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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

From Andrea Higginbotham, SPARC <andrea@arl.org>, and Devika Levy, World Bank <

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 Why attend the fall 2012 E-Science Institute?

D. Scott Brandt, Associate Dean for Research, Purdue University Libraries and 2011 E-Science Institute participant suggests, “The E-Science Institute helps you get a handle on e-Science so you can articulate where and how to support research in new ways. The ESI faculty’s  experience, knowledge and guidance make this an excellent program. Participants have to do their share of the work, but the outcomes and networking are very much worth it.”

Hong Kong The 16th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) will be held in Hong Kong September 23-26, 2013. The theme for the conference is "ETD 2013: Asian Values, Western Thought, World Treasure!"

http://lib.hku.hk/etd2013

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

From Andrea Goethals, Digital Preservation and Repository Services Manager Harvard Library, on behalf of the Standards and Practices Working Group, National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA)

Ithaca, NY Recordings of DuraCloud monthly "Brown Bag" web events are available to familiarize customers and the general public with the nuts and bolts of how to use DuraCloud. Each 30-minute demonstration and/or discussion of new features, common use cases, and frequently asked questions is followed by an informal question and answer session. Since the DuraCloud Brown Bag Series was launched earlier this year topics have included (click to view recordings):

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