Fedora Repository

WEBINAR RECORDING AVAILABLE: “The Features and Updates of Fedora 3.6"

Winchester, MA  On Oct. 18 Edwin Shin presented “The Features and Updates of Fedora 3.6". This webinar is part of the DuraSpace Solutions Series. Learn more about Fedora 3.6 here: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FEDORA36/Fedora+3.6+Documentation.

A recording of the webinar presentation along with the presentation slides is available at http://duraspace.org/duraspace-solutions.

Submitted by carol on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 9:36am

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) Announces Registry Launch

ORCID  (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) has launched its Registry (http://orcid.org), where researchers can distinguish themselves by creating a unique profile and personal identifier for themselves.

Announcement: http://about.orcid.org/news/2012/10/16/orcid-launches-registry

Submitted by carol on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 10:59am

WEBINAR RECORDING AVAILABLE: "A Case Study on General Repository Applications using Hydra"

Winchester, MA  On Oct. 16 Rick Johnson and Richard Green presented “A Case Study on General Repository Applications using Hydra". This webinar is part of the Hot Topics Community Webinar Series, “Get a Head on Your Repository with Hydra End-to-End Solutions,” curated by Tom Cramer, Chief Technology Strategist at Stanford University Libraries. 

Submitted by carol on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 8:41am

DURASPACE SOLUTIONS WEBINAR: Find Out What's New in Fedora 3.6

Winchester, MA  You are invited to attend a DuraSpace Solutions Webinar focused on the recent release of Fedora 3.6 on Thursday, October 18, 2012 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET. Edwin Shin, Fedora Release Team Leader and Managing Partner and Technical Director, MediaShelf, will be presenting an overview of what's new in Fedora Repository 3.6.

Submitted by carol on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 2:16pm

Dell and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Create Preservation Archive with Open Source Fedora Repository Software

From Dell Global Education Communications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and DuraSpace

• One of the largest public university libraries in the country uses open source software on Dell DX Object Storage Platform to manage and protect digital assets
• University lowers storage total cost of ownership with scalability to support archive growth

Submitted by carol on Thu, 09/27/2012 - 1:55pm

Help Define Levels for Digital Preservation: Request for Public Comments

From Trevor Owens, Digital Archivist, National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program Office of Strategic Initiatives, The Library of Congress

Washington, DC  The Levels of Preservation National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) project has posted a draft of their work for public comment on The Signal bog. We would like to invite you and your colleagues to provide feedback on this draft.

Submitted by carol on Fri, 09/21/2012 - 1:04pm

Shared ADR Digital Preservation Increases Use of Colorado State Publications Library Digital Repository

A post by James A. Jacobs in Free Government Information (FGI), a web site that raises public awareness about the importance of government information, explains advances in access and preservation practices at Colorado State Publications Library Digital Repository.

Read the post: http://freegovinfo.info/node/3763

"The library joined The Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries' Digital Repository (ADR) in 2008. There are now more than 9,500 documents in the ADR." 

Submitted by carol on Fri, 09/14/2012 - 11:52am

NOW AVAILABLE: Fedora Repository 3.6.1

Winchester, MA  The Fedora Repository committers have announced the release of Fedora 3.6.1. This minor release is primarily focused on reducing the memory footprint of Fedora. All 3.6 users are recommended to upgrade to 3.6.1.

https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FEDORA36/Fedora+Repository+3.6.1+Release+Notes

Submitted by carol on Thu, 09/06/2012 - 1:25pm
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