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World Bank Launches DSpace "Open Knowledge Repository"

Ithaca, NY The World Bank recently announced adoption of an Open Access policy thereby joining institutions, organizations and advocates around the world who are making research outputs broadly accessible. The policy will go into effect on July 1, 2012.

Submitted by carol on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 10:05am

CALL: Open Repositories 2011 (OR11) to Focus on Collaboration and Community

Austin, Texas What role do social interactions play within repository technical communities in developing distributed services and cyberinfrastructure that help create open access to and preservation of our shared digital heritage? The Sixth Annual International Conference on Open Repositories (OR11) communities will address that question in the state capital of Texas, Austin, often billed as "The Live Music Capital of the World,” from June 8-11, 2011 at the AT&T Conference Center.
Submitted by carol on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 12:42pm

DuraSpace Community Outreach Update

In order to serve specific needs and interests within the community, the DuraSpace organization has helped to develop and facilitate a pilot concept of several new community groups over the past two years.

Beyond Programming: New Ways to Help With Fedora Repository Development

From Thorny Staples,  Director of Community Strategy and Alliances and Director of the Fedora Project, DuraSpace
Ithaca, NY In my recent travels, I have been hearing that there are people out there who would like to get involved in the Fedora repository development process in ways other than programming. I thought that I would use this opportunity to get the conversation started.

Beyond Repository Platforms: Customized Microservices

Ithaca, NY A common observation regarding technology innovation is that as soon as you get comfortable with using whatever is on your laptop or running your institution’s repository system, it’s out of date. For large knowledge institutions where approval and funding to upgrade software and systems may take a long time, this conundrum makes staying ahead of technology developments particularly challenging.

NEWS RELEASE: Fedora Repository 3.4 Release Candidate 1 Released July 2, 2010

From Steve Bayliss, Fedora 3.4 Release Manager
Ithaca, NY Fedora 3.4-RC1 is now available for download from the main Fedora Repository page at http://wiki.duraspace.org/x/AgAU.  Release 3.3 of Fedora will continue to be available from this page until the final version of Fedora 3.4 is released, which we are aiming to do in August.
Although a minor release, this version includes a number of exciting new features and bug fixes that make Fedora an ever more compelling repository platform.

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