4Science: New Features for DSpace CRIS/GLAM and DSpace 7

April 27, 2018By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized

From Claudio Cortese, 4Science During the first months of the year, 4Science continued to develop new functions for DSpace-CRIS andDSpace-GLAM, as well as a submission module of the new Angular interface for DSpace 7. Through the integration with GROBID Library, DSpace-CRIS now leverages machine learning technologies for extracting information directly from PDF publications. Metadata such as title, authors, abstract, keywords, identifiers, … Read More

DuraSpace-euroCRIS Interoperability Event

April 26, 2018By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized

We’d like to invite you to the first DuraSpace-euroCRIS Interoperability Event with our Strategic Partner euroCRIS. The DSpace and CRIS Systems one-day Workshop will focus on interoperability between DSpace repositories and CRIS systems prior to the CRIS 2018 Conference in Umeå, Sweden, on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. During the DSpace and CRIS systems workshop, DSpace users will have a great opportunity … Read More

Recording Available: “Making DSpace Your Own”

April 26, 2018By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized

On April 24th Terry Brady, Applications Programmer Analyst  at Georgetown University Library presented a DuraSpace Community Webinar, “Making DSpace Your Own.”  During this one-hour webinar Terry presented a tutorial that guided attendees towards implementing some common customizations to their local DSpace instance. The webinar recording and presentation slides are available at https://duraspace.org/webinar/. This series was brought to … Read More

Cloud Academy Collaboration to Create Technology Jobs for Disadvantaged Youth

April 26, 2018By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized

DuraSpace is collaborating with Digital Divide Data (DDD), a non-profit social enterprise creating sustainable digital and  technology jobs for disadvantaged, underprivileged, and underserved youth communities worldwide. DDD provides technical training for youth by partnering with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Together they formed a Cloud Academy in Nairobi, Kenya in January 2017 with a goal to teach AWS … Read More

CALL for Participation: The DSpace Anwendertreffen 2018

April 19, 2018By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized

From Pascal-Nicolas Becker, The Library Code GmbH The DSpace Anwendertreffen 2018 will take place at the university library of Technische Universität Berlin, on Thursday, 13th September 2018. It is organized by the university library of Technische Universität Berlin and The Library Code GmbH. This meeting is about informal exchange between DSpace users. After the success of the … Read More

Call for participation: DSpace Anwendertreffen 2018

April 19, 2018By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized

From  Pascal-Nicolas Becker,  The Library Code GmbH The DSpace User Meeting 2018 will take place at the University of Berlin, on Thursday, 13th September 2018. It is organized by the University of Berlin and The Library Code GmbH, a DSpace Registered Service Provider.  This meeting is about informal exchange between DSpace users. After the success of the program last year, we kindly ask … Read More

Register Today: “Making DSpace Your Own” webinar

April 11, 2018By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized

There are a few spots left for the DuraSpace community webinar, register today! “Making DSpace Your Own” on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 12:00p.m. EST. Presented by Terry Brady, Georgetown University Library, Applications Programmer Analyst, Department of Library Information Technology While there are many exciting changes under development with the future DSpace 7 User Interface, this … Read More

Become a DuraSpace Member: Building Bridges to Worldwide Open Scholarship With Open Source Technologies and Open Standards

April 10, 2018By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized, VIVO

Today we officially launch the 2018 DuraSpace Membership Campaign. The campaign raises funds to support the continued advancement of the DuraSpace projects – DSpace, Fedora, VIVO, and CASRAI. While DuraSpace, a non-profit, proudly provides both the software and standards for free for anyone to use, we rely on the financial support and collaboration of our members to continue to … Read More

Announcement: CASRAI to Become a DuraSpace Project

April 3, 2018By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized

The Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information (CASRAI) improves the flow of information within and between research stakeholders by developing and maintaining standard information agreements among various stakeholders in the research enterprise. The DuraSpace organization and CASRAI are pleased to announce that CASRAI is now a project of DuraSpace. Together they will work to enable … Read More