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
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PASIG at Oxford
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
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
The DSpace 7 Project–A Simple Summary
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
REGISTER for OR2017–Take Advantage of Early Bird Registration ’til April 21
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
ANNOUNCING The DSpace Anwendertreffen
From Pascal Becker, The Library Code Stuttgart, Germany The DSpace Anwendertreffen 2017 (formally known as German DSpace User Group Meeting) will take place at Stuttgart University Library on Thursday, 21st September 2017. It is organized by Stuttgart University Library, Fraunhofer IRB and The Library Code. This Meeting is about informal exchange between DSpace users. As the number of attendees rose in the … 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
On the Road with DSpace 7 Collaborators
From the DSpace 7 UI outreach group Austin, TX DSpace community members will be attending conferences and meetings this spring where DSpace 7 UI development will be discussed. If you will be attending as well please reach out to them, "ask about DSpace 7," and find out how to get involved with community efforts around … Read More
CATCH UP with DSpace 7: Web Seminar Recording Available
Austin, TX Did you miss today's Hot Topics webinar—Introducing DSpace 7? Claire Knowles, The University of Edinburgh, Art Lowel, Atmire, Andrea Bollini, 4Science, and Tim Donohue, DuraSpace, highlighted key aspects of DSpace 7 development with an overview of the Rest API and Angular UI. Listen to the recording and download the slides now available here: https://duraspace.org/hot-topics Register … Read More
Curtin University Trades Digitool for DSpace
From Bram Luyten, Atmire Heverlee, Belgium Atmire migrated Curtin's institutional repository espace from Digitool to DSpace 5. Read this article to learn more about the project and the new espace features! Curtin University is Western Australia’s largest and most culturally diverse university with Australia’s third largest international student population. The migration of Curtin University's espace … Read More