DTIC, in support of the DoD Scientific and Technical Information
Program, solicits student papers for consideration on the agenda of its annual
user conference. Selected student authors will be invited to present
their papers at the DTIC 2009 Conference, April 6-8, 2009, in Alexandria,
Virginia (see: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/announcements/conference.html).
PURPOSE:
* to promote the generation
of new ideas and the conduct of new research in areas of strategic interest to
DTIC
* to promote understanding
of DTIC’s mission and program among information professionals
TOPICS:
Papers should show relevance to DTIC’s mission. DTIC
is the central scientific, research, and engineering information support
activity for the DoD, Director of Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E)
and supports the DDR&E’s execution of the DoD Scientific and
Technical Information Program. General information about DTIC is
available at: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/
Examples (to stimulate input, not to constrain topics):
* Blogging and wiki
behaviors (e.g., methods to incentivize submissions especially in
communities trained to protect information, or scientists versus engineers)
* Making scientific and
technical information discoverable
* Conceptual and/or
technical approaches for enabling collaborative searching
* Recommended features of a
tool suite for usability experimentation
* Statistical analysis of
searching bibliographic metadata vs. full text documents
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION:
DTIC will consider the papers for presentation at the DTIC 2009
Conference, April 6-8, 2009, in
RULES:
* Deadline for submission is
March 6, 2009.
* Only students enrolled, as
of March 6,2009, in graduate level programs of information studies are
eligible. Faculty may assist students but are not eligible as authors or
joint authors.
* The paper must be original
work by the author(s). Submission of the paper does not preclude the
author(s) from submitting its contents to other means of publication, but
papers must not have been previously published or copyrighted.
* The paper should not
exceed 15 pages, single spaced, including charts and appendices. The
paper must include a title.
* Submit papers as hard copy
to:
ATTN: DTIC-E (Student
Papers)
8725 John J. Kingman Road
Fort Belvoir VA 22060-6218
* Include contact
information:
Author
name(s)
E-mail address to use for
further correspondence
Telephone contact
School affiliation
* DTIC will select papers
based on their relevance to DTIC’s mission, potential interest to
conference attendees, originality, clarity, and sufficiency of support for
conclusions.
* Selected authors will be
notified not later than March 20, 2009.