Have you heard about the Repository/CRIS Workshop that will be held on Monday June 10 in Hamburg, Germany at Open Repositories 2019? Join Michele Mennielli, Anna Clements and Pablo de Castro to: • explore how to make repositories work with CRIS/research information management systems like VIVO • address goals and drivers for integration • hear … Read More
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Become a DuraSpace Member: Building Bridges to Worldwide Open Scholarship With Open Source Technologies and Open Standards
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
PARTICIPATE: Beyond the Repository Survey On Distributed Preservation
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
Balancing Community, Commitment, and Innovation–The 2017 DuraSpace Membership Campaign
Austin, TX The 2017 DuraSpace Membership Campaign gets underway this week. The campaign raises funds to support the continued advancement of DSpace, Fedora and VIVO open source software projects. DuraSpace proudly provides these applications for free for anyone to use. Our projects rely on membership fees to balance paying for staff who provide technical leadership, direct strategic planning, organize community outreach, and … Read More
PARTICIPATE: National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) Digital Preservation Staffing Survey
From The NDSA Staffing Survey Working Group Washington, DC Does your organization manage and preserve digital content? If so, the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) is interested in hearing from you! NDSA is conducting a survey of institutions with digital preservation responsibilities to gain insight into how organizations worldwide are addressing digital preservation staffing, scoping … Read More
COAR Seeks Comments on Vision for Next Generation Repositories
From Kathleen Shearer, Executive Director, Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) Göttingen, Germany COAR is pleased to announce the publication of the initial outcomes of the COAR Next Generation Repositories Working Group for public comment. In April 2016, the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) launched a working group to help identify new functionalities and … Read More
CALL for Open Repositories Conference 2017 Proposals
From the organisers of the Twelfth International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2017 Brisbane, Australia The Twelfth International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2017, will be held on June 26th-30th, 2017 in Brisbane, Australia. The organisers are pleased to issue this call for contributions to the program, with submissions due by 20 November 2016. In 2017 the Open … Read More