The 2009 Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) Doctoral Consortium was held on Monday June 14, 2009 in Austin Texas. This was a very successful year, with the 24 submissions (the largest number of to date), and 14 students presenting their work to a group of 10 faculty and researchers. Students were invited to participate in the Doctoral Consortium after submitting abstracts, and participating in an exhaustive reviewing and revision process. Discussion at the consortium was lively and thought provoking with faculty offering support, new approaches, and words of wisdom. Students presented papers representing their doctoral dissertation; their research focused on all aspects of digital library systems and innovative tool and interface development. Beyond providing feedback and advice, the panel members were able to help students connect with researchers working in similar areas throughout the conference.

The National Science Foundation supported student travel to the Doctoral Consortium (awards IIS-0918459 and IIS-0535057). Students were asked to participate in the Digital Library Curriculum project led by the University of North Carolina and Virginia Tech.

It has been six months since these papers were presented, and some of the students are now completing and defending their dissertations, and embarking on their careers as scholars. We look forward to hearing their presentations at future conferences, and know that their work will prove valuable for future digital library development.

We hope you'll enjoy the papers of those who chose to submit final versions to TCDL for publication. The participants in the consortium were:

Students:

• Yaxiao Song, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Jingjing Liu, Rutgers University
• Paul Aumer-Ryan, University of Texas at Austin
• DoHyoung Kim, Texas A&M
• Seungwon Yang, Virginia Tech
• Sofia J. Athenikos, Drexel University
• Amitava Biswas, Texas A&M
• Philipp G. Wetzler, University of Colorado
• Charles L. Cartlege, Old Dominion University
• Nadia Kozievitch, State University of Campinas
• Emi Ishita, Surugadai University
• Pauline Ngimwa, Open University
• Sue Yeon Syn, University of Pittsburgh
• Xiao Hu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Reviewers:

• Lecia Barker, University of Texas at Austin
• Nick Belkin, Rutgers University
• Miles Efron, University of Texas at Austin
• Patricia Galloway, University of Texas at Austin
• Richard Marciano, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Michael L. Nelson, Old Dominion University
• Frank Shipman, Texas A&M
• Joan Smith, Emory University
• Barbara Wiledmuth, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Megan Winget, University of Texas at Austin