title: European Conference on Digital Libraries
text: # European Conference on Digital Libraries
  
  The International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL) started in 1997 as the European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology on Digital Libraries (ECDL). The first DELOS Working Group, partially funded by the European Union, laid the foundations for the establishment of a European Research Community on Digital Libraries. The conference has become a notable European forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and social issues. The conference invites papers on the wide range of topics of interest in this field, to the national and international community.
  
  ## Conferences
  
  As the European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (ECDL).
  
  * ECDL 1997 - 1st edition held in Pisa (Italy) from September 1 to September 3 Proceedings LNCS 1324
  * ECDL 1998 - 2nd edition held in Heraklion (Greece) from September 21 to September 23 Proceedings LNCS 1513
  * ECDL 1999 - 3rd edition held in Paris (France) from September 22 to September 24 Proceedings LNCS 1696
  * ECDL 2000 - 4th edition held in Lisbon (Portugal) from September 18 to September 20 Proceedings LNCS 1923
  * ECDL 2001 - 5th edition held in Darmstadt (Germany) from September 4 to September 9 Proceedings LNCS 2163
  * ECDL 2002 - 6th edition held in Rome (Italy) from September 16 to September 18 Proceedings LNCS 2458
  * ECDL 2003 - 7th edition held in Trondheim (Norway) from August 17 to August 22 Proceedings LNCS 2769
  * ECDL 2004 - 8th edition held in Bath (UK) from September 12 to September 17 Proceedings LNCS 3232
  * ECDL 2005 - 9th edition held in Vienna (Austria) from September 18 to September 23 Proceedings LNCS 3652
  * ECDL 2006 - 10th edition held in Alicante (Spain) from September 17 to September 22 Proceedings LNCS 4172
  * ECDL 2007 - 11th edition held in Budapest (Hungary) from September 14 to September 19 Proceedings LNCS 4675
  * ECDL 2008 - 12th edition held in Aarhus (Denmark) from September 14 to September 19 LNCS 5173
  * ECDL 2009 - 13th edition held in Corfu (Greece) from September 27 to October 2 Proceedings LNCS 5714
  * ECDL 2010 - 14th edition held in Glasgow (UK) from September 6 to September 10 Proceedings LNCS 6273
  
  In 2011 the conference was renamed to International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL).
  
  * TPDL 2011 - 15th edition held in Berlin (Germany) from September 25 to September 29 Proceedings LNCS 6966
  * TPDL 2012 - 16th edition held in Paphos (Cyprus) from September 23 to September 29 Proceedings LNCS 7489
  * TPDL 2013 - 17th edition held in Valletta (Malta) from September 22 to September 26 Proceedings LNCS 8092
  * TPDL 2014 - 18th edition held London (UK) from September 8 to September 12. Jointly with JCDL. Proceedings
  * TPDL 2015 - 19th edition held in Poznań (Poland) from September 14 to September 18 Proceedings LNCS 9316
  * TPDL 2016 - 20th edition held in Hannover (Germany) from September 5 to September 9 Proceedings LNCS 9819
  * TPDL 2017 - 21st edition held in Thessaloniki (Greece) from September 18 to September 21 Proceedings LNCS 10450
  * TPDL 2018 - 22nd edition held in - Porto (Portugal) from September 10 to September 13 Proceedings LNCS 11057
  * TPDL 2019 - 23rd edition held in - Oslo (Norway) from September 9 to September 12 Proceedings LNCS 11799
  * TPDL 2020 - 24th edition held in Lyon (France) from August 25 to August 27 Proceedings LNCS 12246
  * TPDL 2021 - 25th edition hosted online by The Open University from September 13 to September 17 Proceedings LNCS 12866
  * TPDL 2022 - 26th edition to be held in - Padua (Italy) from September 20 to September 23
  