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We describe the participation and the official results of the 2nd Computational Linguistics Scientific Summarization Shared Task (CL-SciSumm), held as a part of the BIRNDL workshop at the Joint Conference for Digital Libraries 2016 in Newark, New Jersey. CL-SciSumm is the first medium-scale Shared Task on scientific document summarization in the computational linguistics (CL) domain. Participants were provided a training corpus of 30 topics, each comprising of a reference paper (RP) and 10 or more citing papers, all of which cite the RP. For each citation, the text spans (i.e., citances) that pertain to the RP have been identified. Participants solved three sub-tasks in automatic research paper summarization using this text corpus. Fifteen teams from six countries registered for the Shared Task, of which ten teams ultimately submitted and presented their results. The annotated corpus comprised 30 target papers—currently the largest available corpora of its kind. The corpus is available for free download and use at https://github.com/WING-NUS/scisumm-corpus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Die Tagung 'Vernetzte Welten' aus der Tagungsreihe 'Digitale Bibliothek' stellte die organisatorische und inhaltliche Kollaboration von Institutionen aus dem GLAM-Sektor in den thematischen Mittelpunkt: Referiert wurde u. a. über Metadaten und Pflege semantischer Datenstrukturen, Linked Open Data, Open Access und Nachnutzung von semantisch beschriebenen digitalen Objekten. Die Konferenz machte deutlich, dass hier eine bewusste Umorientierung stattgefunden hat, die das Öffnen der Institutionen und die Verbreitung und Vernetzung der kuratierten Objekte forciert. The conference 'Vernetzte Welten' from the Digital Library series focused on the collaboration of GLAM sector institutions, mainly on the subjects organization and content: Among other topics, reports were given on metadata and maintenance of semantic data structures, Linked Open Data, Open Access and reusing semantically described digital objects. The conference showed clearly that a deliberate reorientation has taken place which speeds up the opening of the institutions and the spreading and interlinking of objects that have undergone curation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the highlights of the Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference 2016. Speakers include University of Texas at Austin associate professor Dawna Ballard, Ashley Zmau and Holly Talbott of the University of Texas at Arlington, and Angela Sidman and Sara Tudesco of Yale University Library.

Information on The Personal Digital Archiving Conference hosted by the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program of the New York University (NYU) from April 24-26, 2015 is presented. Topics include the opening keynote regarding family album given by writer and producer Don Perry, the dissertation "How Online Sociality and Free Terabytes are Shaping Personal Digital Archives" presented by Jessica Bushey of the University of British Columbia, and the poster presentations about digitization.

The article presents a report from the March 1-2, 2018 "Zugang und Teilhabe im digitalen Wandel" conference of the Deutscher Bibliotheksverband library association in Berlin, Germany on social aspects of access to digital libraries.

The article presents a report from a June 19-20, 2017 public archives conference in Duisburg, Germany with a focus on archives online. Topics of presentations delivered included copyright law in online archives, website design for archive portals, and the e-arkiv municipal digital archive of Stockholm, Sweden.

During the International Conferences on Digital Libraries, several experts felt the need for a primary research journal in the field of digital libraries which will not only cover the knowledge network of global digital library experts, but also project Indian research on digital libraries, technologies and case studies. Thus, the journal World Digital Libraries (WDL) started in 2008. This paper describes the genesis of the WDL, coverage in terms of themes, contribution of authors, subscription and future projections of WDL. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on a conference on scholarly electronic publishing and digital libraries in the humanities and social sciences, held in Berlin, Germany, from October 8-9, 2013. Several case studies were discussed, including the websites "Acta pacis Westphalicae," available at http://www.pax-westphalica.de, "Deutsches Textarchiv“ (DTA), available at http://www.deutschestextarchiv.de, and "Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien" (TITUS), available at http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/indexd.htm.

Information on the 64th annual meeting of the German library network held in Konstanz, Germany from April 16-17, 2013 is presented. Several topics including the use of resource description and access (RDA) in German libraries, library information networks, and electronic books are discussed. Other topics mentioned in this article include data networking, library catalog management, and the German digital library Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (DDB).

This article summarises the papers presented at the "Digital Libraries at the Crossroads of Disciplines and Institutions" symposium, held during the ACFAS conference, from May 8-10 2013. The organisers of the symposium summarize the concerns and issues raised by the speakers during their presentations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a report from a January 18-19, 2013 conference in Trier, Germany on the reconstruction of libraries of the Middle Ages using digital methods. Topics of presentations given included the reconstruction of the library of the Imperial Abbey of Corvey, the dating of Middle Ages handwriting found in the Herzog August Bibliothek library, and data processing and metadata standards used in the digitization of archival materials.

The article presents a report on a conference on the digitization of cultural archives and their presentation as online digital libraries, held in Rostock, Germany, from September 26-28, 2012. Topics of discussion included open access to such collections, metadata management, and the use of Web 2.0 ideas such as crowdsourcing in the maintenance and further development of ethnographic websites.

The article offers news briefs related to education. Isko Biennial Conference, a two -day event is going to be held on July 8-9, 2013 in London, England. Participants of 10th Northumbria Conference which will be held on July 22-25, 2013, can register with or without accommodation. The call for tutorials is open for the 17th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries which will be held on September 22-26, 2013.

A report is offered from an October 10-12, 2011 librarians and library science conference in Łódź, Poland on digital libraries in Germany and Poland. Topics of presentations given included German literary creations written in Łódź, the history of the Łódź ghetto in World War II, and the problem of copyright protection in digital libraries.

The article provides news briefs as of 2012 on education. The 3rd International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World (IMCW2012), organized by the Department of Information Management of Hacetteepe University, is September 19-21, 2012 in Ankara, Turkey. An Information Management MBA master's degree program was launched at Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen, Scotland. The ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries is open to paper submissions.

The article discusses the highlights of the EBSCO Discovery Service User Group meeting held in Boston, Massachusetts from May 10 to 11, 2016. The event focused on information on libraries that have implemented EBSCO Discovery Service and future enhancements and customizations. Speakers include Drew Parker, a web services librarian at the University of Alabama, and Courtney McDonald, head of the Discovery and User Experience department at the Indiana University Libraries.

The article discusses the highlights of the second Institutional Repository Day held at The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Speakers include Rick Anderson, associate dean for Scholarly Resources and Collections in the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah, and Christy Shorey, manager of the University of Florida's Institutional Repository and Theses & Dissertations Program.

The article presents a report from the March 1-2, 2016 annual conference in Potsdam, Germany of the "Archivierung von Unterlagen aus digitalen Systemen" (AUdS) digital archives working group. Topics of presentations delivered included the use of the Pre Ingest Toolset software for structuring filesystems at the Bundesarchiv German national archives, the development of the file filtration and sorting software tool for archives at the startext GmbH company, and digitization of the collections of small archives.

Information on the fifth annual Library 2.015 Worldwide Virtual Conference that was held on October 20, 2015 on the future of libraries in the digital age, is presented. Topics discussed include information services, emerging technologies, innovation, and libraries, and the evolution of information and technology. The conference featured several speakers including professors Sandra Hirsh, Michael Stephens, and Tina Jagerson.

Information about the topics discussed at the Canadian Association of Music Libraries held October 23, 2009 in Ottawa, Ontario is presented. Participants discussed music library issues. They also tackled the digitization issues and projects including the new digital audio delivery service and the Resource Description and Access (RDA).

A calendar of German events related to library science from July - December 2009 lists such meeting themes as digital libraries, librarian certification, new juvenile books, and blog competencies.

Information about several papers discussed at the forum by the Committee on Chinese Materials on Chinese electronic content is presented. Topics includes access to Chinese Wanfang databases, and services, Chinese dissertations databases, and OCLC's global strategy, and Chinese e-content. The forum features several presenters including Danny Liu of Wanfang Data, Newman Ang of Tsinghua Tongfang, and Jason Han of Superstar Digital Library.

Information about the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) annual conference Digital Book 2007 held at the Macmillan Auditorium in New York on May 9, 2007 is presented. The event has provided publishers and business people with ideas about electronic-book technology and how it might affect their work and their bottom lines. Digital Library Federation executive director Peter Brantley graced the event by saying that publishing is being reinvented.

The article offers information on the 9th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries that was held in Kyoto University, Japan in November 27-30, 2006. The conference consisted of presentations of papers on digital libraries, keynote speeches, and panel discussions. The keynote speakers include Makoto Nagao, Jun Adachi, and Daniel Clancy.

Announces a job vacancy, and several conferences on information services. Qualifications needed for a faculty position at the Department of Library and Information Science in National Taiwan University; Suggested topics for research papers to be submitted during the meeting of the American Society for Information Science Special Interest Group on Classification Research; Focus of the Second Asian Digital Libraries Conference.

Looks at the highlights of the Elsevier Science Digital Libraries Symposium held on January 10, 1998 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Functionality and mission of the emerging digital library; Metadata and access tools; Archiving; Impact on end users; Measurement of efficiencies and end-results.

Presents highlights of several conferences on the digitization of libraries. Description of current projects in digitization; Need for more emphasis on group projects and group learning; Impact of digital communication on libraries and publishers; Development of new methods of delivering the journal products; Examination of preparations for the implementation of electronic data interchange.

Presents information about library science. Details on the Second European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries by the European Union in September 1998; Information on the Professional Development Workshops of the University of Pittsburg School of Information Sciences; Details on the Educational Research Project at the Robert Gordon University.

The symposium "Scholarly Digital Editions, Tools and Infrastructure" held in The Hague between 19th and 20th of March stressed on promoting the tools used to create scholarly digital editions and to point out the importance of interoperability for the future. After many mass digitization initiatives for preservation reasons, it is now the moment to develop and apply specific tools to give comprehensive access to all this material. The main purpose of Interedition was to create a space where experienced professionals share their story and their ways of practice to their peers who might not have the knowledge or the resources to undertake such initiative regarding the textual heritage. The projects described here were considered as best practice experiences in the field of textual scholarship and there were presented to serve both the specialized communities and the general public. By deciphering old texts contributes to promoting historical treasures and to better understand them. Some good examples of such practices are the creation of a digital edition of Codex Supraliensis, a very important manuscript shared among 3 institutions, and the digital reunification of the oldest Bible, Codex Sinaiticus. Both project relied strongly on the collaboration between professionals from all over the world. The case of Polish Digital Libraries Federation served as a very good example of national collaboration to create a platform for all digital libraries in Poland. This federation create a space for the 79 Polish digital libraries and they studied how these institutions use the OCR methods to transcribe the digitized text. From building digital editions, to the digital tools and infrastructures that aid the digital scholarship from digital text analysis and annotation, to community role/involvement, the symposium offered valuable insights into the current textual research and practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information from an August 11, 2008 meeting of a European commission in Brussels, Belgium, regarding plans to create a European digital library. If the plan is to reach completion, European countries must present material to be digitized and related issues must be settled, such as installing appropriate digital storage facilities and discussing copyright procedure. Countries already involved in preparations are noted, including Slovakia, Finland, and Lithuania.

Purpose – This paper aims to present a report on the 2015 Charleston Conference. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on information gained at the conference. Findings – Areas covered are privacy, the importance of the article, open access and electronic resources. Originality/value – Conference of value to those interested in collection development, etc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a meeting on digital libraries that was sponsored by the Asian Library Association and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) that was held in IIM, Indore from April 14-16, 2016.

This is a report on the tenth annual Archival Education and Research Institute (AERI), which was held from July 9 to 13, 2018, and hosted by the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information for conferences on digital libraries including the Digital Book World conference to be held at New York City from March 7 to 9, 2016 and the JCDL 2016: Big Libraries, Big Data, Big Innovation conference to be held at Newark, New Jersey from June 19 to 23, 2016.