Apologies for cross-posting.

IS&T is pleased to announce the Archiving 2009 Call for Papers. The
deadline for submitting presentation abstracts for Archiving 2009, to
be held May 4-7, 2009 in Arlington, VA., is December 21, 2008. A PDF
of the Call for Papers can be found at
www.imaging.org/conferences/archiving2009.

Paper proposals should be submitted according to the process described at

http://www.imaging.org/conferences/archiving2009/authors.cfm


The IS&T Archiving Conference brings together a unique community of
imaging novices and experts from libraries, archives, records
management, and information technology institutions to discuss and
explore the expanding field of digital archiving and preservation.
Attendees from around the world represent industry, academia,
governments, and cultural heritage institutions. The conference
presents the latest research results on archiving, provides a forum to
explore new strategies and policies, and reports on successful
projects that can serve as benchmarks in the field. Archiving 2009
is a blend of invited focal papers, keynote talks, and refereed oral
and interactive display presentations. Prospective authors are
invited to submit oral and interactive presentations by the December
21st deadline.

Proposed program topics include:

Creating and Managing Digital Collections
Metadata and data retrieval
Large scale collection management
Business cases and business models for economic sustainability
Ingest and export of digital content packages
Strategies for selecting and archiving specific kinds of digital content
User needs and access to digital collections
Imaging and image workflow processes
Image acquisition and digitization workflows
Image capture and quality assurance
Color management
Compression: JPEG2000 and other audiovisual formats
Digital collections scanning standards
Image discovery and access
Digital preservation strategies
Reliability of storage solutions
Archival formats (PDF/A, JPEG 2000, Open XML, RAW etc.)
Microfilm as storage solution for digital data
Conservation and stability of computer output media
Repository models and workflows
Compliance with copyright law and policy
Tools, services, and resources for use in a distributed environment

Please feel free to contact me with any questions. We hope to see you
there.

Best regards,

Diana Gonzalez
IS&T Conference Program Manager
archiving2009@...
703/642-9090 x 106