Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group

The July/August 2009 issue of D-Lib Magazine has just published reports for the 2009 ACM/IEEE JCDL (written by me) and InDP (written by Frank and his co-organizers), as well as several other reports for JCDL workshops and other conferences (such as Open Repositories 2009 ). Whereas my previous entry about JCDL & InDP was focused on our group's experiences, these reports give a broader summary of the events. --Michael

We had a good showing at the 2009 ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) in Austin, TX last week. In total, we had 1 full paper, 3 short papers, 2 posters, 1 workshop paper and 1 doctoral consortium paper. JCDL is the flagship conference in our field and we always make a point to send as many people as possible. Chuck Cartledge (left) presented "A Framework for Digital Object Self-Preservation" at the doctoral consortium . He also presented the related short paper " Unsupervised Creation of Small World Networks for the Preservation of Digital Objects ". Chuck is planning to have his doctoral candidacy exam sometime in the early fall. Michael presented the full paper " Using Timed-Release Cryptography to Mitigate The Preservation Risk of Embargo Periods ". This paper was based on Rabia Haq's MS Thesis, which she defended in the fall of 2008. Michael also co-organized the doctoral consortium and convinced WS-DL alumna Joan Smith ...