SIM research would be a great fit for The Document Academy conference (DOCAM) to be held at The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, in August 2012.

Here’s why you might enjoy DOCAM:

1) You don’t have to submit a full paper, just do a 30-minute presentation.

2) Everything is a plenary session. People are friendly and interested and they offer helpful suggestions.

3) Many kinds of documents are represented. I’ve been to three DOCAMs and heard about digitized medieval manuscripts, Obama’s birth certificate, streaming opera performances, museum displays, plans for how to build a kayak, 4-H Club archives, scholars’ personal blogs, metadata, children’s literacy programs in India, books that go on tour, artist’s sketches, and proper techniques for destroying holy scripture, among many others.

4) The weather in London, Ontario in August is… well, it’s… hard to describe!

The call for proposals has been extended to May 25, 2012.

The official website is http://conferences.fims.uwo.ca/DOCAM12/cfp.aspx

Disclaimer: I’m not a conference organizer, just a DOCAM proponent. Email me if you’d like an unofficial view of the conference: eadphd@gmail.com

Elisabeth Davies