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th We are proud to present the proceedings of the 10 European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL 2006) which, following Pisa (1997), Heraklion (1998), Paris(1999),Lisbon(2000),Darmstadt(2001),Rome(2002),Trondheim(2003), Bath (2004) and Vienna (2005), took place on September 17-22, 2006 at the UniversityofAlicante,Spain.Overthelasttenyears,ECDLhascreatedastrong interdisciplinarycommunityofresearchersandpractitionersinthe?eldofdigital libraries, and has formed a substantial body of scholarly publications contained th in the conference proceedings. As a commemorationof its 10 anniversary,and by special arrangementwith Springer,these proceedingsinclude (as an attached CD-ROM) an electronic copy of all ECDL proceedings since its inception in 1997: a small but rich digital library on digital libraries. ECDL2006featuredseparatecallsforpaperandpostersubmissions,resulting in 130 full papers and 29 posters being submitted to the conference. All papers were subject to an in-depth peer-review process; three reviews per submission were produced by a Program Committee of 92 members and 42 additional - viewers from 30 countries. Finally, 36 full paper submissions were accepted at the Program Committee meeting, resulting in an acceptance rate of 28%. Also, 15 poster submissions plus 18 full paper submissions were accepted as poster or demopresentations,whicharealsoincludedinthisvolumeasfour-pageextended abstracts. The conference program started on Sunday 17 with a rich tutorials program, whichincludedatutorialonthesauriandontologiesindigitallibrariesbyDag- ert Soergel, and introduction to digital libraries by Ed Fox, a tutorial on bri- ing digital libraries to distributed infrastructures by Thomas Risse and Claudia Nieder´ ee,a descriptionof the Fedorarepositoryand serviceframeworkbySandy Payette and Carl Lagoze, a tutorial on creating full-featured institutional rep- itories combining DSpace ETD-db and DigiTool, and a tutorial on the use of XML and TEI for content production and metadata.

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