DSpace

Johannesburg, South Africa The Library and Information Service,University of Stellenbosch will host the Virtual Seminar on Open Access to Information on October 20, 2010 (14h00-17h30 (UTC+2), Africa/Johannesburg Timezon) online at http://oa.sun.ac.za.
The seminar is part of activities worldwide in support of open access to information, celebrated during Open Access Week 18-24 October 2010.

Avila, Spain IADIS International Conference E-Society 2011 has issued a call for full and short papers, reflection papers, posters/demonstrations, tutorials, panels and a doctoral consortium for the IADIS e-Society 2011 Conference to be held March 10-13, 2011 in Avila, Spain. All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process. The deadline for submissions is October 29, 2010. More information is available here:

DSpace has added over 500 automated tests into its main codebase. These tests were developed as part of the new DSpace testing framework created through the Google Summer of Code 2010 scheme. A Spanish student, a software development mentor in New Zealand, a host company in Ireland, and a worldwide network of supporting developers worked together to undertake a project to design and implement this new testing framework for the DSpace repository platform.

Ithaca, NY Tuskegee University was founded in post-civil war Alabama to educate and empower freed slaves. Lewis Adams and George W. Campbell were instrumental securing funds to open what was then known as the Tuskegee Normal School in 1881 under the leadership of former slave Booker T. Washington. The Auburn University Libraries Systems Department recently completed a collaborative project with Tuskegee University to make their archival materials available online in a DSpace Repository.
The Tuskegee University Archives Repository may be accessed here:

From Texas Digital Library
The Texas Digital Library (TDL) is pleased to announce the open-source release of its Vireo submission and management system for electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). Developed by the TDL with partial grant funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Vireo addresses all steps of the ETD process, from online submission to publication in an institutional repository.

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.

New Delhi, India TERI, New Delhi and the Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation, the Ministry of Culture, the Government of India, Kolkatai, have announced that registration and paper submission for ICDLM is now open. This year’s conference will provide a stimulating forum for DL professionals
to share their knowledge, experience and wisdom.

Tokyo, Japan After the overwhelming success of ICoASL 2008 (International Conference of Asian Special Libraries) in New Delhi, the SLA Asian Chapter is now organizing the second ICoASL 2011 in Tokyo, Japan from 10 – 12 February 2011.
The principal objective of ICoASL is to provide a platform for exchange of knowledge and skills relevant to Information Professionals in Asia with a global perspective.