Call for Proposals/Papers

The ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2016) is a major international forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and social issues. This year, we particularly invite papers, panels, workshops, and tutorials that propose new access methods for digital libraries, develop technologies for analyzing holdings, and that report on innovative uses of digital libraries for discovery and exploration in science, art, and the humanities. 

Important Dates


January 10, 2016

Tutorial and Workshop proposal submissions

January 17, 2016

January 24, 2016

Full Paper, short paper, and panel submissions

January 24, 2016

February 8, 2016

Poster and demonstration submissions

January 31, 2016

Notification of acceptance for tutorials and workshops 

March 16, 2016

Notification of acceptance for full papers, short papers, panels, posters, and demonstrations

April 15, 2016

April 22, 2016

Doctoral Consortium abstract submissions

April 16, 2016

Final camera-ready deadline for full papers, short papers

April 25, 2016

Final camera-ready deadline for posters, demonstrations, panels

May 1, 2016

Notification of acceptance for Doctoral Consortium

June 19, 2016

Tutorials and Doctoral Consortium

June 19-23, 2016

Main Conference

June 22-23, 2016

Workshops


Note: all deadlines are at 11:59pm Hawaii Standard Time on the date given

Conference Focus


The theme of the 2016 conference is Big Libraries, Big Data, Big Innovation. As more of our interaction with libraries happens digitally, interfaces and tools for access have become increasingly important.  An important issue for digital libraries is how to provide users with improved access to materials.  We have big data -- how can we help scholars use those resources to make new discoveries in their own fields?  This year, we particularly invite papers, panels, workshops, and tutorials that propose new access methods for digital libraries, develop technologies for analyzing holdings, and that report on innovative uses of digital libraries for discovery and exploration in science, art, and the humanities.

The intended community for this conference includes those interested in all aspects of digital libraries such as infrastructure; institutions; metadata; content; services; digital preservation; system design; scientific data management; workflows; implementation; interface design; human-computer interaction; performance evaluation; usability evaluation; collection development; intellectual property; privacy; electronic publishing; document genres; multimedia; social, institutional, and policy issues; user communities; and associated theoretical topics. JCDL welcomes submissions in these areas.

Submissions that resonate with the JCDL 2016 theme are particularly welcome; however, reviewers, though they will consider relevance of proposals to digital libraries generally, will not give extra weight to theme-related proposals over proposals that speak to other aspects of digital libraries. The conference sessions, workshops and tutorials will cover all aspects of digital libraries.

Participation is sought from all parts of the world and from the full range of established and emerging disciplines and professions including computer science, information science, web science, data science, librarianship, data management, archival science and practice, museum studies and practice, information technology, medicine, social sciences, education and humanities. Representatives from academe, government, industry, and others are invited to participate.


Full and Short Papers


Paper authors may choose between two formats: Full papers and short. Both formats will be rigorously peer reviewed. Complete papers are required -- abstracts and incomplete papers will not be reviewed. All papers must be original contributions. The material must therefore not have been previously published or be under review for publication elsewhere.

Full papers report on mature work, or efforts that have reached an important milestone, and must not exceed 10 pages.  Accepted full papers will typically  be presented in 20 minutes with 10 minutes for questions and discussion.

Short papers highlight efforts that might be in an early stage, but are important for the community to be made aware of, can also present theories or systems that can be described concisely in the limited space.  Short papers must not exceed 4 pages.  Accepted short papers will typically be presented in 10 minutes with 5 minutes for questions and discussion.

All accepted papers will be published by the ACM as conference proceedings and electronic versions will be included in both the ACM and IEEE digital libraries.

Paper submissions should use the ACM Proceedings template and are to be submitted in electronic format via the conference's EasyChair submission page.

Full Call for Papers (PDF)


Posters and Demonstrations

Posters permit presentation of late-breaking results in an informal, interactive manner. Demonstrations showcase innovative digital libraries technology and applications, allowing you to share your work directly with your colleagues in a high-visibility setting. 

Proposals for posters or demonstrations should consist of a title, extended abstract, and contact information for the authors, and should not exceed 2 pages. 

Poster and demonstration submissions should use the ACM Proceedings template and are to be submitted in electronic format via the conference's EasyChair submission page.

Accepted posters and demonstrations will be displayed at the conference and may include additional materials, space permitting. Abstracts of posters and demonstrations will appear in the proceedings.


Workshops


W​orkshops are intended to draw together communities of interest ­­ both those in established communities and those interested in discussion and exploration of a new or emerging issue. They can range in format from formal, perhaps centering on presentation of refereed papers, to informal, perhaps centering on an extended round ­table discussions among the selected participants. Workshops relating to the theme of the conference Big Libraries, Big Data, Big Innovation are particularly encouraged.

Submissions should include: a workshop title and short description, a statement of objectives for the workshop, a topical outline for the workshop, identification of the expected audience and expected number of attendees, a description of the planned format and duration (half day, full day, or one and a half, day - full ­day workshops may be split to be hosted half day each on the 22nd and the 23rd.), specific requirements for the workshop, if applicable (e.g., A/V), information about how the attendees will be identified, notified of the workshop, and, if necessary, selected from among applicants, contact and biographical information about the organizers, if a workshop or closely related workshop has been held previously, information about the earlier sessions should be provided ­­ dates, locations, outcomes, attendance, etc.

Workshop proposals should be no more than two pages, should use the ACM Proceedings template, and are to be submitted in electronic form via the conference's EasyChair submission page.

The workshop proposal and acceptance notifications dates are earlier than in previous years to allow for more time for organizers to solicit papers and engage participants.

  • Early submission: December 20, 2015
  • Early decision (for submissions received by December 20th): January 10, 2016
  • Submission deadline: January 10, 2016
  • Notification of acceptance: January 31, 2016

 Full Call for Workshops (PDF)


Tutorials


Tutorials provide an opportunity to offer in­-depth education on a topic or solution relevant to research or practice in digital libraries. They should address a single topic in detail over either a half­-day or a full day. They are not intended to be venues for commercial product training. Experts who are interested in engaging members of the community who may not be familiar with a relevant set of technologies or concepts should plan their tutorials to cover the topic or solution to a level that attendees will have sufficient knowledge to follow and further pursue the material beyond the tutorial. Leaders of tutorial sessions will be expected to take an active role in publicizing and recruiting attendees for their sessions.

Tutorial proposals should include title of the tutorial, abstract ( 1­-2 paragraphs, to be used in conference programs), brief biographical sketch and contact information for the instructor(s), aims, scope and learning objectives of the tutorial, full description or topical outline ( 1­-2 pages, to be used for evaluation), tutorial history (previous offerings of tutorial, if any), format of tutorial ( half­ or full ­day), expected number of participants, target audience, including level of experience (introductory, intermediate, advanced), keywords, any special audiovisual or computer needs, and any other noteworthy comments or remarks.

Tutorial proposals should be no more than two pages, should use the ACM Proceedings template, and are to be submitted in electronic form via the conference's EasyChair submission page.

Full Call for Tutorials(PDF)


Panels


Panels are intended to draw together communities of interest, including those with strong traditions in the JCDL community as well as those involving emerging issues of interest in the community. The panels typically last about two hours and include an extended round-table discussion among the selected participants and the audience present. Each panelist may also choose to make a short (less than 5 min.) position statement. Panels relating to the theme of the conference Big Libraries, Big Data, Big Innovation are particularly encouraged.

Submissions should include a statement of objectives for the panel, a topical outline for the panel, identification of the expected audience and expected number of attendees, a tentative list of panelists and their bios. (Please indicate if the panelists have already been contacted.), contact and biographical information about the organizers. (It is possible for organizers to also serve as panelists but this is not a requirement.), organizers’ prior experience with organizing a similar themed workshop/tutorial should be highlighted, and specific requirements for the panel, if applicable (e.g., A/V).

Panel proposals can be sent via email to Vivek Singh (v.singh@rutgers.edu) with a subject heading “Panel Proposal for JCDL 2016”.  

The proposal should be no more than two pages and use the ACM Proceedings template.

Full Call for Panels (PDF)