From gail at trumantechnologies.com Mon Feb 3 13:02:59 2014 From: gail at trumantechnologies.com (gail at trumantechnologies.com) Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 11:02:59 -0700 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] =?utf-8?q?Archive_to_Cloud=3F_Top_5_questions_to_?= =?utf-8?q?ask_before_outsourcing_your_archives_to_a_cloud_vendor?= Message-ID: <20140203110258.b554e26909f2beaf9f8ddbf6be9a6600.623923b116.wbe@email09.secureserver.net> Preservation community - Do you agree? Top 5 questions to ask before outsourcing your archives to a cloud vendor Curate, Preserve, Archive ? you?ll probably agree that these words are neither used nor understood by the major cloud providers. There?s been a gaping lack of understanding around what archivists and librarians need in order to feel safe outsourcing their digital archives to the cloud. To be viable as a place to digitally preserve content forever (or many decades), cloud storage needs to do more than protect the bits for the long term. There are data ownership, location, authenticity and provenance considerations, among others. Here are the first five questions I recommend asking a cloud storage vendor ? and what to look for in their reply http://bit.ly/1gGOFjo Gail Truman Truman Technologies, LLC Protecting the world's digital heritage for future generations www.trumantechnologies.com facebook/TrumanTechnologies 510 502 6497 From cmmorris at fedora-commons.org Wed Feb 12 09:22:51 2014 From: cmmorris at fedora-commons.org (Carol Minton Morris) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:22:51 -0500 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] Open Repositories Conference Update: Save the Dates for OR2015 Message-ID: *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* Feb. 12, 2014 Read it online: http://bit.ly/1jwWlp4 *Open Repositories Conference Update: Save the Dates for OR2015* *A message from the Open Repositories Steering Committee* We are pleased to announce that the 2015 Open Repositories Conference (OR2015) will take place in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA at the Hyatt Regency from June 8-11, 2015. The conference is being jointly hosted by Indiana University Libraries , University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library , and Virginia Tech University Libraries . Look for a preview of what to expect in Indianapolis at OR2014 in Helsinki! -- Carol Minton Morris DuraSpace Director of Marketing and Communications cmmorris at DuraSpace.org Skype: carolmintonmorris 607 592-3135 Twitter at DuraSpace Twitter at DuraCloud http://DuraSpace.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cmmorris at fedora-commons.org Wed Feb 19 08:30:14 2014 From: cmmorris at fedora-commons.org (Carol Minton Morris) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 08:30:14 -0500 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] NEWS RELEASE: DuraSpace, Archive-It Partner to Offer Archive-It Collections Off-site Back-up/Preservation Message-ID: *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* February 19, 2014 Contact: Carol Minton Morris Read it online: http://bit.ly/1jLCsux *DuraSpace and Archive-It Partner to Offer Off-site Back-up and Preservation of Archive-It Collections * *New DuraCloud feature enables instant Archive-It collection back-up service* *Winchester, MA* DuraSpace , in partnership with Archive-It , is pleased to announce the newest feature of DuraCloud , a cloud based archiving and preservation service. Archive-It partners can now seamlessly access DuraCloud's key features for offsite back-up and preservation of their web archive collections. In addition to Archive-It's existing storage and access offerings, DuraCloud is another option for off-site preservation that includes the ability to back up content in the cloud, access automatic content health checks and health reports, and is directly integrated with Amazon Glacier as an additional option for very low-cost storage. Archive-It (archive-it.org), a web archiving service from Internet Archive, and DuraCloud (duracloud.org), a managed service for archiving content in the cloud from DuraSpace, teamed up to create this new feature and to provide Archive-It partner organizations with additional options to back-up their collections of archived content. During fall 2013 Columbia University, Rice University, the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources: State Library and Archives were part of a pilot program that successfully tested the service. *How it works* Archive-It partners who decide to subscribe to DuraCloud have the ability to back up all of their Archive-It collections, specific web collections, or exact time periods within individual collections. After signing up for the service, DuraCloud will transfer a copy of content from an Archive-It account and store the web archive files in DuraCloud. The Archive-It account is then monitored for additions to the collection over time and synchronizes those to DuraCloud. The best part of using this new service is that it requires no additional user action. Once the service is enabled, back-ups to DuraCloud are automatic. *Get started today* Preserving your Archive-It collection in DuraCloud allows you to check the box on reliable offsite back-up and long term access of your content. Archive-It partners can sign up for the service through the DuraCloud web site (duracloud.org/archive-it), which includes more information and pricing. *Sign up by March 31, 2013 and the content transfer fee will be waived.* *About DuraSpace* DuraSpace (http://duraspace.org) is an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization providing leadership and innovation for open technologies that promote durable, persistent access to digital data. We collaborate with academic, scientific, cultural, and technology communities by supporting projects (DSpace, Fedora) and creating services (DuraCloud, DSpaceDirect) to help ensure that current and future generations have access to our collective digital heritage. Our values are expressed in our organizational byline, "Committed to our digital future." -- Carol Minton Morris DuraSpace Director of Marketing and Communications cmmorris at DuraSpace.org Skype: carolmintonmorris 607 592-3135 Twitter at DuraSpace Twitter at DuraCloud http://DuraSpace.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cmmorris at fedora-commons.org Wed Feb 19 09:58:57 2014 From: cmmorris at fedora-commons.org (Carol Minton Morris) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:58:57 -0500 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] AVAILABLE: The December 2013 Quarterly Report from Fedora Message-ID: Feb. 19, 2014 Read it online: http://bit.ly/1gVeJ7v *From The Fedora Steering Group* *The Quarterly Report from Fedora* December 2013 *Fedora Development* - In the past quarter, the development team released two Alpha releases of Fedora 4; detailed release notes are here: * Fedora 4 Alpha 2 Release * Fedora 4 Alpha 3 Release These two releases represent incremental, yet significant steps towards the production Fedora 4.0. Features of note include an Authorization framework, Policy-driven storage, support for advanced Search and Triplestore indexes, Large files, Transactions, and Versioning to name a few. Considerable effort has also been put towards the creation of user documentation and a simplified means of deploying Fedora 4. All said, Fedora 4 is now encouraging the community to download, install, and give the new feature-set a try. *Fundraising* - As of December 2013, contributions to DuraSpace earmarked for Fedora total $413,833, a 139% increase over last year's total of $173,000. A total of forty sponsors have contributed, with eleven new sponsors, fifteen sponsors who have upgraded their investment, three non-renewals and two sponsor downgrades. While excellent progress has been made in the past year, the project is still short of its goal of reaching the $500,000 annual support level. *New Web Site* - http://fedorarepository.org - Based on input from the Fedora community, DuraSpace staff have redesigned the Fedora web site. The web site and wiki provide the latest updates about Fedora development, highlight use case profiles and community engagement, provide updates on past and upcoming meetings, and includes a variety of resources for the Fedora community. Web site users may now view and sort repositories by repository technology type and find out where they are located ( http://registry.duraspace.org/registry/fedora). The Fedora Steering Group welcomes suggestions and feedback as we continue to improve communications and outreach about Fedora. *Staffing* - The Fedora Project continues to ramp up staffing and support in order to meet the many goals of the project. Over the past quarter, Andrew Woods provided invaluable support as full-time tech lead, coordinating the efforts of (12) developers at (10) different institutions. Many thanks go to Michele Kimpton, Jonathan Markow, Valorie Hollister, Carol Minton Morris and the rest of the DuraSpace team for coordinating the sponsorship campaign, budget planning, several conferences, hack fests, and the new web site redesign. The Fedora Steering Group is currently in the process of interviewing for the dedicated Fedora product manager, expected to be hired in the first quarter of 2014. Working closely with the Fedora Steering Group, Advisory Group, developers and Fedora community, the product manager [1] will help set the vision and long-term roadmap for the product, raise annual funding levels to meet project goals, and be an effective spokesperson for the project. *Community Engagement and Outreach* - In the past quarter, developers have continued to hold daily meetings in conjunction with development sprints, as well as an "install fest" and week-long hack fest in Austin at the DLF conference. Two Fedora Advisory Group meetings were held, one immediately after DLF in Austin, and one immediately after CNI in Washington, D.C., along with multiple Advisory Group conference calls. In addition to the web set redesign, mailing lists have been created to merge past community discussions with current work. *Upcoming Conferences* - Fedora presentations and meetings will occur at HydraConnect (San Diego, CA) in January, IDCC (San Francisco, CA) in February, Code4Lib (Raleigh, NC), RDA (Dublin, Ireland), Fedora DC Users Group meeting (Washington, D.C.), and the DuraSpace Sponsors Summit (Washington, D.C.) all in March. [1] In late January the DuraSpace organization announced that David Wilcox accepted a position with DuraSpace as the product manager for the Fedora project effective February 17, 2014. In his role as product manager for Fedora David will be working closely with the community and steering group to set the vision and long term roadmap for Fedora. David joins Fedora technical director Andrew Woods as dedicated Fedora project staff. -- Carol Minton Morris DuraSpace Director of Marketing and Communications cmmorris at DuraSpace.org Skype: carolmintonmorris 607 592-3135 Twitter at DuraSpace Twitter at DuraCloud http://DuraSpace.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From art.pasquinelli at oracle.com Wed Feb 19 15:59:24 2014 From: art.pasquinelli at oracle.com (Arthur Pasquinelli) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:59:24 -0800 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] April 10-11 Personal Digital Archiving 2014 Conference Registration is Open Message-ID: <53051B2C.7060901@oracle.com> Please Excuse Cross Postings Registration for Personal Digital Archiving 2014 Conference: "Building Stronger Personal Digital Archiving Communities" is now open! PDA 2014 explores the intersection between individuals, public institutions, and private companies engaged in the creation, preservation, and ongoing use of the digital records of our daily lives. The conference reflects upon the current status of personal archiving, its achievements, challenges, issues, and needs as evidenced through research, education, case studies, practitioner experiences, best practices, the development of tools and services, storage options, curation, and economic sustainability. There is also interest in the role of libraries, archives and other cultural heritage organizations in supporting personal digital archiving through outreach or in conjunction with developing community history collections. Keynote Speakers: "The Social Life of Personal Information," Andrea Copeland, Assistant Professor, Library and Information Science, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis "Kurt, Jimi and Lots of Heart: One Biographer's Research Methods," Charles R. Cross, music historian, author and biographer Program Details at: http://visions.indstate.edu/pda2014/conference-program.html Conference Dates: April 10-11, 2014 Conference Venue: Indiana State Library, 315 W. Ohio St., Indianapolis, IN Registration fee: $150.00; $85.00 Student (with proof of ID). Registration includes full 2 day conference and transportation to and from conference hotel and Indiana State Library. Registration Details at: http://visions.indstate.edu/pda2014/registration.html Lodging: The Conference Hotel is the Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis Airport; 8910 Hatfield Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46241; 317-856-9100. The Hotel provides free shuttle service from and to the Indianapolis Airport. A block of 75 rooms has been reserved for conference attendees for the nights of April 9, 10 and 11, 2014. The rate is $124.00 per night plus taxes. King and Double Queen rooms are available. Please make your reservation directly with the hotel. You will be responsible for all charges. Ask for the ISU or Personal Dig Archiving group block. The reservation cutoff date is March 14, 2014. Cinda May Co-Chair, PDA 2014 Chair, Special Collections Project Director, Wabash Valley Visions & Voices Cunningham Memorial Library Indiana State University 510 North 6 ? Street Terre Haute, IN 47809 812-237-2534 Cinda.May at indstate.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lesliej at loc.gov Thu Feb 20 16:41:47 2014 From: lesliej at loc.gov (Johnston, Leslie) Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 16:41:47 -0500 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] RFI from the Library of Congress Message-ID: <7CC4AB09C979C242B5E468C64182DD44D5384C2D@LCXCLMB01.LCDS.LOC.GOV> Please forgive cross-posting. I am posting this on behalf of Library of Congress colleagues; please do not contact me for information. Refer to the website listed before. 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URL: From cmmorris at fedora-commons.org Fri Feb 21 09:45:03 2014 From: cmmorris at fedora-commons.org (Carol Minton Morris) Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 09:45:03 -0500 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] OR2014 Conference Update: Registration Open; New Scholarship Programme Message-ID: *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* *A message from the Open Repositories 2014 Conference organizers* February 21, 2014 Read it online: http://bit.ly/1mwHBZx *Register for Open Repositories 2014* *New scholarship programme aims to expand OR participation* *Helsinki, FI * We are pleased to announce that registration for Open Repositories 2014 is now open. The five-day conference will be held in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, from June 9 to June 13, 2014. You will find full registration information on the following page: http://or2014.helsinki.fi/?page_id=454. *Open Repositories 2014-registration and fees* The early registration fee, 320 EUR, will be available until May 4. After May 4, the registration fee will be 400 EUR. The conference dinner will be held on Wednesday, June 11, on Valkosaari Island in Helsinki Harbor (more information here ) and is priced separately at 60 EUR. There is also a special Friday evening excursion to Suomenlinna Sea Fortress (more information here) available for those delegates who will be staying in Helsinki until Saturday. The full conference program is expected to be available in late April once the review process is completed. An early draft version of the schedule (subject to change) is available here: https://www.conftool.com/or2014/sessions.php. The registration process will be handled by TAVI Congress Bureau. If you have questions related to conference registration, you can contact them directly at or-2014[at]tavicon.fi. *Pilot scholarship programme* A highlight of this year's conference is the availability of delegate scholarships for the first time. The Open Repositories Steering Committee is delighted to announce a pilot Scholarship Programme for OR2014. This programme aims to expand participation by providing registration support for a small number of delegates to this year's conference. The scholarship programme is open to librarians, repository managers, developers and researchers in digital libraries and related fields. *Please note:* the OR2014 scholarship programme provides a full discount for conference registration and the conference dinner. It does not cover other costs including accommodation, travel and subsistence. It is anticipated that the applicant's home institution will provide financial support to supplement an OR scholarship award. Only fully-completed applications will be accepted. *The deadline for applications is Sunday, March 14, 2014.* You may apply for funding here: http://or2014.helsinki.fi/?page_id=412 For more information or to nominate someone for a scholarship, please contact the Scholarship Committee chair, William J Nixon ( william.nixon at glasgow.ac.uk). -- Carol Minton Morris DuraSpace Director of Marketing and Communications cmmorris at DuraSpace.org Skype: carolmintonmorris 607 592-3135 Twitter at DuraSpace Twitter at DuraCloud http://DuraSpace.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: