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This Call for Proposals is available on the workshop web page at:
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First International Physical Samples and Digital Libraries
(PSDL 2016) workshop will be held on June 22nd and 23rd in
Newark, NJ in conjunction with the<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> JCDL 2016--ACM/IEEE Joint
Conference on Digital Libraries.</span> We solicit
participation from both the earth sciences (and related
sciences that collect and manage samples such as hydrology,
archeology, etc.) and digital library scholarly communities to
make this workshop a success.</p>
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goal of this workshop is to bring together the community of
researchers, curators, and practitioners who are interested in
studying the issues involved in the management of samples,
sample collections, and sample-based data in the field, in the
lab, in repositories, in data systems and scientific
publications. The intention is both to assemble the existing
community as well as invite those with emerging interests in
this area. A secondary goal is to focus the attention of the
digital libraries community on the tremendous opportunities
for research in this space and for collaborating with
researchers in the Earth Sciences.</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva,
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in the Earth Science disciplines depends on the availability
of representative samples collected above, at, and beneath
Earth's surface, on the moon and in space, or those generated
in experiments. These physical samples serve as fundamental
references for generating new knowledge about the earth and
the entire universe, contribute to and a deeper understanding
of the processes that created and shaped it, assess the the
availability of natural resources, and measure the risk of
natural hazards. Many samples have been collected at great
cost and with substantial difficulty, are rare or unique, and
irreplaceable. The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.earthcube.org/"
target="new">EarthCube</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.earthcube.org">http://www.earthcube.org</a>)
</span>Research Coordination Network (RCN)<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
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href="http://www.earthcube.org/group/isamples" target="new">iSamplES</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Internet of Samples
in the Earth Sciences) aims to advance the use of innovative
cyberinfrastructure to connect physical samples and sample
collections across the Earth Sciences with digital data
infrastructures to revolutionize their utility in the support
of science.</p>
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dates:</h3>
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<li class="date-list-bg" style="list-style-type: none;
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1: paper submissions due</li>
<li class="date-list" style="list-style-type: none;
line-height: 1.5;">May 8: Notification of acceptance</li>
<li class="date-list-bg" style="list-style-type: none;
line-height: 1.5; background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221);">June
1: Submission of final, camera-ready papers</li>
<li class="date-list" style="list-style-type: none;
line-height: 1.5;">June 22-23: PSDL 2016 Workshop</li>
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word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Participation:</h3>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva,
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will address a broad range of issues and challenges at the
intersection of Earth Science physical samples and digital
libraries that facilitate the data collection, management, and
use of earth samples. Topics include but are not limited to:</p>
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Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal;
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<li class="topic-list" style="list-style-type: square;
line-height: 1.5;">physical sample collection curation</li>
<li class="topic-list" style="list-style-type: square;
line-height: 1.5;">information behavior and needs, user
modeling</li>
<li class="topic-list" style="list-style-type: square;
line-height: 1.5;">evaluation of existing environments
models</li>
<li class="topic-list" style="list-style-type: square;
line-height: 1.5;">theoretical models</li>
<li class="topic-list" style="list-style-type: square;
line-height: 1.5;">system architectures</li>
<li class="topic-list" style="list-style-type: square;
line-height: 1.5;">social-technical perspectives on digital
methods for sample management</li>
<li class="topic-list" style="list-style-type: square;
line-height: 1.5;">policies and workflows</li>
<li class="topic-list" style="list-style-type: square;
line-height: 1.5;">data analytics and visualization</li>
<li class="topic-list" style="list-style-type: square;
line-height: 1.5;">user interfaces</li>
<li class="topic-list" style="list-style-type: square;
line-height: 1.5;">cyberinfrastructure architectures,
applications, and deployments</li>
<li class="topic-list" style="list-style-type: square;
line-height: 1.5;">distributed data management information
systems</li>
<li class="topic-list" style="list-style-type: square;
line-height: 1.5;">impact of digital libraries on earth
sciences</li>
<li class="topic-list" style="list-style-type: square;
line-height: 1.5;">linked data and its applications</li>
<li class="topic-list" style="list-style-type: square;
line-height: 1.5;">personal information management of
physical samples</li>
<li class="topic-list" style="list-style-type: square;
line-height: 1.5;">retrieval and browsing of sampels</li>
<li class="topic-list" style="list-style-type: square;
line-height: 1.5;">scientific data curation, citation, and
scholarly publication</li>
<li class="topic-list" style="list-style-type: square;
line-height: 1.5;">social networks, virtual organizations,
and networked information</li>
<li class="topic-list" style="list-style-type: square;
line-height: 1.5;">sample collection archiving and
preservation</li>
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Formats</h3>
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encourage you to submit proposals for:</p>
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<li><b>full papers</b>: up to 8 page submissions that report
on mature work or in an area of interest</li>
<li><b>work-in-progess and position papers</b>: upto 4 page
submissions that discuss early results or explore a
significant issue related to the workshop topic</li>
<li><b>posters or demonstrations</b>: 1-2 page description</li>
</ul>
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contributions must be written in English and use the ACM
submission templates, which are available at:<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
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href="http://www.acm.org/publications/article-templates/proceedings-template.html"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.acm.org/publications/article-templates/proceedings-template.html">http://www.acm.org/publications/article-templates/proceedings-template.html</a></a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>.</p>
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Process</h3>
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submit papers by May 1st via the workshop's EasyChair
submission page:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=psdl2016">http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=psdl2016</a>.<br>
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contact us in case of questions.</p>
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Karadkar ((<a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:unmil@ischool.utexas.edu">unmil@ischool.utexas.edu</a>))<br>
School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin</p>
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Lehnert((<a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:lehnert@ldeo.columbia.edu">lehnert@ldeo.columbia.edu</a>))<br>
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University</p>
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Lehhardt((<a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:clenhardt@renci.org">clenhardt@renci.org</a>))<br>
Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill</p>
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