Deadline extended for papers for IDCC10

We're pleased to announce that the Paper Submission date for IDCC10 has been extended by 2 weeks. The Call will now close at 1700 BST (that's 1600 UTC, 1800 CEST, 12pm EDT, 9am PDT) on Monday 9 August 2010.

Submissions can be in the form of an abstract (maximum of 1000 words) for practice based papers or a full paper (maximum 12 pages) for research based papers. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) will provide limited travel awards for graduate students whose papers are accepted for the conference.

Presenting at the conference offers you the chance to:-

• Share good practice, skills and knowledge transfer
• Influence and inform future digital curation policy & practice
• Test out curation resources and toolkits
• Explore collaborative possibilities and partnerships
• Engage educators and trainers with regard to developing digital curation skills for the future

Full details and a submission template are on the DCC site as is the draft programme.The Call for Poster/Demos will close on 1 September 2010; conference registration will open the same day. (On behalf of IDCC10 Programme Committee: Co-chaired by Kevin Ashley - Director of the Digital Curation Centre (DCC), Liz Lyon - Associate Director of the DCC, Allen Renear and Melissa Cragin - Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of Illinois, Clifford Lynch, Executive Director of CNI. )