The Advance Program for The First ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2001) Roanoke, VA USA June 24-28, 2001 is available at the conference web site http://www.jcdl.org *** Online registration is now available from http://www.jcdl.org *** *** Last day for early registration is May 15, 2001 *** *** Early hotel booking is recommended! *** Conference Highlights: * Three days of papers, panels, posters and demos * Keynotes by Brewster Kahle, Pamela Samuelson, and Clifford Lynch * Pre-conference tutorials and Post-conference workshops * A full social program including breakfasts, lunches, banquet, receptions, and tours * Located in a charming hotel in the Blue Ridge Mountains You are cordially invited to participate in the major international digital library conference of the year! Together, the speakers and conferees will advance the state of the art in digital libraries, help to identify best practices, facilitate sharing between researchers and practitioners, enhance collaboration throughout our broad international community, and advance communication among the cooperating disciplines and professions. The Joint Conference on Digital Libraries not only combines the best features of the ACM DL and IEEE-CS ADL conference series and the meetings of researchers funded through the US National Science Foundation's Digital Library Initiative, but also expands participation to a broader community of scholars and professionals from computer and information sciences, social sciences, humanities, libraries, museums, and archives. An international and multi-disciplinary program committee has selected an enriching program of tutorials, keynotes, panels, long papers (including the soon to be selected Vannevar Bush Award-winning best paper), short papers, posters, demonstrations, and workshops from the rich array submitted to the conference. These are complemented by social events and side trips. Once you've decided to come, please act quickly: book one of the limited number of rooms at the conference hotel, and go online or fill in the attached registration form in time to benefit from the significantly reduced early rates. We look forward to your participation in this community-building conference on digital libraries in June, in the lovely Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. -----Edward A. Fox (General Chair) Christine L. Borgman (Program Chair) * A full copy of the Advance Program may be viewed or printed at * * http://www.jcdl.org *