Author information and guidelines

Author information and guidelines

This page provides information for authors submitting a paper or proposal to iPres 2014. If submitting a Full or Short paper, a complete paper – rather than a proposal – must be submitted by the closing date. All submissions will be peer reviewed. Feedback on papers will be given to authors and, if the feedback is accepted, a new version, for inclusion in the iPres 2014 conference proceedings, should be delivered by the final paper date (15 August 2014). The dates are listed below in the timeline.

Full or short papers, posters or demonstrations

Submissions must be made online, in PDF, according to the ACM template:

• Submission site: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ipres2014
• Template: http://ipres2014.org/sites/default/files/upload/2014-03-04.template_ipre...

Workshops, tutorials or panels

Proposals must be submitted by email to ipres2014@slv.vic.gov.au. All emails must indicate in their subject line what type of contribution is being proposed (ie, workshop, tutorial or panel).

Timeline

Guidelines for authors

Reviewers of papers will be using the following guidelines. They are provided here to give authors an indication of what is expected in their submissions.

Guidelines for all papers

• Is the length appropriate (short papers 3–5 pages, full papers 8–10 pages)?
• Is the paper making a positive addition to digital preservation practice or research?
• Is that addition original?
• Is the paper clearly written?
• Does it fall under one of the topics?
• Has the work been published/presented in some form before?

Research

• Is the research process rigorous?
• Are the citations appropriate?
• Does the work advance knowledge in digital preservation in a significant manner?
• Does the work build up previous work or contextualise their work within previous efforts properly?

Innovative Practice

• Is there sufficient evidence for any claims?
• Are there outcomes that other practitioners can benefit from?
• Is the topic one that is generally missing from digital preservation conversations?
• Does the work advance practice in digital preservation in a significant manner?
• Does the work build up previous work or contextualise their work within previous efforts properly?

Short papers

While it is possible that short papers could meet one of the considerations above, they do not have to. Short papers must achieve a positive response to one of the following two questions.

• If a challenge is being presented, is it a real one with impacts beyond the specific institution?
• Will the community benefit from hearing about the work in progress?

Posters

Posters give presenters the opportunity to engage with the audience in a less formally structured manner than the paper sessions, but the review of poster submissions is no less rigorous. Submissions will be assessed with the following questions in mind:

• Do you expect that the level of interest in the poster would be high?
• Does the proposal appropriately place the topic in the larger context of digital preservation?
• Are the authors aware of a range of ideas on the topic?
• Do the authors clearly state the significance and relevance of their topic?
• Is the proposal well written?
• Is the content well presented and easy to understand?
• Are there any technical errors?

Copyright

iPres 2014 conference proceedings will be made available under a Creative Commons license. With the exception of any logos, emblems, trademarks or other nominated third-party images/text, this work is available for re-use under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 unported license. Authorship of this work must be attributed. View a copy of this licence.