Invited are the following types of contributions:

1. Papers: research studies and reports on advances that will be presented at the conference and included on the conference Web site. Papers of up to 4000 words in length should be submitted, following the American Psychological Association (APA) style, followed, among others, by the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) and Information Processing & Management (IP&M).
2. Posters: short graphic presentations on research, studies, advances, examples, practices, or preliminary work that will be presented in a special poster session. An award will be given for Best Student Poster. Proposals for posters should be submitted as a short, one or two- page paper.
3. Demonstrations: live examples of working projects, services, interfaces, commercial products, or developments-in-progress that will be presented during the conference in specialized facilities or presented in special demonstration sessions. Proposals for demonstration should provide short description and a URL address, if available.
4. Workshops: two to four-hour sessions that will be tutorial and educational in nature. Workshops will be presented before and after the main part of the conference and will require separate fees, to be shared with workshop organizers. Proposals for workshops should include a short description, with indication of level and potential audience.

Submissions should be in electronic form (as attachments to email). Please send submissions

for the First Theme to both:

Professor Tefko Saracevic at tefko@scils.rutgers.edu
Professor Tatjana Aparac-Jelusic taparac@pedos.hr

Professor Paul Sturges at R.P.Sturges@lboro.ac.uk
Professor Tatjana Aparac-Jelusic taparac@pedos.hr

Full addresses are provided below. All submissions will be refereed.

Invitation to Institutions

We are inviting libraries, information agencies, professional organizations, and service providers to consider participation at LIDA by providing a demonstration, workshop, or exhibit about their advances, or by presenting a paper or poster about their activities. Sponsorship of an event is also invited. Institutions can benefit as well: We will provide course materials and virtual tutorials to participants so that they can communicate, instruct, and transfer topics of interest to their institution. Thus, we are organizing LIDA to reach a wider audience.

Deadlines:

• For papers and workshops 10 December 2003. Acceptance information by 15 January 2004.
• For demonstrations and posters: 10 January 2004. Acceptance information by 1 February 2004.
• Final submission for all 15 March 2004.