In 2016 the IIPC is organising two back-to-back events in the spring hosted by the Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn (National and University Library of Iceland) in Reykjavík, Iceland:
- IIPC General Assembly 2016, 11-12 April – Free (open for members only)
- IIPC Web Archiving Conference 2016, 13-15 April – Free (open to anyone)
The IIPC is seeking proposals for presentations and workshops for the 2016 IIPC Web Archiving Conference (13 – 15 April 2016). Members of the IIPC are also encouraged to submit proposals for the IIPC General Assembly (11 & 12 April 2016).
Theme guidance
Proposals may cover any aspect of web archiving. The following is a non-exhaustive list of possible topics:
Policy and Practice
- Harvesting, preservation, and/or access
- Collection development
- Copyright and privacy
- Legal and ethical concerns
- Programmatic organization and management
Research
- Research using web archives
- Tools and approaches
- Initiatives, platforms, and collaborations
Tools
- New/updated tools for any part of the lifecycle
- Application programming interfaces (APIs)
- Current and future landscape
Proposal guidance
Individual presentations can be a maximum of 20 mins. A panel session can be a maximum of 60 minutes with 2 or more presentations on a topic. A discussion session should include one or more introductory statements followed by a moderated discussion. Workshops can be up to a half-day in length; please include details on the proposed structure, content, and target audience.
Abstracts should include the name of the speaker(s), a title, theme and be no more than 300 words. All abstracts should be in English.
Please submit your proposals using this form. For questions, please e-mail iipc@bl.uk .
The deadline for submissions is 17 December 2015. All submissions will be reviewed by the Programme Committee and submitters will be notified by mid-January 2016.
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