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From: Speer, Julie <jsp...@vt.edu>
Date: Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 12:39 PM
Subject: CFP for Open Repositories 2016: Illuminating the World
To: "McMillan, Gail" <gai...@exchange.vt.edu>
Gail, I hope you or other organizers of the ETD conference will consider contributing to the OR program this year! (see the CFP below).
It would be wonderful to have the ETD and OR communities come together to see what new research ideas and repository practices develop.
Best, Julie (writing as a member of the steering committee of the International Open Repositories Conference)
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CFP for Open Repositories 2016: Illuminating the World
The Eleventh International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2016, will be
held on June 13th-16th, 2016 in Dublin, Ireland. The organizers are pleased to
issue this call for contributions to the program.
As previous Open Repositories have demonstrated, the use of digital
repositories to manage research, scholarly and cultural information is well
established and increasingly mature. Entering our second decade, we have an
opportunity to reflect on where we’ve been and, more importantly, where we’re
heading. New development continues apace, and we’ve reached the time when many
organizations are exploring expansive connections with larger processes both
inside and outside traditional boundaries. Open Repositories 2016 will explore
how our rich collections and infrastructure are now an inherent part of
contemporary scholarship and research and how they have expanded to touch many
aspects of our academic and cultural enterprises.
The theme of OR2016 is “Illuminating the World.” OR2016 will provide an
opportunity to explore the ways in which repositories and related
infrastructure and processes:
bring different disciplines, collections, and people to light;
expose research, scholarship, and collections from developing countries;
increase openness of collections, software, data and workflows;
highlight data patterns and user pathways through collections; and
how we can organize to better support these - and other - infrastructures.
We welcome proposals on these ideas, but also on the theoretical, practical,
technical, organizational or administrative topics related to digital
repositories. Submissions that demonstrate original and repository-related
work outside of these themes will be considered, but preference will be given
to submissions which address them. We are particularly interested in the
following themes.
1. Supporting Open Scholarship, Open Data, and Open Science
Papers are invited to consider how repositories can best support the needs of
open science and open scholarship to make research as accessible and useful as
possible, including:
Open access, open data and open educational resources
Scholarly workflows, publishing and communicating scientific knowledge
Exposure of research and scholarship from developing countries and under-
resourced communities and disciplines
Compliance with funder mandates
2. Repositories and Cultural Heritage
Papers are invited to consider how repositories and their associated
infrastructures best support the needs of cultural heritage collections,
organizations, and researchers. Areas of interest include:
Impact of aggregation on repository infrastructure and management
Exposure of collections and cultural heritage from developing countries and
under-resourced communities and disciplines
Special considerations in access and use of cultural heritage collections
Reuse and analysis of content.
3. Repositories of high volume and/or complex data and collections
Papers are invited to consider how we can use tools and processes to highlight
data patterns and user pathways through large corporas including:
Data and text mining
Entity recognition
Linked data
Standardized interfaces
Interaction with large-scale computation and simulation processes
Issues of scale and size beyond traditional repository contexts
4. Managing Research Data, Software, and Workflows
Papers are invited to consider how repositories can support the needs of
research data and related software and workflows. Areas of interest are:
Curation lifecycle management, including storage, software and workflows
Digital preservation tools and services
Reuse and analysis of scientific content
Scholarly workflows, publishing and communicating scientific knowledge
5. Integrating with the Wider Web and External Systems
Papers are invited to explore, evaluate, or demonstrate integration with
external systems, including:
CRIS and research management systems
Notification and compliance tracking systems
Identifier services
Preservation services and repositories
Publisher systems
Collection management systems and workflows
6. Exploring Metrics, Assessment, and Impact
Papers are invited to present experiences on metrics and assessment services
for a range of content, including:
Bibliometrics
Downloads (e.g. COUNTER compliance)
Altmetrics and other alternative methods of tracking and presenting impact
7. Managing Rights
Papers are invited to examine the role of rights management in the context of
open repositories, including:
Research and scholarly communication outputs
Licenses (e.g. Creative Commons, Open Data Commons)
Embargoes
Requirements of funder mandates
8. Developing and Training Staff
Papers are invited to consider the evolving role of staff who support and
manage repositories across libraries, cultural heritage organizations,
research offices and computer centres, especially:
New roles and responsibilities
Training needs and opportunities
Career path and recruitment
Community support
KEY DATES
01 February 2016: Deadline for submissions and Scholarship Programme
applications
01 February 2016: Registration opens
28 March 2016: Submitters notified of acceptance to general conference
11 April 2016: Submitters notified of acceptance to Interest Groups
13-16 June 2016: OR2016 conference
SUBMISSION PROCESS
Conference Papers and Panels
We expect that proposals for papers or panels will be two to four-pages (see
below for optional Proposal Templates). Abstracts of accepted papers and
panels will be made available through the conference's web site, and later
they and associated materials will be made available in an open repository. In
general, sessions will have three papers; panels may take an entire session or
may be combined with a paper. Relevant papers unsuccessful in the main track
will be considered for inclusion, as appropriate, as an Interest Group
presentation, poster or 24/7.
Interest Group Presentations
The opportunity to engage with and learn more about the work of relevant
communities of interest is a key element of Open Repositories. One to two page
proposals are invited for presentations or panels that focus on the work of
such communities, traditionally DSpace, EPrints, Fedora, and Invenio,
describing novel experiences or developments in the construction and use of
repositories involving issues specific to these technical platforms. Further
information about applications for additional Interest Groups and guidance on
submissions will be forthcoming.
24x7 Presentations
24x7 presentations are 7 minute presentations comprising no more than 24
slides. Proposals for 24x7 presentations should be one to two-pages. Similar
to Pecha Kuchas or Lightning Talks, these 24x7 presentations will be grouped
into blocks based on conference themes, with each block followed by a
moderated discussion / question and answer session involving the audience and
whole block of presenters. This format will provide conference goers with a
fast-paced survey of like work across many institutions, and presenters the
chance to disseminate their work in more depth and context than a traditional
poster.
"Repository RANTS" 24x7 Block
One block of 24x7's will revolve around "repository rants": brief exposés that
challenge the conventional wisdom or practice, and highlight what the
repository community is doing that is misguided, or perhaps just missing
altogether. The top proposals will be incorporated into a track meant to
provoke unconventional approaches to repository services.
"Repository RAVES" 24x7 Block
One block of 24x7's at OR2016 will revolve around "repository raves": brief
exposés that celebrate particular practice and processes, and highlight what
the repository community is doing that is right. The top proposals will be
incorporated into a track meant to celebrate successful approaches to
repository services.
Posters
We invite one-page proposals for posters that showcase current work. Attendees
will view and discuss your work during the poster reception.
2016 Developer Track: Top Tips, Cunning Code and Illuminating Insights
Each year a significant proportion of the delegates at Open Repositories are
software developers who work on repository software or related services.
OR2016 will feature a Developer Track and Ideas Challenge that will provide a
focus for showcasing work and exchanging ideas.
Building on the success of last year's Developer Track, where we encouraged
live hacking and audience participation, we invite members of the technical
community to share the features, systems, tools and best practices that are
important to you. Presentations can be as informal as you like, but once
again we encourage live demonstrations, tours of code repositories, examples
of cool features and the unique viewpoints that so many members of our
community possess. Submissions should take the form of a title and a brief
outline of what will be shared with the community.
Further details and guidance on the Ideas Challenge will be forthcoming.
Developers are also encouraged to contribute to the other tracks as papers,
posters, 24x7 presentations, repository raves and rants 24x7 blocks.
Workshops and Tutorials
One to two-page proposals for workshops and tutorials addressing theoretical
or practical issues around digital repositories are welcomed. Please address
the following in your proposal:
The subject of the event and what knowledge you intend to convey
Length of session (e.g., 1-hour, 2-hour, half a day or a whole day)
A brief statement on the learning outcomes from the session
How many attendees you plan to accommodate
Technology and facility requirements
Any other supplies or support required
Anything else you believe is pertinent to carrying out the session
Proposal Templates
The OR2016 proposal templates are a guideline to help you prepare an effective
submission. They will be provided in both the Word document and plain-text
Markdown formats and provide details around the requirements for conference
papers and panels and 24/7's and posters. These will be available from the
conference website shortly.
Submission system
The conference system will be open for submissions by 15 December 2015. PDF
format is preferred.
CODE OF CONDUCT
We will be publishing guidelines for conduct at OR2016. As a reference, the
OR2015 Code of Conduct is available at http://www.or2015.net/code-of-conduct/
and the 2015 Anti-Harrassment Policy is at
http://www.or2015.net/anti-harassment-policy/.
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME
OR2016 will again run a Scholarship Programme which will enable us to provide
support for a small number of full registered places (including the poster
reception and banquet) for the conference in Dublin. The programme is open to
librarians, repository managers, developers and researchers in digital
libraries and related fields. Applicants submitting a paper for the conference
will be given priority consideration for funding. Please note that the
programme does not cover costs such as accommodation, travel and subsistence.
It is anticipated that the applicant’s home institution will provide financial
support to supplement the OR Scholarship Award. Full details and an
application form will shortly be available on the conference website.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Program Co-Chairs
David Minor, University of California, San Diego
Matthias Razum, FIZ Karlsruhe
Sarah Shreeves, University of Miami
contact: or16-prog...@googlegroups.com
Local Hosts
Trinity College Dublin
contact: OR2...@conferencepartners.ie
Conference Website and Social Media
website: http://or2016.net/
twitter: @OR2016Dub and #or2016Dub
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ORConference/
From: Speer, Julie <jsp...@vt.edu>
Date: Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 12:39 PM
Subject: CFP for Open Repositories 2016: Illuminating the World
To: "McMillan, Gail" <gai...@exchange.vt.edu>
Gail, I hope you or other organizers of the ETD conference will consider contributing to the OR program this year! (see the CFP below).
It would be wonderful to have the ETD and OR communities come together to see what new research ideas and repository practices develop.
Best, Julie (writing as a member of the steering committee of the International Open Repositories Conference)
-------------------------------------------------------------------
CFP for Open Repositories 2016: Illuminating the World
The Eleventh International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2016, will be
held on June 13th-16th, 2016 in Dublin, Ireland. The organizers are pleased to
issue this call for contributions to the program.
As previous Open Repositories have demonstrated, the use of digital
repositories to manage research, scholarly and cultural information is well
established and increasingly mature. Entering our second decade, we have an
opportunity to reflect on where we’ve been and, more importantly, where we’re
heading. New development continues apace, and we’ve reached the time when many
organizations are exploring expansive connections with larger processes both
inside and outside traditional boundaries. Open Repositories 2016 will explore
how our rich collections and infrastructure are now an inherent part of
contemporary scholarship and research and how they have expanded to touch many
aspects of our academic and cultural enterprises.
The theme of OR2016 is “Illuminating the World.” OR2016 will provide an
opportunity to explore the ways in which repositories and related
infrastructure and processes:
bring different disciplines, collections, and people to light;
expose research, scholarship, and collections from developing countries;
increase openness of collections, software, data and workflows;
highlight data patterns and user pathways through collections; and
how we can organize to better support these - and other - infrastructures.
We welcome proposals on these ideas, but also on the theoretical, practical,
technical, organizational or administrative topics related to digital
repositories. Submissions that demonstrate original and repository-related
work outside of these themes will be considered, but preference will be given
to submissions which address them. We are particularly interested in the
following themes.
1. Supporting Open Scholarship, Open Data, and Open Science
Papers are invited to consider how repositories can best support the needs of
open science and open scholarship to make research as accessible and useful as
possible, including:
Open access, open data and open educational resources
Scholarly workflows, publishing and communicating scientific knowledge
Exposure of research and scholarship from developing countries and under-
resourced communities and disciplines
Compliance with funder mandates
2. Repositories and Cultural Heritage
Papers are invited to consider how repositories and their associated
infrastructures best support the needs of cultural heritage collections,
organizations, and researchers. Areas of interest include:
Impact of aggregation on repository infrastructure and management
Exposure of collections and cultural heritage from developing countries and
under-resourced communities and disciplines
Special considerations in access and use of cultural heritage collections
Reuse and analysis of content.
3. Repositories of high volume and/or complex data and collections
Papers are invited to consider how we can use tools and processes to highlight
data patterns and user pathways through large corporas including:
Data and text mining
Entity recognition
Linked data
Standardized interfaces
Interaction with large-scale computation and simulation processes
Issues of scale and size beyond traditional repository contexts
4. Managing Research Data, Software, and Workflows
Papers are invited to consider how repositories can support the needs of
research data and related software and workflows. Areas of interest are:
Curation lifecycle management, including storage, software and workflows
Digital preservation tools and services
Reuse and analysis of scientific content
Scholarly workflows, publishing and communicating scientific knowledge
5. Integrating with the Wider Web and External Systems
Papers are invited to explore, evaluate, or demonstrate integration with
external systems, including:
CRIS and research management systems
Notification and compliance tracking systems
Identifier services
Preservation services and repositories
Publisher systems
Collection management systems and workflows
6. Exploring Metrics, Assessment, and Impact
Papers are invited to present experiences on metrics and assessment services
for a range of content, including:
Bibliometrics
Downloads (e.g. COUNTER compliance)
Altmetrics and other alternative methods of tracking and presenting impact
7. Managing Rights
Papers are invited to examine the role of rights management in the context of
open repositories, including:
Research and scholarly communication outputs
Licenses (e.g. Creative Commons, Open Data Commons)
Embargoes
Requirements of funder mandates
8. Developing and Training Staff
Papers are invited to consider the evolving role of staff who support and
manage repositories across libraries, cultural heritage organizations,
research offices and computer centres, especially:
New roles and responsibilities
Training needs and opportunities
Career path and recruitment
Community support
KEY DATES
01 February 2016: Deadline for submissions and Scholarship Programme
applications
01 February 2016: Registration opens
28 March 2016: Submitters notified of acceptance to general conference
11 April 2016: Submitters notified of acceptance to Interest Groups
13-16 June 2016: OR2016 conference
SUBMISSION PROCESS
Conference Papers and Panels
We expect that proposals for papers or panels will be two to four-pages (see
below for optional Proposal Templates). Abstracts of accepted papers and
panels will be made available through the conference's web site, and later
they and associated materials will be made available in an open repository. In
general, sessions will have three papers; panels may take an entire session or
may be combined with a paper. Relevant papers unsuccessful in the main track
will be considered for inclusion, as appropriate, as an Interest Group
presentation, poster or 24/7.
Interest Group Presentations
The opportunity to engage with and learn more about the work of relevant
communities of interest is a key element of Open Repositories. One to two page
proposals are invited for presentations or panels that focus on the work of
such communities, traditionally DSpace, EPrints, Fedora, and Invenio,
describing novel experiences or developments in the construction and use of
repositories involving issues specific to these technical platforms. Further
information about applications for additional Interest Groups and guidance on
submissions will be forthcoming.
24x7 Presentations
24x7 presentations are 7 minute presentations comprising no more than 24
slides. Proposals for 24x7 presentations should be one to two-pages. Similar
to Pecha Kuchas or Lightning Talks, these 24x7 presentations will be grouped
into blocks based on conference themes, with each block followed by a
moderated discussion / question and answer session involving the audience and
whole block of presenters. This format will provide conference goers with a
fast-paced survey of like work across many institutions, and presenters the
chance to disseminate their work in more depth and context than a traditional
poster.
"Repository RANTS" 24x7 Block
One block of 24x7's will revolve around "repository rants": brief exposés that
challenge the conventional wisdom or practice, and highlight what the
repository community is doing that is misguided, or perhaps just missing
altogether. The top proposals will be incorporated into a track meant to
provoke unconventional approaches to repository services.
"Repository RAVES" 24x7 Block
One block of 24x7's at OR2016 will revolve around "repository raves": brief
exposés that celebrate particular practice and processes, and highlight what
the repository community is doing that is right. The top proposals will be
incorporated into a track meant to celebrate successful approaches to
repository services.
Posters
We invite one-page proposals for posters that showcase current work. Attendees
will view and discuss your work during the poster reception.
2016 Developer Track: Top Tips, Cunning Code and Illuminating Insights
Each year a significant proportion of the delegates at Open Repositories are
software developers who work on repository software or related services.
OR2016 will feature a Developer Track and Ideas Challenge that will provide a
focus for showcasing work and exchanging ideas.
Building on the success of last year's Developer Track, where we encouraged
live hacking and audience participation, we invite members of the technical
community to share the features, systems, tools and best practices that are
important to you. Presentations can be as informal as you like, but once
again we encourage live demonstrations, tours of code repositories, examples
of cool features and the unique viewpoints that so many members of our
community possess. Submissions should take the form of a title and a brief
outline of what will be shared with the community.
Further details and guidance on the Ideas Challenge will be forthcoming.
Developers are also encouraged to contribute to the other tracks as papers,
posters, 24x7 presentations, repository raves and rants 24x7 blocks.
Workshops and Tutorials
One to two-page proposals for workshops and tutorials addressing theoretical
or practical issues around digital repositories are welcomed. Please address
the following in your proposal:
The subject of the event and what knowledge you intend to convey
Length of session (e.g., 1-hour, 2-hour, half a day or a whole day)
A brief statement on the learning outcomes from the session
How many attendees you plan to accommodate
Technology and facility requirements
Any other supplies or support required
Anything else you believe is pertinent to carrying out the session
Proposal Templates
The OR2016 proposal templates are a guideline to help you prepare an effective
submission. They will be provided in both the Word document and plain-text
Markdown formats and provide details around the requirements for conference
papers and panels and 24/7's and posters. These will be available from the
conference website shortly.
Submission system
The conference system will be open for submissions by 15 December 2015. PDF
format is preferred.
CODE OF CONDUCT
We will be publishing guidelines for conduct at OR2016. As a reference, the
OR2015 Code of Conduct is available at http://www.or2015.net/code-of-conduct/
and the 2015 Anti-Harrassment Policy is at
http://www.or2015.net/anti-harassment-policy/.
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME
OR2016 will again run a Scholarship Programme which will enable us to provide
support for a small number of full registered places (including the poster
reception and banquet) for the conference in Dublin. The programme is open to
librarians, repository managers, developers and researchers in digital
libraries and related fields. Applicants submitting a paper for the conference
will be given priority consideration for funding. Please note that the
programme does not cover costs such as accommodation, travel and subsistence.
It is anticipated that the applicant’s home institution will provide financial
support to supplement the OR Scholarship Award. Full details and an
application form will shortly be available on the conference website.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Program Co-Chairs
David Minor, University of California, San Diego
Matthias Razum, FIZ Karlsruhe
Sarah Shreeves, University of Miami
contact: or16-prog...@googlegroups.com
Local Hosts
Trinity College Dublin
contact: OR2...@conferencepartners.ie
Conference Website and Social Media
website: http://or2016.net/
twitter: @OR2016Dub and #or2016Dub
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ORConference/
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