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Diane Goldenberg-Hart, Communications Coordinator, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)

Washington, DC In the latest CNI Conversations podcast (http://wp.me/p1LncT-2oE), CNI Executive Director Clifford Lynch speaks with James Hilton, Chief Information Officer at the University of Virginia, about the Digital Preservation Network (DPN), an initiative which aims to create a federated approach to preservation of academic content:

New partners, expanded communities mean more learning opportunities for librarians, repository managers, researchers, and technologists

Edinburgh, Scotland 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 at: https://www.conftool.net/or2012/sessions.php

From Imma Subirats Knowledge and Information Management Officer, OEKC - FAO of the United Nations

Rome, Italy A Special Track on Metadata & Semantics for Open Access Repositories, Research Information Systems and Infrastructures will be offered as part of the Sixth International Conference on Metadata and Semantic Research (MTSR'12) November 28-30, 2012 in Cádiz (Spain)
http://mtsr2012.uca.es/.

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From Stuart Macdonald on behalf of OR2012 Organizing Committee

Edinburgh, UK Registration for OR2012 workshops on Monday July 9 and Tuesday July 10 is now open and available at www.or2012.eventbrite.com. Please note that the workshops are free but you will need the EDN number from your receipt from ePay registration system (http://or2012.ed.ac.uk/registration/) to register for the workshops.

From Marianne Smith, Director, Internet2

Washington, DC The Call for Participation for the Fall 2012 Internet2 Member Meeting is now open! This includes calls for Proposals, Working Meetings, and Sponsors.

Ithaca, NY On your next digital break click here to be inspired: http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/collections/.

Ithaca, NY Those of us who have navigated through mazes of menu options online or on the phone to find information would agree that it's great when you are fortunate enough to find a real person waiting on the other end of a communcation to answer questions.

Ithaca, NY The Third Annual VIVO Conference will be held in Miami, Florida August 22-24, 2012 to help promote scholarly collaboration and research discovery.

http://vivoweb.org/conference2012

About VIVO

Ithaca, NY @mire (http://atmire.com/) is a DuraSpace Registered Service Provider with a client base that extends into many countries and regions around the world. Based in Belgium (EU) and California (USA) @mire's commitment to Open Source technology and technical excellence is fueld by a group of dedicated professional DSpace repository engineers and a vibrant global community comprised of 40 institutions in 15 countries.