abstract
Clearly identify the technical content of the paper and� (if necessary) what is new compared to previously presented or published material on the same topic. 50 word biographical sketch of the primary author mailing address, phone, fax, e-mail for the primary author preferred format--oral or poster preferred session assignment
The deadline for submission is October 15, 2003
Upon notice of acceptance, authors will be sent detailed instruction kits for submitting the full text of the paper for the conference Proceedings. A copyright transfer form must also be completed prior to publication.
Note especially that each author is responsible for obtaining appropriate clearances as necessary for presentation and publication of the work. Papers will be due by January 30, 2004 for publication in the proceedings book that will be distributed to each attendee at the meeting.
Tutorials
��� A full program of tutorials is scheduled for Tuesday April 20, ��� 2004. Proposals for tutorial classes are invited. For submission ��� instructions, please contact
������� Pam Forness ������� Conference Manager ������� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Likely topics include:
��� Archival properties of paper and other media ��� Digital format standards ��� Physics of archival inks ��� Storage for digital documents ��� Historical archival successes ��� Lifetimes of various media (magnetic tape, CDs, DVDs, paper ��� products)
IS&T Membership Information: The Society for Imaging Science and Technology is an international non-profit society whose goal is to keep members aware of the latest scientific and technological developments in the field of imaging through conferences, journals and other publications. We focus on imaging in all its aspects, with particular emphasis on silver halide, digital printing, electronic imaging, photofinishing, image preservation, image quality assessment, color imaging, pre-press technologies and hybrid imaging systems. Dues are $90 domestic and $100 outside the U.S. per year. Apply for membership prior to registering for IS&T's ARCHIVING Conference, and take the member rate for the meeting. Benefits of membership include:
��� Subscription to the Journal of Imaging Science and Technology or ��� the Journal of Electronic Imaging (jointly published with SPIE).
��� Subscription to the IS&T Reporter--"The Window on Imaging" with ��� its regular features on standards, new products, conference ��� reports, Society news and other imaging news.
��� Reduced rates for IS&T publications--proceedings, books and your ��� second Journal choice.
��� Reduced registration rates for all IS&T conferences and courses. ��� (4-6 conferences each year on selected imaging technology ��� topics.)
Access to the Member Only site at <URL:http://www.imaging.org/> ��� including the IS&T Membership Directory, subscription access to ��� on-line IS&T published papers, and advanced search capabilities ��� for papers.
We invite you to join. Contact IS&T for an application today at 703-642-9090, fax: 703-642-9094 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The Conference Committee General Co-Chairs
��� Franziska Frey ��� Rochester Institute of Technology ��� School of Print Media ��� 69 Lomb Memorial Drive ��� Rochester NY 14623 ��� 585-475-2712 ��� Fax: 585-475-7029 ��� [EMAIL PROTECTED]
��� Robert R. Buckley ��� Xerox Corporation ��� 800 Phillips Road, MS 128-30E ��� Webster NY 14580 ��� 585-422-1292 ��� Fax: 585-265-8871 ��� [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Program Committee
��� Ron Antos, Life Touch ��� Charles Bouman, Purdue ��� Steve Chapman, Harvard Libraries ��� Bruce Hunt, Adobe ��� Jim King, Adobe ��� Harvey Levenson, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo ��� Kyle Mashima, Adobe ��� Larry Masinter, Adobe ��� Ricardo Motta, Pixim ��� Douglas Nishimura, Image Permanence Institute ��� Steve Puglia, U.S. National Archive ��� Mel Sahyun, University of Wisconsin ��� Louis Sharpe, Picture Elements Inc. ��� Sabine Susstrunk, L'Ecole Polytechnique Ferale de Lausanne ������� (Switzerland) ��� Robert Tapella, Government Printing Office (GPO)
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