The 2nd Asian Digital Libraries Conference, 8-9 November 1999, National Taiwan University
The 2nd Asian Digital Libraries Conference, 8-9 November 1999, National Taiwan University
The Asian Digital Libraries Conference (ADL) tries to bring together researchers and developers from academia, industry and government to advance the research in digital libraries in Asia. The first ADL was held in Hong Kong in August 1998. The second conference will be held at the newly inaugurated University Library of National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. The Conference will be immediately followed by IRAL'99 (Workshop on Information Retrieval with Asian Languages, 1999) to further facilitate interchange between the DL and IR communities.
The workshop will cover all research areas in digital libraries. Emphasis will also be given to issues pertinent to digitisation of documents and artefacts of Asian cultures. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to: collections;digitisation and preservation; information organisation; user interaction;information retrieval; systems and infrastructures; cultural and social issues.
Both original research papers and descriptions of existing systems and ongoing projects are solicited. Research papers can be up to 15 A4 (or letter) size pages, and system descriptions can be up to eight A4 (or letter) size pages, all in single column, 1.5 spacing, 1 inch all around. The primary means of submission will be electronic, in Word,PostScript or PDF format. Submissions should be sent to adl99@mail.lis.ntu.edu.tw Postal submissions will be accepted, too. All authors taking this option should mail three copies of their submitted papers to the Program Committee at the address below. Additional details on submission guidelines will be posted at the conference homepage.
ADL'99 Program Committee,Department of Library and Information Science, National Taiwan University, 1,Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10764, Taiwan, ROC. Tel: +886-2-23660503; Fax:+886-2-23632859; http://www.lis.ntu.edu.tw/adl99/E-mail: adl99@mail.lis.ntu.edu.tw
