higher education

Ithaca, NY If the prospect of red sand beaches, golf and lobster boils sound appealing as a backdrop for a deep dive into learning more about Fedora-based open source repository solutions, two back-to-back offerings from the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown, PE, Canada will be of interest. Mark Leggott, University Librarian and Islandora Lead has announced two upcoming events:
1. The Islandora Team is in the early stages of planning for the 1st Annual Islandora Camp, July 22-23, Charlottetown, PEI:

Ithaca, NY The DSpace repository “Minds@UW” (http://minds.wisconsin.edu/) makes the digital scholarly record of the University of Wisconsin available while preserving valuable content. UW is comprised of 15 campuses in every part of the state. Each campus is represented by its own “mindshare” in this repository.
A dive into this interesting collection of open content includes journals, theses, images, multimedia and more:

From Matt McKay, Head of PR, BioMed Central
London, UK BioMed Central, the leading open access publisher, has worked with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Libraries to develop an automated system that uses the latest technology to automatically populate MIT’s digital repository, DSpace@MIT, with the official version of articles by MIT researchers that have been published in BioMed Central’s journals.

Ithaca, NY Steve Bayliss, Fedora 3.4 release manager, has announced that scheduling and planning for the next minor release of Fedora, version 3.4, is currently underway and reminds the community that their participation and feedback are vital to ensure that Fedora continues to meet the needs and objectives of its users. A beta version of Fedora 3.4 is scheduled for release in time for the Fifth International Open Repositories Conference that will be held 2010 in early July in Madrid.

Ithaca, NY The Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive Project (IVRLA, http://www.ucd.ie/ivrla/main.html) is an Irish government funded project based in University College Dublin. The Project is a component of the research program of the Humanities Institute of Ireland (UCD HII, http://www.ucd.ie/hii/). Its aims are to support leading-edge research by enabling access to digitized content, and to undertake direct research on digitization and digital repositories.

By Jennifer McLennan, Director of Programs & Operations, SPARC

Ithaca, NY On April 7, 2010 Ithaka S+R, part of the Ithaka organization (http://www.ithaka.org/)which develops sustainable business models and conducts research and analysis on the impact of digital media on the academic community, released a report that examines faculty attitudes and behaviors on key library-related issues ranging from the library as information gateway and the need for preservatio

Ithaca, NY Issues and challenges around how institutions will manage, sustain and create access to increasing amounts of scientific and humanities data will be subject of the upcoming 8th International Meeting that will be held at the Barcelo Carlton Hotel, Edinburgh on 1-2 July 2010. “Managing Data in Difficult Times” will examine policies, strategies, technologies and infrastructure to manage research and teaching data in a fast changing technological and economic environment.

Digital Collection Draws From WGBH-Produced 13-part Series Vietnam: A Television History