CNI is pleased to serve, once again, as a cooperating organization for IS&T's Archiving conference.

The Archiving 2013 conference committee encourages you to submit an abstract for their consideration to be presented at the April 2-5, 2013 in Washington, DC conference.

The abstract submission deadline is November 15, 2012.

A PDF of the Call for Papers can be found at www.imaging.org/ist/conferences/archiving.

The IS&T Archiving Conference brings together a unique community of imaging novices and experts from libraries, archives, records management, and information technology institutions to discuss and explore the critical and expanding field of digital archiving and preservation. Attendees from around the world represent industry, academia, governments, and cultural heritage institutions. The conference presents the latest research results on archiving, provides a forum to explore new strategies and policies, and reports on successful projects that can serve as benchmarks in the field.

Archiving 2013 is a blend of invited focal papers, keynote talks, and refereed oral and interactive display presentations.

Proposed program topics include:

Preservation of Digital Assets · Storage technologies: novel approaches, monitoring, and reliability · Migration strategies · Preservation of social media content · Intellectual property, rights management, and legal aspects · Standards and guidelines · Innovative projects and activities

Technical Processes and Workflows Digital imaging technologies Metadata generation, searching, and indexing Quality management, certification, and efficiency File formats for digital archiving Color management in capture and display Development of software and tools Digital Curation Prioritizing collections for digital archiving Cost models and benefit of preservation Digital forensics and data recovery Curation of scientific research data Strategies for databases and multidimensional data Automated review of restricted information Please feel free to contact me with any questions. We hope to see you there.

Best regards,

Diana Gonzalez IS&T Conference Program Manager archiving@imaging.org 703/642-9090 x 106