Georgetown University Library to Host North American DSpace User Meeting

May 15, 2017By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized No Comments

From Terry Brady, Applications Programmer Analyst, Georgetown University Library Information Technology Washington, DC  The Georgetown University Library will host a North American DSpace User Meeting for the DSpaceCommunity on Aug 22-23, 2017. The event will feature a combination of topics and breakout sessions of interest to DSpace developers and DSpace repository managers.  Session topics will include both technical topics and discussions of DSpace community processes. The agenda will be participant-driven … Read More

PASIG at Oxford

May 4, 2017By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized No Comments

From Sarah Mason, Bodleian Libraries on behalf of the PASIG Steering Committee We are excited to announce that this year’s PASIG conference will be in Oxford, UK from 11 – 13 September 2017. The event is being hosted and organised by the Digital Preservation at Oxford and Cambridge (DPOC) team. PASIG is a place to share practical … Read More

INVITATION: DSpace UK and Ireland User Group Meeting

May 2, 2017By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized No Comments

From Dr. Arthur Smith, Open Access Service Manager, Cambridge University Library  Cambridge, UK  You are invited to attend the UK and Ireland User Group Meeting on May 17, at the University of Cambridge. Please register your attendance (either in person or via video conference) at the Eventbrite link below: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dspace-uki-user-group-meeting-tickets-34137262471 The password to access the signup page is ‘DSpace’. … Read More

A Report from the 2017 DuraSpace Member Summit

April 26, 2017By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized

Albuquerque, NM The annual DuraSpace Summit report to members was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on April 4-5 following the CNI Spring Member Meeting. DuraSpace Members met to focus on strategy and tactics aimed at broadening and extending the organization’s reach in support of global community ecosystem efforts towards preservation and accessibility of cultural heritage and academic … Read More

The DSpace 7 Project–A Simple Summary

April 20, 2017By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized No Comments

From Tim Donohue, DSpace Tech Lead and the DSpace 7 UI Outreach Group. DSpace 7 development will be highlighted at OR2017 next month including demonstrations. Recordings and slides from the recent Hot Topics webinar series, “Introducing DSpace 7: Next Generation UI” are available here. Background to the DSpace 7 project Starting in 2015, a DSpace 2015-18 Strategic Plan was created/adopted, along … Read More

Welcome New DuraSpace Board Members Kaitlin Thaney and Wolfram Horstmann

April 19, 2017By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized, VIVO No Comments

Austin, TX The DuraSpace organization is pleased to announce that Kaitlin Thaney and Wolfram Horstmann have accepted appointments to the DuraSpace Board of Directors. Kaitlin Thaney is an open advocate and Senior Fellow at Mozilla. Most recently, Ms. Thaney served as the Director of Mozilla Leadership Networks at the Mozilla Foundation, overseeing community-based programs in science, learning, … Read More

PARTICIPATE: Beyond the Repository Survey On Distributed Preservation

April 19, 2017By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized No Comments

From the “Beyond the Repository” Team: Laura Alagna, Carolyn Caizzi, Brendan Quinn, Sibyl Schaefer, Evviva Weinraub Northwestern University Libraries and the University of California San Diego Library are investigating the integration of local digital repository services with distributed preservation networks, such as The Digital Preservation Network (DPN), Chronopolis, and the Academic Preservation Trust (APTrust). This research … Read More

REGISTER for OR2017–Take Advantage of Early Bird Registration ’til April 21

April 10, 2017By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized, VIVO No Comments

From the organizers of the International Conference on Open Repositories We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 12th International Conference on Open Repositories, to be held on June 26-30, 2017 in Brisbane, Australia. Full registration details and a link to the registration form may be found here<https://or2017.net/registration/>. OR 2017 is co-hosted by … Read More