Date : 2025-09-23 => 2025-09-26
Lieu : Tampere, Finland

TPDL 2025 – The 29th International Conference on Theory and Practice of
Digital Libraries
Call for demonstration papers

*23-26 September 2025 – Tampere, Finland *

*Website*: https://tpdl2025.github.io/Calls/demos.html
*Submission deadline*: June 12, 2025 (AoE)
*Overview*

TPDL is an international forum focused on Digital Libraries, Document
Analysis/Recognition, and Information Retrieval and their associated
technical, practical, and social issues. The conference encompasses the
many meanings of the term digital libraries, embracing the whole spectrum
of the GLAM (Gallery, Library, Archive, and Museum) community; information
access and operational information systems with all manner of digital
content; new means of selecting, collecting, organizing, distributing, and
accessing digital content; and theoretical models of information media,
including document genres and electronic publishing.

*Topics*

Topics in 2025 include but are not limited to, theories, models, standards,
tools, and applications on the following themes:

– Publishing Science
– Information Management Science
– Monitoring and Assessment of Science
– Knowledge Creation and Dissemination
– AI and Machine Learning Applications in Digital Libraries
– Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage
– Human-Computer Interaction in Digital Libraries
– Information Retrieval
– Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) in the context of Digital
Libraries
– Recommender Systems in Digital Libraries
– Document Analysis and Recognition

Also see the detailed list of topics of the main conference, here:
https://tpdl2025.github.io/Calls/researchtrack.html

*Important Dates*

All deadlines are 23:59 (11:59 pm) in the AoE (Anywhere on Earth) time zone
on the date specified.

– Demonstration paper submission deadline: June 12, 2025
– Notification of acceptance for demonstration papers: July 13, 2025
– Camera-ready submission: July 27, 2025

*Contribution Types*

Demonstration papers (8 pages + unlimited references) present high-quality,
original research, applications or tools that are of relevance to the TPDL
community. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
At least one author of each accepted demonstration must register and attend
the conference. The Demo Track invites researchers to present their
research prototypes and operational systems to the community, receive
expert feedback, share insights, and exchange knowledge on the development
and implementation of innovative systems. Proposals from startups and
industry participants are also welcome.

– Submissions should clearly define the purpose, scope, and audience of
the demo.
– Each paper should include a section describing the exact demonstration
scenarios, which include how the audience will experience the demo, the
artifact=E2=80=99s functionalities, user interface and interaction optio=
ns, etc.
– All submissions should provide a URL to a live online version of their
demo or, alternatively, provide a URL to a video (up to 5 minutes)
showcasing the main features of their demo.
– Demonstrations that make their source code freely available are
especially encouraged.

*Awards*

Springer will sponsor the TPDL 2025 Best Demonstration Paper Award, which
will be announced during the TPDL Banquet.

*Submission Guidelines*

Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. All
submissions must be written in English and use the Springer LNCS
proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or for Word, see Springer LNCS
guidelines:
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu=
idelines

Every paper must be submitted in PDF format using the CMT online submission
system after selecting the TPDL2025 – Demos Track:
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/TPDL2025.

Failure to comply with the submission guidelines will lead to direct
rejection without review.

Demonstration submissions are single-blind. You are not expected to take
measures to conceal your identity from reviewers. Authors should note that
changes to the author list after the submission deadline are not allowed
without permission from the PC Chairs.

In addition, the corresponding author of each accepted paper, acting on
behalf of all of the authors of that paper, must complete and sign a
Consent-to-Publish form. The corresponding author signing the copyright
form should match the corresponding author marked on the paper. Once the
paper has been submitted, changes relating to its authorship cannot be made=
.

*Dual Submission Policy*

Papers submitted to TPDL 2025 must be substantially different from those
previously published, accepted for publication, or currently under review
at other venues. Exceptions include:

– Papers presented or to be presented at conferences or workshops
without published proceedings.
– Papers previously available only as technical reports (e.g., in
institutional archives or on preprint platforms like arXiv).

*Demonstration Chairs*

Liana Ermakova, Universit=C3=A9 de Bretagne Occidentale, France
Yannis Tzitzikas, University of Crete and FORTH, Greece

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