Linked data

VIVO is a one-stop network of researchers, projects, and results that enables collaborative research discovery and interdisciplinary scholarship.

LGL map of the Internet by the Opte Project

From Mark Leggott, OR2013 Conference Chair, Sarah Shreeves, OR2013 Program Co-Chair and Jon Dunn, OR2013 Program Co-Chair

St. Louis, MO  The 2013 VIVO Conference is set for August 14-16 in St. Louis. Clifford Lynch, Executive Director at CNI, and David Wood, Chief Technology Officer at 3 Round Stones, will be speakers at the Conference. There's still time to take advantage of early bird registration rates (June 21) and submit a poster (June 12): http://bit.ly/12AUGrA

Valletta, Malta  A one-day workshop  on "Linking and Contextualizing Publications and Datasets" will be held in Valletta, Malta, on September 26, 2013. The workshop is sponsored by OpenAIREplus (www.openaire.eu) and EuroCRIS (www.eurocris.org) and is being offered In conjunction with TPDL 2013 (www.tpdl2013.info).

From Mark Leggott, Conference Chair, Sarah Shreeves, Program Chair and Jon Dunn, Program Chair

Charlottetown PEI, Canada  The premiere conference for digital repositories is being held in Charlottetown PEI, July 8-12. I encourage you to register and book your accommodation as soon as possible so you can join your colleagues for a week of stimulating discussion. The full schedule of events is now online and we have 2 great keynotes:
 

Winchester, MA  An overview of this year's Open Repositories Conference is now available online. Main track sessions include many topics of interest: repository solutions for time-based media, strategies and best practices for current issues including open access, data management, data use, innovations in repository workflows, linked data use cases, cloud-based approaches to preservation, metrics applications and much more.

Winchester, MA  The DuraSpace organization and the Fedora Futures Project are pleased to announce that Andrew Woods will take over as the new Technical Lead for Fedora effective May 15, 2013. In this role he will provide technical leadership for the Fedora Futures Project. Woods joined the DuraSpace organization in early 2009 as a Fedora committer. Since then he has helped establish the D.C. Area Fedora Users Group, been a project co-lead on DuraCloud, and worked in various technical and advisory capacities within DPN, APTrust, Chronopolis, and NDSA.

Washington, DC  The White House issued an Open Data Policy and Executive Order on May 9, 2013:

• Obama Administration Releases Historic Open Data Rules to Enhance Government Efficiency and Fuel Economic Growth

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/09/obama-administration-releases-historic-open-data-rules-enhance-governmen

From Laura Wendell, Executive Director, Dryad

Dryad recently launched a redesigned web site powered by DSpace at http://datadryad.org with lots of new content. The Dryad Digital Repository is a curated resource that makes the data underlying scientific publications discoverable, freely reusable, and citable providing a general-purpose home for diverse datatypes.

Winchester, MA  DuraSpace is pleased to announce its latest Hot Topics Webinar Series, VIVO: Research Discovery and Networking. DuraSpace web seminars fill up fast so be sure to reserve your spot today!

Hot Topics: The DuraSpace Community Webinar Series
Series Five: VIVO–Research Discovery and Networking