International Symposium on Digital Libraries 1997: Call for Papers

Call for Participation

International Symposium on Research, Development & Practice in Digital Libraries : ISDL'97

November 18 - 21, 1997
sponsored by University of Library and Information Science
Tsukuba Science City, Japan

Digital Libraries have been widely recognized as an important application in the Global Information Infrastructure for worldwide information sharing and for development in the next century. A number of research and development projects are in progress in many countries and regions. In the United States, the Library of Congress has its national digital library projects which will provide users with a very large scale digital collection, the NSF/NASA/ARPA has funded digital library initiatives at six universities which will produce advanced information environments, and many other universities are working on new digital library environments for their researchers and students. There are also advanced digital library projects in Europe and the Asia-Pacific countries. In Japan, the National Center for Academic Information Systems (NACSIS), the National Diet Library (NDL), the Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA), the Japan Information Processing Development Center (JIPDEC) are actively working on digital library projects. In addition, the Japanese Science Council has made a proposal on promotion of digital library environment for research and education in universities.

A Digital Library is the integration of various advanced information technologies, such as high-performance computers and networks, multimedia/hypermedia, artificial intelligence and so on. Social and cultural aspects are as important as technological factors for the success of the digital library--aspects such as intellectual property rights, electronic commerce, and the amassing of library holdings as intellectual and cultural property. It is also crucial to discuss the information environment of universities as they are the largest producers and consumers of academic information.

The Digital Library has also been discussed as a library for the future. Based on the experience of and the products from the digital library projects of the past few years, we can now discuss not only research and development for future libraries but also discuss experiments with and practice issues for the digital library.

This symposium will provide an international forum for papers and discussions by researchers, developers and practitioners in and for Digital Libraries. The symposium topics are not limited, and may include

Digital Libraries and wide-area and high-performance networks
Storage and communication technologies for a wide variety of and vast amounts of multimedia information,
Digital information in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences,
Editing, organizing, publishing, access, and computer-human interaction technologies for multimedia information,
Information technologies for multi-cultural and multi-lingual information for worldwide information sharing,
Digital library functions as a common ground for intellectual activities,
Roles of, and restrictions on, the digital library in communities.

The symposium will include presentations by invited guests and contributed papers. English is the Symposium language.

Symposium Site: Tsukuba Capio (1-10-1, Takezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan)
Symposium Language: English

Location - Tsukuba Science City

The Tsukuba Science City is located 60 km north-east of Tokyo; the City has more than 100 research and educational institutions. The Tsukuba Center is located at the center of the Tsukuba Science City. The central bus terminal, CREO (a shopping mall), Tsukuba Daiichi hotel, Tsukuba central post office and other facilities are located at the Tsukuba Center. The symposium site, Tsukuba Capio, is in a walking distance from the Tsukuba Center. The University of Library and Information Science (ULIS) is a national university of Japan, located at the center of the Tsukuba Science City. (Map around Tsukuba Center, ULIS and Capio)

Transportation
Direct bus services between the Tsukuba Center and the Narita airport and between the Tsukuba Center and the JR Tokyo station are available. Local bus services from Arakawaoki and Tsuchiura stations of the JR Joban line are also available.

Invited Speakers

Daniel Atkins & Gary Olson, University of Michigan, USA Keynote
Thomas Baker, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
Michael Buckland, University of California at Berkeley, USA
Y.T. Chien, National Science Foundation, USA
Mel Collier, Dawson, UK
Sang-wan Han, Yonsei University, Korea
Sadao Kurohashi, Kyoto University, Japan
Cliff McKnight, Loughborough University, UK
Hiroshi Mukaiyama, Japan Information Processing Development Center (JIPDEC), Japan
Steve O'Connor, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Keizo Oyama, National Center for Science Information Systems (NACSIS), Japan
Edie Rasmussen, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Bruce Schatz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Hiroyuki Taya, National Diet Library, Japan
Ulrich Thiel, GMD-IPSI, Germany
Stuart Weibel, OCLC, USA

Registration and Hotel Reservation

Registration
Those who wishes to register and make hotel reservation are requested to fill out the ISDL'97 Registration/Reservation Form and send it to the Registration Agency together with the payment.

Registration Agency

           Mr. Akira Seo
           Tokyo Travel Service Co., Ltd.
           Toranomon Toyosumi Building, 3-22-11,
           Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105, Japan
           Phone: +81-3-3459-6666
           Fax: +81-3-3434-0726
           email: pxc06120@niftyserve.or.jp

Registration

There are two registration categories, Full Registration and One Day Registration.

Full Registration includes all sessions, a copy of the symposium proceedings and banquet.
One Day Registration includes all sessions on one day during the symposium and a copy of the symposium proceedings.

Full Registration (Pre-registration) should be done no later than Nov. 7 (Fri), 1997. Full Registration will be done under First Come First Served policy.

Those who wish to register in the full-registration category after this deadline, please contact the registration agency or ISDL'97 (ISDL97@DL.ulis.ac.jp).

One Day Registration is made only on-site, and is accepted only if Pre-registration is not full.

FYI: We still have enough capacity for participants (Nov. 11).

Fees:

Full Registration: 13,000 yen
One Day Registration: 3,000 yen/day, 1,000 yen/day (Full-time Student)
On-site registration is cash only.

Payment:

Payment must be made in Japanese yen.
Payment for Full Registration from outside Japan should be made by Credit Card. Visa and Master Card can be accepted.
Payment for Full Registration from inside Japan can be made by Credit Card, Bank Transfer, or Registered Mail. (See Call for Participation in Japanese for detail for payment by Bank Transfer and Registered Mail.)

To register, complete and return the "ISDL'97 Registration Form" by fax or by postal mail to:

          Mr. Akira Seo
          Tokyo Travel Service Co., Ltd.
          Toranomon Toyosumi Building, 3-22-11,
          Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105, Japan
          Fax: +81-3-3434-0726

No email registration is accepted.

Hotel Reservation

Hotel Reservation has been closed.

Confirmation and Receipt

Upon receiving the "ISDL'97 Registration/Hotel Reservation Form" and confirming your remittance of appropriate fee, the Registration Agency will send you a confirmation/receipt slip with your registration number on it. Please make sure that you bring this slip with you at the time of registration.

Hotel Deposit and Refund Policy

In case of cancellation of hotel reservation and application for refund, written notice must be sent to the Registration Agency. Your deposit will be refunded after deducting respective cancellation charge as follows,

cancellation notification received: cancellation charge

9 days or more prior to the date of arrival: 1,000 yen

8 to 2 days prior to the date of arrival: 3,000 yen

Fewer than 2 days prior or no notice given: 100% of your deposit

Contact Addresses:
ISDL'97
Univ. of Library and Information Science
1-2, Kasuga, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
phone: +81-298-59-1348 (Shigeo Sugimoto)
fax: +81-298-59-1093
email: ISDL97@DL.ulis.ac.jp
URL: http://www.DL.ulis.ac.jp/ISDL97/

ISDL'95: International Symposium on Digital Libraries 1995
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August 6, 1997, Updated September 12, 1997; Nov. 1, 1997; Nov. 7, 1997.

Shigeo Sugimoto (sugimoto@ulis.ac.jp)