Data curation

Washington, DC  This inaugural meetup of the Digital Cultural Heritage Meetup Group (http://www.meetup.com/Digital-Cultural-Heritage-DC/) will be on Thursday, September 20 at 7:00 pm at the upstairs room at Stetson's, 1610 U St. NW, Washington, DC. We'll start with three quick lightning talks, followed by spirited conversation for as long as it lasts.

Lightning Talk Lineup:

Winchester, MA  The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is an international consortium of about 700 academic institutions and research organizations housing the largest archive of social science data (500,000+ files) in the world. With the gravitas of more than 50 years of leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis, ICPSR continues to paint an evolving picture of social trends and ideas across the Unites States and the world by making demographic, social and geographical data available.

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

Find out about the Fedora Repository framework for rapidly producing web applications.

Winchester, MA  DuraSpace is pleased to announce the third 2012 Hot Topics Webinar Series, Get a Head on Your Repository with Hydra End-to-End Solutions. DuraSpace web seminars fill up fast so be sure to reserve your spot today!

Redwood Shores, CA  The upcoming PASIG meeting will be held Oct. 17-19, 2012 in Dublin, Ireland. The Early Bird Special registration rate of $250 lasts through September 5. After September 5 registration is $375. Registration information, a draft agenda and pre-meeting workshop details may be found here:

http://www.asis.org/Pasig/PASIGDublin2012.html

DuraSpace was represented by staff and community members at the Seventh International Open Repositories Conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland July 9-13, 2012. The following strategic overviews and links to slides and videos are provided for those who were unable to attend the conference.
 

From Katherine Skinner, Executive Director, Educopia Institute

Atlanta, GA We are pleased to announce the publication of Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation, edited by Nancy Y. McGovern (Volume Editor).

http://www.educopia.org/publications

Winchester, MA DuraSpace, a leader in open source software for managing and providing access to digital content, took the leap into cloud computing with the launch of the DuraCloud managed service and open source software in 2011.  DuraSpace took that leap because it is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to contributing to the preservation of the world's vital intellectual, cultural and scientific heritage.

From Charles W. Bailey, Jr, Publisher, Digital Scholarship

Houston, TX  Digital Scholarship has released the Digital Curation Resource Guide:

http://digital-scholarship.org/dcrg/dcrg.htm

This resource guide presents over 200 selected English-language websites and documents that are useful in understanding and conducting digital curation. It covers

Registration for the DuraSpace/ARL/DLF E-Science Institute is now open for the fall 2012 offering.