***Apologies for cross-posting*** QQML2009: Call For papers for special session
Special session on Digital Sustainability Coordinated by: Dr Gillian Oliver (gillian.oli...@vuw.ac.nz) and Professor G E Gorman, ( gary.gor...@vuw.ac.nz ) School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Scope & rationale The compelling need to develop solutions to manage digital information in today's complex and dynamic environment has tended to focus the attention of researchers on technical problems. To ensure digital sustainability over the long term however, there is a need to explore social and cultural factors that influence the success of digital preservation initiatives. The purpose of this session is to report on research into the problems of digital preservation and access, to identify the major research questions and appropriate methodologies. Topics could include, but are not limited to: * Attitudes of users to digital repositories * Cultural differences in approach to digital preservation * Collaborative activity between libraries, archives and museums * End-user interface design Contributions for this Section: Contributions may be submitted in one of the following formats: a. structured abstract (not exceeding 500 words) and presentation; b. full paper (not exceeding 7,000 words) and presentation; or c. poster (not exceeding 2,500 words). In all cases at least one of the authors must to be registered to attend the conference. Abstracts and full papers should be submitted electronically within the timetable provided (http://www.isast.org/importantdates.html) to the emails gillian.oli...@vuw.ac.nz ; gary.gor...@vuw.ac.nz and secretar...@isast.org. The abstracts and full papers should be in compliance to the author guidelines http://www.isast.org/presentations/abstractpapersubmission.html ________________________________________ Joy Davidson DCC Training Coordinator and ERPANET British Editor Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII) George Service House, 11 University Gardens, University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QJ Scotland Tel: +44(0)141 330 3549 Fax: +44(0)141 330 3788 http://www.dcc.ac.uk http://www.erpanet.org
