From dineshkatre at yahoo.co.in Fri Aug 2 05:57:10 2013 From: dineshkatre at yahoo.co.in (Dinesh Katre) Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 17:57:10 +0800 (SGT) Subject: [Pasig-discuss] 2nd Call for Papers APA International Conference on Digital Preservation and Development of Trusted Digital Repositories, 5-6 February 2014 In-Reply-To: <1371192956.1697.YahooMailNeo@web192806.mail.sg3.yahoo.com> References: <131601ce6885$f4a5aac0$ddf10040$@indiana.edu> <1371192956.1697.YahooMailNeo@web192806.mail.sg3.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1375437430.46536.YahooMailNeo@web192801.mail.sg3.yahoo.com> 2nd?Call for Papers? ? The Centre of Excellence for Digital Preservation, C-DAC, India and Alliance for Permanent Access (APA), EU are pleased to announce the APA International Conference on Digital Preservation and Development of Trusted Digital Repositories to be held at New Delhi, India, during 5-6 February 2014. Conference Website http://www.ndpp.in/APA-DPDTR-2014/ The organizers of this conference invite research papers, case study papers and position papers based on the following thematic areas which have to be submitted before 01 October 2013. Thematic Areas - Digital preservation in various domains such as e-government, scientific and research data, geospatial information, electronic health records, audio and video, media archives, government and cultural archives, corporate data archives, etc. - Domain specific adaptation of Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference Model - Digital disasters and recovery - Digital forensic for authenticity of information - Technological infrastructure development for trusted digital repositories - Trusted digital repositories in cloud - Digital preservation for legal compliances - The challenges and techniques for maintaining trust in electronic records over long period - Integrating e-record management with e-government - Approaches for long term sustainability of digital repositories?? - Data mining and repurposing of digital information stored in digital repositories - Long term storage solutions with techniques for optimization and efficacy - Preparing for audit and certification of digital repositories - Design of domain specific digital preservation policy framework - Curriculum design for digital preservation We invite three types of papers - Case studies & work in progress (6 to 8 pages) - Full research papers (max 10 pages) - Position papers (4 to 6 pages) Download paper template with format specifications For submissions to the working conference, the authors must use the LNCS templates and style files available from: http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/CSProceedings_AuthorTools_Word_2003.zip?SGWID=0-0-45-1124637-0 All papers should be in the specified conference publication format and sent as both pdf and MS Word files to dinesh at cdac.in and director at alliancepermanentaccess.org by 31st October 2013. Important Dates Last date of paper submission: ?01 October 2013 Acceptance notification:?05 November 2013 Conference:???5-6 February 2014 General Conference Chairs Dr. Dinesh Katre, Associate Director & HOD, C-DAC, Pune, India Dr. David Giaretta, Director, Alliance for Permanent Access (APA), EU Advisory Committee Dr. Luciana Duranti, Director, InterPARES, University of British Columbia, Canada Prof. John Wood, Secretary General, Association of Commonwealth Universities, UK Dr. Juan Bicarregui, Head of Data Services Division, Scientific Computing Department, STFC - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK Monica Marinucci, Director for Research, Oracle (Europe, Middle East and Africa) S. A. Kumar, Director, R & D in IT Division, Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India Renu Budhiraja, Senior Director, National e-Governance Action Plan (NeGP), DeitY, New Delhi, India Dr. Gautam Bose, Deputy Director General, National Informatics Centre, New Delhi, India Dr. Mukul Sinha, Managing Director, Expert Software Consultants Pvt. Ltd, Noida, India Bill LeFurgy, Digital Initiatives Manager, National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program at the Library of Congress, USA Dr. Reagan W. Moore, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Prof. Matthias Hemmje, Fern Universit?t Hagen, Germany Dr. Jussi Nuorteva, Director General, The National Archives of Finland Programme Committee Carlo Meghini,? Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche- Institute of Information Science and Technologies, Italy Dr. Anne Thurston OBE, Director, International Records Management Trust, UK Dr. Peter Doorn, Data Archiving and Networking Services (DANS), Netherlands Abhishek Jee, Director, e-Governance and Green IT, NASSCOM, Bangalore Vakul Sharma, Cyber Law Expert & Advocate, New Delhi, Supreme Court, India Dr. Ramesh Gaur, Head-Librarian, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India Prof. Makhlouf Shabou Basma, University of Geneva, Switzerland Dr. Usha Mujoo Munshi, Librarian, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, India Richard Rinehart, Digital Media Director, Bucknell University, USA Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Deputy Director, National Resource Centre, NIFT, New Delhi, India Pratapanand Jha, Director, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi, India R. Venkata Kesavan, DGM & Head Times Archives & Knowledge Centre, The Times Group, India Dr Jeremy Leighton John, Curator of eMSS, The British Library, London, UK Barbara Sierman, Digital Preservation Manager, National Library of Netherlands Jason R. Baron, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, USA Dr. Christopher Lee, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina, USA T. Hussain, Assistant Director, National Archives of India, New Delhi, India ? Dr. Dinesh Katre Chief Investigator | Centre of Excellence for Digital Preservation Project Associate Director and HOD | Human-Centred Design & Computing Group Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), (A Scientific Society of Department of Electronics and Information Technology | Government of India) 4th Flr., RMZ Westend, D. P. Road, Aundh, Pune - 411007, INDIA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From laurens at bavc.org Fri Aug 2 14:54:03 2013 From: laurens at bavc.org (Lauren Sorensen) Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 11:54:03 -0700 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] FFmpeg for Archivists workshop in San Francisco, August 22nd Message-ID: Bay Area Video Coalition is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a workshop on FFmpeg geared to archivists in San Francisco on August 22nd. FFmpeg is an open-source command-line software tool that is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. See the description below for more details. For questions please contact Lauren Sorensen at . *FFmpeg For Archivists - 8/22* http://bavc.org/ffmpeg-archivists-8222013 Audiovisual archiving is based on the application of tools and as collections evolve technically so do the tools from film benches and projectors to vectorscopes and time base correctors. Today nearly all audiovisual media is created digitally. In addition to born-digital acquisitions archives manage the results of their own digitization efforts. With increasing urgency there is need for archival adoption and expertise in tools for handling digital media with the same or greater level of technical control that could be accomplished with older formats. FFmpeg is an open solution for analyzing, transcoding, processing, and altering audiovisual data. Due to its extensive and actively developed codec library and open license, FFmpeg has been integrated as a crucial tool into some of the largest video processing institutions. This workshop will present how FFmpeg is relevant to archivists and the objectives of digital preservation, and how it can be applied to achieve common tasks. Participants will learn how to install FFmpeg and use the applications to perform several tasks including lossless transcoding, technical inspection, timecode burn-in, compression for web access, and quality control. *Instructor Bio:* Dave Rice is an audiovisual archivist and technologist. Dave's work focuses on independent media as well as open source in audiovisual preservation and quality control analytics. He has worked as an archivist or archival consultant at media organizations like CUNY, Democracy Now, the United Nations, WITNESS, Downtown Community Television, and Bay Area Video Coalition. Dave is a graduate of the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation. *About BAVC* Bay Area Video Coalition is a non-profit organization committed to inspiring social change by empowering media makers to tell diverse stories through art, education and technology. Our Preservation Program partners with libraries, museums, arts organizations and artists to preserve and digitize precious works of media art and other cultural artifacts. You can learn more about us at https://www.bavc.org/preservation. Lauren Sorensen Preservation Project Manager Bay Area Video Coalition tel 415-558-2130 | www.bavc.org | laurens at bavc.org Inspiring social change by empowering media makers to create and share diverse stories through art, education and technology. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From StaplesT at si.edu Wed Aug 7 08:23:25 2013 From: StaplesT at si.edu (Staples, Thornton) Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 12:23:25 +0000 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] application programmer needed Message-ID: Please pardon cross posting?. Application Programmer The Office of Research Information Services (ORIS), Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution was founded in 1846 for the ?increase and diffusion of knowledge?. It has evolved into the world?s largest museum and research complex, consisting of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park, and 17 research and advanced study facilities, both scientific and cultural heritage in nature. In 2011, the Office of Research Information Services (ORIS) was created, within the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) to address the need to manage digital research data. Over the last 15 months ORIS has built a first prototype of ?Sidora? a general information architecture and software that is designed to be used by Smithsonian researchers to capture and organize the digital ?evidence? as they create it in their research process and use it directly in their analysis and dissemination activities. Based on a Fedora/Islandora/Drupal stack, the goal is to create a ?system of systems? that actively supports the research process as it unfolds, leaving behind a coherent expression of the digital content that was generated which can permanently stand alongside related publications. We are looking for a developer who can help us build upon a very early working version of the software to create a very powerful, user friendly system that will support research that creates and uses digital information in all media with a wide variety of software tools. A successful candidate will have good experience building web applications using Drupal (PHP) and javascript (with libraries such as EXT-JS), as well as experience with processing and managing a variety of digital media encodings. Experience with repositories systems such as Fedora, semantic web technologies (RDF), java programming, XML, and web services is desired. Good communication skills and the ability to work with a diverse, geographically dispersed team are necessary. This position will soon be posted through the Smithsonian?s normal channels (http://www.sihr.si.edu/jobs.cfm) where candidates will need to apply. It is a two-year grant-funded position with benefits that closely match those of a Federal position. Questions about the position can be addressed to Thorny Staples at staplest at si.edu. -- Thornton Staples Director, Office of Research Information Services Office of the CIO, Smithsonian Institution 202-679-7682 From art.pasquinelli at oracle.com Wed Aug 7 14:20:53 2013 From: art.pasquinelli at oracle.com (Arthur Pasquinelli) Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 11:20:53 -0700 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] Available for Review - Guidance Documents for Lifecycle Management of ETDs Message-ID: <52029005.1010200@oracle.com> Please excuse cross-posting ************* The ETD Lifecycle Management project (http://metaarchive.org/imls) releases for public review the draft Guidance Documents for Lifecycle Management of ETDs. Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and led by the University of North Texas, in partnership with the NDLTD and Educopia Institute, the ETD Lifecycle Management project is promoting best practices and improving the capacity of academic libraries to preserve ETDs for future researchers. About the ETD Guidance Documents Written by ETD program experts from several established and well-respected academic institutions (see below), the Guidance Documents are geared towards the full range of stakeholders in ETD programs from administrators to graduate schools to librarians to vendors. As indicated by the Table of Contents below, the Guidance Documents cover a range of curation topics that span the lifecycle for ETDs. Table of Contents Guidance Documents for the Lifecycle Management of ETDs Guidelines for Implementing ETD Programs -- Roles & Responsibilities Guide to Access Levels & Embargoes of ETDs Briefing on Copyright & Fair Use Issues in ETDs Guidelines for Collecting Usage Metrics & Demonstrations of Value for ETD Programs Managing the Lifecycle of ETDs: Curatorial Decisions & Practices Metadata for ETD Lifecycle Management Guide to ETD Program Planning & Cost Estimation Guide to Options for ETD Programs Review the Guidance Documents Interested ETD stakeholders can register to receive a copy of the Guidance Documents at the following website, http://publishing.educopia.org/etd-lifecycle-guidance-documents/. By requesting the documents, reviewers are voluntarily agreeing to provide our project with feedback to help improve the documents. Reviewers may provide feedback on all of the documents or just the document(s) that prove most relevant to their areas of interest. Our project staff will follow up with reviewers individually one month from the date they receive the documents, and will incorporate their suggestions into the final draft. The review period will close on December 31st, 2013. About the Document Authors & Editors The Guidance Document for Lifecycle Management of ETDs have been authored by ETD program experts from the University of North Texas, Virginia Tech, Rice University, Boston College, Indiana State University, Pennsylvania State University, and University of Arizona. The documents were edited by representatives from the Educopia Institute, the MetaArchive Cooperative, and the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. Special thanks to Joan Lippencott from the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) for early reviews of the draft documents. -- Matt Schultz Program Manager Educopia Institute, MetaArchive Cooperative http://www.metaarchive.org matt.schultz at metaarchive.org 616-566-3204 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dwr4 at cornell.edu Thu Aug 8 14:46:06 2013 From: dwr4 at cornell.edu (David Ruddy) Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 18:46:06 +0000 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] Job posting - Software Developer - Cornell Univ. Library Message-ID: Software Developer (Applications Programmer III) Cornell University Library Information Technologies (CUL-IT) seeks an enthusiastic software developer to work on arXiv.org and other repository systems. The repositories group is responsible for the development and maintenance of several repositories including arXiv.org (http://arxiv.org/), Project Euclid (http://projecteuclid.org/), our eCommons institutional repository (http://ecommons.cornell.edu/), and the CUL Archival Repository. The repositories group also contributes to development of linked data components for the library's new discovery system. The successful candidate will be expected to balance innovation and stewardship in maintaining information systems that hundreds of thousands of library users rely upon. A significant portion of development work uses Perl/Catalyst, while we are adopting Ruby/Rails/Blacklight/Hydra for a number of new projects. Responsibilities: * Help develop the library's evolving repository information architecture and services, and work with a small team collaborating with other CUL-IT, library, Cornell and partner institution staff. Design, write, test and implement software. * Work with web design and usability teams to design, implement and evaluate user interface facilities. * Determine task dependencies and execute development responsibilities accordingly. * Manage development logistics and work closely with the operations team to modularize development responsibilities prudently. * Develop and implement plans and tests to ensure product quality and performance assurance. * Develop and follow effective documentation practices. * Work with other CUL-IT staff and members of Cornell Information Technologies (who host/manage library servers) in addressing operation and maintenance issues. * Provide technical support and maintenance for installed software systems This is a five year appointment with possible extension dependent upon funding. On rare occasions the developer will be required to work on evenings or weekends to install or upgrade software at low-use times. Required Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline. * Two or more years of professional experience developing repository or database-driven web applications in a Linux/Unix environment, and with MySQL, JavaScript and XML/HTML/CSS in a production environment. * Demonstrated experience developing substantial software projects in one or more of Perl, Ruby or Python, and a willingness to learn and work in other languages. * Ability to manage complex software development in a team environment using tools such as Git and Jira. * Excellent trouble-shooting and problem-solving skills with both new and legacy code. Ability to work on a variety of systems using different technologies and to learn new skills as required. * Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. * Proven ability to work productively in a supportive role with colleagues and in a team environment, and also be self-motivated and possess good independent decision-making abilities. * Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines. * Detail oriented with good record-keeping skills and documentation habits - both in programming and as part of business practice. Preferred Qualifications: * Experience with Unix/Linux system administration and PHP highly desirable. * Experience with Java; with MVC/web frameworks in Perl/Ruby/Python; with open source components such as Solr/Lucene, Apache; platforms such as Fedora, Blacklight, Hydra, DSpace; and standards and protocols such as RDF, Atom, RSS, OAI-PMH desirable. * Experience working on open source projects desirable. * Knowledge of TeX/LaTeX text processing systems a plus. One of the leading academic research libraries in the United States, Cornell University Library is a highly valued partner in teaching, research and learning at the university. With an operating budget of over $58 million and a diverse and innovative staff of more than 400, the Library supports 2,700 faculty, 22,000 students and 94 PhD fields. Its world class collections, expert librarians, responsive services in physical and virtual library spaces inspire and nourish scholarship and learning. Cornell University is an Ivy League comprehensive research university located in Ithaca in the scenic Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. The town and university offer a unique cosmopolitan and international atmosphere in a beautiful natural setting of waterfalls, gorges, and lakes. Apply online at: http://goo.gl/dy9vRX -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Our project is funded by the Sloan Foundation Digital Information Technology Program http://www.sloan.org/program/28 The postdoctoral researcher will participate actively in the collaboration, including the design, conduct, and analysis of interviews, document analysis, ethnographic fieldwork, and writing for publication. The postdoctoral researcher will gain experience in collaborative research, research project organization, and digital data research practices. The project is based at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and residence nearby is required for the duration of the postdoctoral research appointment. Some travel is required for research and conferences. Required background includes completion of the PhD; experience in interview, document analysis, or ethnography; strong writing skills; research experience studying astronomy, physical sciences, or earth sciences; substantial knowledge of scholarly communication, practice and policy in data-driven research, *Information Studies*, or *Science, Technology, and Society* studies. Preferred background includes experience in writing for publication, expertise in knowledge organization (metadata, ontologies, archival analysis), and in the physical or earth sciences. Please submit a statement of interest that discusses your qualifications and interests with respect to the required and preferred background for the position. Your application should also include two scholarly writing samples (e.g., refereed journal articles or conference papers, dissertation), curriculum vitae, and list of three references. Send these to Prof. Christine Borgman, PI, borgman at gseis.ucla.edu and to Prof. Sharon Traweek, Co-PI traweek at history.ucla.edu The starting salary is $50,000 per year, plus benefits. Selected candidate may enroll in UC sponsored benefits or opt out. Official documentation for completion of the PhD is required (certificate of completion, transcript, or diploma). Work is to be done 12 months of the year, excluding university holidays; the postdoctoral researcher is entitled to 24 paid personal days and 12 paid sick days per year. For further information about postdoctoral appointments at UCLA: http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/postdocs.html Postdoctoral Researchers at UC are represented by UAW Local 5810. http://uaw5810.org/ More information about the investigators: Christine Borgman, Professor & Presidential Chair in Information Studies http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/cborgman/ Sharon Traweek, UCLA Gender Studies & History Departments http://www.genderstudies.ucla.edu/people/faculty/Sharon-Traweek http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/history/traweek/ Interviews will be conducted at UCLA, by video, and at conferences attended by the principal investigators prior to the time the position is filled. *Apologies for cross-posting* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Amy.Kirchhoff at ithaka.org Fri Aug 16 12:47:13 2013 From: Amy.Kirchhoff at ithaka.org (Amy Kirchhoff) Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 12:47:13 -0400 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] iPres Workshop, Preservation at Scale Announcement Message-ID: Hi all ~ Registration for iPres 2013 (September 2nd to 6th in Lisbon, Portugal) is still open! As you are registering consider joining us for Workshop 5 - Preservation at Scale (afternoon of September 5th and morning of September 6th). We have a great line-up of speakers and plenty of time for discussion among colleagues also wrestling with the issues of scale (hardware, software, policies, organizational structure, etc.) Speakers and topics include: 1. Marcel Ras, Program manager International e-Depot, Koninklijke Bibliotheek and Caroline van Wijk: "Balancing between technique, organization, roles and long-term strategies" 2. Andrea Goethals, Manager of Digital Preservation and Repository Services, Harvard University: "Challenges and lessons learned in migrating an entire repository" 3. Maureen Pennock, Digital Preservation Manager at The British Library: "Organizational perspectives on strategy and non-technical issues" 4. David Rosenthal, Chief Scientist, LOCKSS Program, Stanford University Libraries: "Economics and operational issues in distributed preservation at scale" 5. Ross King, Chairman of the Board of the Open Planets Foundation: "The SCAPE Project" 6. Vinay Cheruku, Director of Content Management Systems, Portico & JSTOR: "Scaling Up - issues and solutions" 7. Tobias Steinke, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: "Ingest levels for handling preservation of different object types in a large collection" 8. Tim Dilauro, IT Architect, Digital Research & Curation Center, The Johns Hopkins University: "Lessons learned at the Data Conservancy and Johns Hopkins University Library" 9. Lars Bjornshauge, Managing Director at DOAJ: "Challenges in preserving OA content and the long tail of very small publishers" 10. Peter Burnhill, Director of Edina: "Using The Keepers Registry To Assist Collaboration Between Keepers" The full agenda is available to the public in the workshop Google Docs space. If you cannot make it, please follow along on Twitter at #presatscale. We look forward to seeing you there! ~ Amy Kirchhoff (amy.kirchhoff at ithaka.org), Sheila Morrissey (sheila.morrissey at ithaka.org), and Marcel Ras (Marcel.Ras at KB.nl) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: