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Author's Kit - Springer's LNCS Publication

For formating of your paper, please follow the guidelines set out by Springer's LNCS below.

General

• Please prepare your paper using the guidelines and templates in DOC or PDF format, or format downloaded from Springer's LNCS website here, and please read the instructions below.
• For invited papers, please add the line "(Invited Paper)" after the title of your paper.
• Any reference to 'sending files to' and 'Contact Volume Editor' in Springer's instructions should be ignored. Please use the submission instructions on the submissions page instead.
• Failure to meet the formatting guidelines set by Springer's LNCS, could result in your paper not being included in the Proceedings CD.
• Submit Your Manuscript via the submissions page include:
  a) Completed copyright form
  b) All Source (input) files:
  
  • For example, LaTeX2e files for the text and PS/EPS or PDF/JPG files for all figures.
  • Any further style files and fonts you have used together with your source files and that are not generally available at CTAN.
  • Final DVI file (for papers prepared using LaTeX/TeX).
  • A Final PDF file is required (for reference). A PDF creator can be downloaded for Windows here.
  • RTF files (for word-processing systems other than LaTeX/TeX). The texts in all files must be identical.
• Papers will be published in Springer's CCIS series (Communications in Computer and Information Science)
• Please include the following text at the bottom left hand side of the first page of your document. This is the ICST copyright and document/conference identification.
  
  * Digibiz 2009, 20th 21st and 22nd, April 2009, City University, London EC1.

Springer Author Discount

All Springer authors and journal editors receive a discount on Springer books. Please click here and fill out the form so that Springer can send you your SpringerToken. Using the SpringerToken you can order Springer books at your author's discount.

Length Guidelines

Standard Papers and Invited Papers are allowed up to Eight (8) pages, Short Papers are allowed up to Four (4) pages and Work-In-Progress Papers Two (2) pages, including all figures, tables and references. Extra pages will incur additional charges on the registration pages.