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CALL: SPARC Open Access Meeting Innovation Fair

From Jennifer McLennan, Director of Programs & Operations
SPARC

Washington, DC Proposals are now being invited for the SPARC 2012 Open Access Meeting Innovation Fair, where new technologies and strategies will be showcased in engaging, informative, rapid-fire presentations. The Innovation Fair is a highlight to the regular SPARC meeting, now set for the Kansas City Intercontinental Hotel, March 11 through 13, 2012.

Submitted by carol on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 4:44pm

WEB EVENT: Integrating DSpace with DuraCloud

Ithaca, NY Please join DSpace technical lead Tim Donohue for a free webinar overview of the DSpace Curation System and how you can seamlessly use the DSpace "Replication Task Suite" add-on to back up your content to DuraCloud through the DSpace user interface.


Date: Nov 30, 2011
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (Eastern Time)
Hosted By: DuraSpace
Presented By: Tim Donohue (DSpace technical lead)

Submitted by carol on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 2:55pm

CALL: 2011 White House Request for Information on Public Access (deadline Jan. 2)

From Heather Joseph, Executive Director, SPARC and spokesperson for the Alliance for Taxpayer Access and Jennifer McLennan, Director of Programs and Operations, SPARC and the Alliance for Taxpayer Access
 

Please post and share widely. Also online at http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/action/action_access/11-1117.shtml

Submitted by carol on Thu, 11/17/2011 - 5:37pm

"GIS Day" and Preserving Geospatial Data

Ithaca, NY On November 16, 2011 geographic and geospatial information systems (GIS) are recognized as key aspects of our scientific, scholarly, and cultural heritage by more than 80 countries on "GIS Day." This global event is sponsored by the National Geographic Society, the Association of American Geographers, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, the United States Geological Survey, The Library of Congress, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, and Esri.

http://www.gisday.com/

Submitted by carol on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 10:43am

DSpace Releases 1.8 with iTunes U RSS Capability

Ithaca, NY DSpace 1.8, the latest version of the popular turnkey open source institutional repository application is now available with the new iTunes U Media RSS feed.

Submitted by carol on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 10:52am

SAVE THE DATES: Open Repositories Conference in Edinburgh July 9-13, 2012

Edinburgh, Scotland The University of Edinburgh Information Services, EDINA, and the Digital Curation Centre are delighted to announce that the University of Edinburgh has been selected to host the Seventh International Conference on Open Repositories (OR12) July 9-13th July, 2012.

The call for proposals will be available from the conference web site soon: or2012.ed.ac.uk

Submitted by carol on Thu, 11/10/2011 - 10:46am

Online OA Week Review and Discussion: 2011 Successes, Challenges & Great Ideas

Washington, DC Please join SPARC on November 15 for a review of Open Access Week 2011. Participants worldwide will come together for an online discussion to share successes, challenges, and great ideas taken from this year's celebration.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011
1:00 – 2:00PM Eastern

Submitted by carol on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 5:17pm

SAVE THE DATE: Code4lib 2012, Seattle Feb. 6-9

Seattle, WA The Code4lib conference was born in a November 2005 chatroom discussion. The entusiastic code4lib community has continued to host the conference annually since then. The 2012 Conference will be held in Seattle Feb. 6-9, 2012.

Read the 2012 hosting proposal here: http://sites.google.com/site/code4lib2012seattle/

Submitted by carol on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 10:51am
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