Preservation and archiving

Ithaca, NY What will it take to integrate a set of unique open source technologies in order to benefit the communities that rely on them to create accessible and durable digital resources? Join Brad McLean, DuraSpace CTO, for an “All About Repositories” web seminar co-sponsored by DuraSpace and ORACLE where he will address that question.

Excerpt from “Making Repositories Mean More: Report on the Fifth International Conference on Open Repositories 2010″ DLib Magazine, September/October 2010, Volume 16, Number 9/10:

Chicago, Ill Northwestern University Libraries and Departments of Gender Studies and English in partnership with The University of Chicago Division of the Humanities and The Newberry Library are pleased to announce the first THATCamp Chicago.

From Art Pasquinelli, Oracle Digital Libraries, Repositories, and Preservation Solutions Specialist and organizer of the Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG http://sun-pasig.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network).San Francisco, CA Here is an overview of several interesting PASIG-related activities and events that will take place in September and October.

Ithaca, NY The DuraCloud Newsletter will launch in October 2010. The quarterly publication will feature the latest news about DuraCloud software development, updates from pilot project partners who are using DuraCloud, recent presentations, upcoming DuraCloud related events, and other cloud articles of interest to the broader community. Sign up to receive the the DuraCloud Newsletter at duracloud.org.

New York, NY The Open Video Conference (http://www.openvideoconference.org/) is a summit to explore the future of video on the web hosted by the Open Video Alliance. It’s about building open source and open standards for online video, but it’s also about some larger questions: With so much free stuff out there, how will creators get paid? Who knows what you watch? Where is the medium going?
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Colorized Isle o’ Dreams postcard circa 1935 from the Aloha Hawaii Scrapbook.

Ithaca, NY All the reasons that make working with open source software appealing–collaborative community approaches to solutions, ongoing improvement, transparency, decentralization–are gaining traction in open storage markets as well. In particular elasticity–being able to add large storage capacity on demand–is valued by organizations and businesses that need rapid solutions for housing expanding data.

Ithaca, NY Libraries often house hidden treasures and institutions now use social networks to bring those treasures to light. A typical library exhibit displayed in a hallway may stimulate casual observers as they walk from the reading room to the water fountain. A library exhibit featured on YouTube can effectively tell the story of scholarly assets to extend their cultural value beyond library communities. Rice University’s Fondren Library has highlighted some of their collections in short You Tube videos that include: