THE THIRD SEEDI  INTERNATIONAL  CONFERENCE

First Announcement and Call for Papers

DIGITIZATION OF CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE

Dates and venue:  September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

CONFERENCE GOALS

SEEDI (http://www.ncd.matf.bg.ac.yu/seedi/) is an international effort to develop awareness about digitization of cultural and scientific heritage in the South-Eastern European countries.

This Third SEEDI International Conference is in line with the events held in Ohrid (2005) and Sofia (2006). It will convene:

• Archivists, librarians and curators responsible for the preservation of and permanent access to cultural and scientific heritage;
• Information technology researchers developing projects on digitization of cultural and scientific heritage;
• Scholars in the arts and humanities, social sciences, history and computer science;
• Developers, entrepreneurs and managers interested in issues regarding the digitization of cultural and scientific heritage;
• Policy makers from the heritage sector;
• Students, users and all others interested in the topic.

The conference will offer to this wide and varied audience the opportunity to address and discuss state-of-the-art concepts, methodologies, results, policies and case studies in the field of digitization of cultural and scientific heritage.

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Distinguished features of this Conference are:

· A broad scope of topics which will create a unique atmosphere of active exchange and learning about various aspects of the topic;

· A combination of methodological and technical presentations;

· A condensed procedure of submission, revision and publication of proceedings which will guarantee the presentation of the most recent works.

Contributions related to all aspects of digitization of and access to cultural and scientific heritage with an emphasis on SEE specific features are encouraged. Papers that report on applications of new information technologies in the field of digitization are particularly welcome. The Conference will offer scientific tracks, including, but not limited to:

· Digital capture and transformation from analogue to digital form;

· Descriptions and representations of heritage objects and related documentation;

· Processing of digitized content;

· Presentation, long term preservation and curation of digitised content;

· Training and socialisation practices and strategies.

ACTIVITIES

The Conference will include a combination of various activities contributing to vivid exchange of opinions and ideas:

· Basic conference topics will be introduced by invited lectures;

· Scientific papers (up to 30 minutes in length).

· Plenary sessions aiming to summarize the main ideas presented and discussed during the presentation of the conference papers;

· Demonstration sessions;

· Posters.

CONFERENCE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: English

REGISTRATION FEES: to be announced

SUBMISSION: Extended abstracts of up to 4 pages prepared according to the requirements for manuscript preparation of The Review of NCD (http://www.ncd.matf.bg.ac.yu/conferences/en/InstrForAuthors.html) should be submitted to Program Committee.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS: Presented papers, selected after a review by the international editorial board, will be published in the Review of the National Centre for Digitization, Serbia (http://www.ncd.matf.bg.ac.yu/?page=publications&lang=en).

CONFERENCE VENUE: For the first time a SEEDI event will be held in Cetinje, Montenegro.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Chair: Jelena Djurović (Director of the Central National Library of Montenegro)

Members: Žarko Mijajlović (Serbia), Nikola Ikonomov (Bulgaria), Anka Rapeanu (Romania), Boris Badurina (Croatia), Dženana Alađjuz (BiH), Smile Markovski (Macedonia), Umit Atabek (Turkey), Milenko Musurović (Montenegro).

IMPORTANT DATES

February, 2007:     Second announcement

April 10, 2007:      Extended abstract submissions

May 20, 2007:       Authors notification, draft programme

June 30, 2007:       Final paper submission and registration

SUGGESTIONS: All suggestions and comments are welcome. Traditionally, events in our region seek for additional financial support for the event. All such ideas are particularly welcome.

Please, send your recommendations on conference structure and all other issues to ncd@matf.bg.ac.yu.