From: [log in to unmask] on behalf of Tammaro Anna Maria Sent: Tue 19/05/2009 12:50 Subject: CULTURAL HERITAGE on line - Empowering users: an active role for user communities 15-16 December 2009, Florence, Italy Following the success of the previous conference in 2006, the Foundation Rinascimento Digitale, the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities, and the Library of Congress are delighted to announce that the 2nd "CULTURAL HERITAGE online" conference will be hosted by Teatro della Pergola, in Florence in December 2009. This conference aims to explore, analyze, and evaluate the state of the art and future trends in user communities and cultural contents on the web from an international perspective, and bring together academic researchers, policy makers and practitioners, providing a forum for the discussion and dissemination of the selected themes. Programme: <http://www.rinascimento-digitale.it/conference-2009/Conference2009-Programme.pdf> Registration will be open soon: the conference registration form will be available for download soon. All information and updating about the conference programme, deadlines, organisation and registration will be available on our web site <http://www.rinascimento-digitale.it/conference2009> ************************************************ CALL FOR PAPERS The second day of the conference seeks to encourage critical discussion on a number of relevant themes relating to opportunities, challenges and obstacles faced by the digital libraries applications that support an increasingly active role of the user communities. The Call for Papers invites authors to put users and communities at the centre of digital libraries design and development. Considerations may also be addressed to the improvement of collaborative tools introducing new capabilities for cooperation, knowledge creation, and collective intelligence. (...) IMPORTANT DATES AND INFORMATION: Proposals for papers must be submitted by June 15th, 2009 (Please send an email to [log in to unmask] ) Successful candidates will be notified by June 30th, 2009. The full paper is due no later than October 15th, 2009 and must be an original submission not published elsewhere. Papers must be written and presented in English. Call for Papers: <http://www.rinascimento-digitale.it/conference-2009/Conference2009-CallForPapers.pdf> FOR MORE INFORMATION: [log in to unmask] Kind regards, Benedetta Caporioni Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale Nuove Tecnologie per i Beni Culturali Phone 0039 055 2614012 <http://www.rinascimento-digitale.it/> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).