Vol. 4, Issue 6, June 2012

in this issue

Announcements

- Announcing the 2012 ARL/DLF/DuraSpace E-Science Institute

- 2012 DuraSpace Sponsorship Program Update

Of Interest

- PODCAST AVAILABLE: C. Lynch with J. Hilton on the Digital Preservation Network (DPN)

- RECORDING AVAILABLE: "Describing Audio & Video Digital Media with Metadata"

- Internet2 to Leverage Networking and Technology Expertise as U.S. Ignite Member

DSpace News

- On the Institutional Value of a DSpace Open Source IR at U. Maryland

- Introducing Ivan Masár: New Member of the DSpace Committer Team

DuraCloud News

-DuraCloud Details Available: "Brown Bag" Recordings

Events and Opportunities

- SPECIAL TRACK: Metadata & Semantics for Open Access Repositories, Research Information Systems & Infrastructures

- 3rd Annual VIVO Conference: "Representing Research and Researchers via Linked Open Data"

- NOW AVAILABLE: Open Repositories Conference 2012 Draft Program

- Applications for DPC Digital Preservation Awards 2012 due Aug. 17

- Open Access Week 2012 Kick-Off: 1,432 Participants in 92 Countries and Growing!

- Open Repositories 2013 to be Held on Prince Edward Island, Canada

DuraSpace is pleased to announce the 2012 Association of Research Libraries/Digital Library Federation (ARL/DLF)/DuraSpace E-Science Institute (ESI) scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

Read the post: http://duraspace.org/announcing-2012-arldlfduraspace-e-science-institute

Related link:http://duraspace.org/e-science-institute

2012 DuraSpace Sponsorship Program Update

Last month the DuraSpace organization launched its third annual Sponsorship Program, encouraging all institutions using the DSpace and Fedora open source technologies to contribute financially to the not for profit entity which provides leadership and support for these platforms.

Read the post: http://duraspace.org/2012-duraspace-sponsorship-program-update

Related link: http://duraspace.org/sponsors

RECORDING AVAILABLE: "Describing Audio & Video Digital Media with Metadata"
A recording of "Describing Audio & Video Digital Media with Metadata" presented by Kara Van Malssen and Chris Beer is now available.
Read the post: http://duraspace.org/recording-available-describing-audio-video-digital-media-metadata
Related link: http://duraspace.org/web_seminars

Internet2 to Leverage Networking and Technology Expertise as U.S. Ignite Member
Internet2 released today the following statement regarding the official launch of US Ignite by the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy.
Read the post: http://duraspace.org/internet2-leverage-networking-and-technology-expertise-us-ignite-member
Related link:http://www.internet2.edu/

3rd Annual VIVO Conference: "Representing Research and Researchers via Linked Open Data"
The Third Annual VIVO Conference will be held in Miami, Florida August 22-24, 2012 to help promote scholarly collaboration and research discovery.
Read the post: http://duraspace.org/call-3rd-annual-vivo-conference-representing-research-and-researchers-linked-open-data
Related link: http://vivoweb.org/conference2012

NOW AVAILABLE: Open Repositories Conference 2012 Draft Program The Seventh International Conference on Open Repositories will take place July 9-13, 2012. The OR2012 Programme Committee has announced that the draft program is now available.
Read the post: http://duraspace.org/now-available-open-repositories-conference-2012-draft-program
Related link: https://www.conftool.net/or2012/sessions.php

Applications for DPC Digital Preservation Awards 2012 due Aug. 17
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is delighted to announce the launch of the Digital Preservation Awards 2012.
Read the post: http://duraspace.org/applications-dpc-digital-preservation-awards-2012-due-aug-17
Related link: http://www.dpconline.org/advocacy/awards

Open Access Week 2012 Kick-Off: 1,432 Participants in 92 Countries and Growing!
his year's Open Access Week theme is "Set the Default to Open Access" for Open Access Week (October 22 - 28, 2012).
Read the post: http://duraspace.org/open-access-week-2012-kick-1432-participants-92-countries-and-growing
Related link: http://sparc.arl.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=108

Open Repositories 2013 to be Held on Prince Edward Island, Canada
The Open Repositories Conference Steering Committee is pleased to announce that the Eighth Annual International Conference on Open Repositories (OR2013) will take place on Prince Edward Island in July of 2013.
Read the post: http://duraspace.org/open-repositories-2013-be-held-prince-edward-island-canada