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                THE THIRD SEEDI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
            DIGITIZATION OF CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE

               September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro


                 First Announcement and Call for Papers



CONFERENCE GOALS

SEEDI (http://www.ncd.matf.bg.ac.yu/seedi/) is an international effort to
develop awareness about digitization of cultural and scientific heritage
in the South-Eastern European countries.

This Third SEEDI International Conference is in line with the events held
in Ohrid (2005) and Sofia (2006). It will convene:

"       Archivists, librarians and curators responsible for the
        preservation of and permanent access to cultural and scientific
        heritage;
"       Information technology researchers developing projects on
        digitization of cultural and scientific heritage;
"       Scholars in the arts and humanities, social sciences, history and
        computer science;
"       Developers, entrepreneurs and managers interested in issues
        regarding the digitization of cultural and scientific heritage;
"       Policy makers from the heritage sector;
"       Students, users and all others interested in the topic.

The conference will offer to this wide and varied audience the opportunity
to address and discuss state-of-the-art concepts, methodologies, results,
policies and case studies in the field of digitization of cultural and
scientific heritage.

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Distinguished features of this Conference are:

"       A broad scope of topics which will create a unique atmosphere of
        active exchange and learning about various aspects of the topic;
"       A combination of methodological and technical presentations;
"       A condensed procedure of submission, revision and publication of
        proceedings which will guarantee the presentation of the most
        recent works.

Contributions related to all aspects of digitization of and access to
cultural and scientific heritage with an emphasis on SEE specific features
are encouraged. Papers that report on applications of new information
technologies in the field of digitization are particularly welcome. The

Conference will offer scientific tracks, including, but not limited to:

"       Digital capture and transformation from analogue to digital form;
"       Descriptions and representations of heritage objects and related 
documentation;
"       Processing of digitized content;
"       Presentation, long term preservation and curation of digitised 
content;
"       Training and socialisation practices and strategies.


ACTIVITIES

The Conference will include a combination of various activities
contributing to vivid exchange of opinions and ideas:

"       Basic conference topics will be introduced by invited lectures;
"       Scientific papers (up to 30 minutes in length).
"       Plenary sessions aiming to summarize the main ideas presented and
        discussed during the presentation of the conference papers;
"       Demonstration sessions;
"       Posters.


CONFERENCE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

English


REGISTRATION FEES

To be announced


SUBMISSION

Extended abstracts of up to 4 pages should be submitted to Program 
Committee.


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Presented papers, selected after a review by the international editorial
board, will be published in the Review of the National Centre for
Digitization, Serbia 
(http://www.ncd.matf.bg.ac.yu/?page=publications&lang=en).


CONFERENCE VENUE

For the first time a SEEDI event will be held in Cetinje, Montenegro.


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Chair:

Jelena Djurovic (Director of the Central National Library of Montenegro)

Members:

Dzenana Aladjuz (Bosnia and Hercegovina)
Umit Atabek (Turkey)
Boris Badurina (Croatia)
Nikola Ikonomov (Bulgaria)
Smile Markovski (Macedonia)
Zarko Mijajlovic (Serbia)
Milenko Musurovic (Montenegro)
Anka Rapeanu (Romania)


IMPORTANT DATES

February, 2007: Second announcement
April 10, 2007: Extended abstract submissions
May 20, 2007:   Authors notification, draft programme
June 30, 2007:  Final paper submission and registration


SUGGESTIONS

All suggestions and comments are welcome. Traditionally, events in our
region seek for additional financial support for the event.  All such
ideas are particularly welcome.  Please, send your recommendations on
conference structure and all other issues to ncd at matf.bg.ac.yu.