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(1999), "Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 27 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/ilds.1999.12227cab.016
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited
Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries
Keywords: Libraries, Research and development, Information technology, Electronic books, Conferences, Europe
The third European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (ECDL'99) will be held in Paris, France on 22-24 September 1999. The event is co-organised by Bibliotheque Nationale de France (BNF) and Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA). The conference will take place at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France.
This will be the third of a series of European conferences, following Pisa in 1997 and Heraklion in 1998. Its main objective is to bring together researchers to present their work on enabling technologies for digital libraries. It will also provide an opportunity for scientists to develop a research community in Europe focusing on digital library development.
The main topics for the conference will include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Digital library models, frameworks and architectures
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System integration, interoperability and scalability issues
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Information retrieval, navigation and indexing
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Multimedia information management, digitisation (image, graphic, video, sound)
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Electronic authoring, publishing multilinguality
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Metadata, knowledge representation, agent technologies
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Information economies and business models for digital libraries
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Experiments in digital library system development
More information can be found at: English: http://www-rocq.inria.fr/EuroDL99
French: http://www-rocq.inria.fr/EuroDL99/french.html
Source: Press release