GSDI 15 World Conference

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Author Guidelines

Web Submission of Abstract

Please submit your 250- to 500-word abstract through the GSDI-15 Conference Submission Management System after logging in/creating an account. You will receive login details, including a paper ID and password when you submit the abstract. Abstracts should be submitted in Word or other editable format (NOT PDF) in English. Cut and paste (do not upload!) your abstract into the form window provided for the Abstract. See below the final Paper format requirements. Save the automated e-mail you will receive that contains your password and paper ID. If you forget your password do NOT make a new submission, but rather contact the Administrator.

E-mail Submission of Abstract

We highly encourage submission through the web. However, if your web access is limited and you would prefer to submit the abstract by e-mail, then please do the following. Include paper title, author's name, affiliation, mailing address and email address followed by the text of the abstract. The abstract submission should be ‘left justified’, written in English, 12-point, Times font, single-spaced with no bold, italic, or underlined text. Submit the abstract to GSDI15papers@gsdi.org with an email subject line of GSDI-15 Abstract Submission by <your last name>. The Administrator will then submit it to the web site system for you.

Paper Submission Process

If your abstract is accepted for a regular or Lightning Round oral presentation, you will be notified by 1 June and are encouraged to submit a full conference paper before 1 July 2016 for inclusion in the GSDI 15 Conference Proceedings. The full Paper should be submitted in Word, Open Office or other editable format (NOT PDF) in English and should adhere to the sample GSDI manuscript template which is the same as the Manuscript Template of the International Journal of SDI Research. (See ‘Manuscript Preparation’ at http://ijsdir.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.php/ijsdir/pages/view/authors).

To submit through the web interface, return to the same GSDI-15 Conference Submission Management System and follow the instructions and options for submitting the final version of your full Paper. Your previously received automated e-mail contains your password and paper ID number. If you forget your password do NOT make a new submission but rather generate a new password using the system. If all else fails, send the paper, your paper ID number, and password to GSDI15papers@gsdi.org and we will upload the paper for you. Make the email subject line: GSDI-15 Final Paper Submission by <your last name>.

Submission Preparation Checklist

1. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
2. All URL addresses in the text (e.g., http://pkp.sfu.ca) are activated and ready to click.

3. Abstract text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end. Abstracts must be submitted in English.

   Paper submissions must adhere to the sample GSDI manuscript template which is the same as the Manuscript Template of the International Journal of SDI Research. (See ‘Manuscript Preparation’ at http://ijsdir.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.php/ijsdir/pages/view/authors).

   Papers must be submitted in English.

4. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Conference.
5. If submitting to a peer-reviewed paper track of the conference, authors' names are removed from submission, with "Author" and year used in the bibliography and footnotes, instead of authors' name, paper title, etc.
6. If submitting to peer review, all Microsoft Office documents (including Supplementary Files) have been saved by going to File and selecting Save As; clicking Tools (or Options in a Mac); clicking Security; selecting "Remove personal information from file properties on save"; clicking Save.

Copyright Notice

Authors who submit to this conference agree to the following terms:
a) Authors retain copyright over their work, while allowing the conference to place this unpublished work under a Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows others to freely access, use, and share the work, with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and its initial presentation at this conference.
b) Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution and subsequent publication of this work (e.g., publish a revised version in a journal, post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial presentation at this conference.
c) In addition, authors are encouraged to post and share their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) at any point before and after the conference.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this conference site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this conference and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.