From cmmorris at duraspace.org Tue Dec 1 17:38:51 2015 From: cmmorris at duraspace.org (Carol Minton Morris) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 17:38:51 -0500 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] CALL for Proposals for Open Repositories 2016 Message-ID: *From the Open Repositories Conference 2016 organizers* December 1, 2015 Read it online: http://or2016.net/call-for-papers/ *Call for Proposals for Open Repositories 2016: Illuminating the World* The Eleventh International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2016, will be held on June 13th-16th, 2016in Dublin, Ireland. The organizers are pleased to issue this call for contributions to the program. As previous Open Repositories have demonstrated, the use of digital repositories to manage research, scholarly and cultural information is well established and increasingly mature. Entering our second decade, we have an opportunity to reflect on where we?ve been and, more importantly, where we?re heading. New development continues apace, and we?ve reached the time when many organizations are exploring expansive connections with larger processes both inside and outside traditional boundaries. Open Repositories 2016 will explore how our rich collections and infrastructure are now an inherent part of contemporary scholarship and research and how they have expanded to touch many aspects of our academic and cultural enterprises. The theme of OR2016 is ?Illuminating the World.? OR2016 will provide an opportunity to explore the ways in which repositories and related infrastructure and processes: - bring different disciplines, collections, and people to light; - expose research, scholarship, and collections from developing countries; - increase openness of collections, software, data and workflows; - highlight data patterns and user pathways through collections; and - how we can organize to better support these - and other - infrastructures. We welcome proposals on these ideas, but also on the theoretical, practical, technical, organizational or administrative topics related to digital repositories. Submissions that demonstrate original and repository-related work outside of these themes will be considered, but preference will be given to submissions which address them. We are particularly interested in the following themes. 1. Supporting Open Scholarship, Open Data, and Open Science Papers are invited to consider how repositories can best support the needs of open science and open scholarship to make research as accessible and useful as possible, including: - Open access, open data and open educational resources - Scholarly workflows, publishing and communicating scientific knowledge - Exposure of research and scholarship from developing countries and under-resourced communities and disciplines - Compliance with funder mandates 2. Repositories and Cultural Heritage Papers are invited to consider how repositories and their associated infrastructures best support the needs of cultural heritage collections, organizations, and researchers. Areas of interest include: - Impact of aggregation on repository infrastructure and management - Exposure of collections and cultural heritage from developing countries and under-resourced communities and disciplines - Special considerations in access and use of cultural heritage collections - Reuse and analysis of content. 3. Repositories of high volume and/or complex data and collections Papers are invited to consider how we can use tools and processes to highlight data patterns and user pathways through large corporas including: - Data and text mining - Entity recognition - Linked data - Standardized interfaces - Interaction with large-scale computation and simulation processes - Issues of scale and size beyond traditional repository contexts 4. Managing Research Data, Software, and Workflows Papers are invited to consider how repositories can support the needs of research data and related software and workflows. Areas of interest are: - Curation lifecycle management, including storage, software and workflows - Digital preservation tools and services - Reuse and analysis of scientific content - Scholarly workflows, publishing and communicating scientific knowledge 5. Integrating with the Wider Web and External Systems Papers are invited to explore, evaluate, or demonstrate integration with external systems, including: - CRIS and research management systems - Notification and compliance tracking systems - Identifier services - Preservation services and repositories - Publisher systems - Collection management systems and workflows 6. Exploring Metrics, Assessment, and Impact Papers are invited to present experiences on metrics and assessment services for a range of content, including: - Bibliometrics - Downloads (e.g. COUNTER compliance) - Altmetrics and other alternative methods of tracking and presenting impact 7. Managing Rights Papers are invited to examine the role of rights management in the context of open repositories, including: - Research and scholarly communication outputs - Licenses (e.g. Creative Commons, Open Data Commons) - Embargoes - Requirements of funder mandates 8. Developing and Training Staff Papers are invited to consider the evolving role of staff who support and manage repositories across libraries, cultural heritage organizations, research offices and computer centres, especially: - New roles and responsibilities - Training needs and opportunities - Career path and recruitment - Community support KEY DATES - 01 February 2016: Deadline for submissions and Scholarship Programme applications - 01 February 2016: Registration opens - 28 March 2016: Submitters notified of acceptance to general conference - 11 April 2016: Submitters notified of acceptance to Interest Groups - 13-16 June 2016: OR2016 conference SUBMISSION PROCESS Conference Papers and Panels We expect that proposals for papers or panels will be two to four-pages (see below for optional Proposal Templates). Abstracts of accepted papers and panels will be made available through the conference's web site, and later they and associated materials will be made available in an open repository. In general, sessions will have three papers; panels may take an entire session or may be combined with a paper. Relevant papers unsuccessful in the main track will be considered for inclusion, as appropriate, as an Interest Group presentation, poster or 24/7. Interest Group Presentations The opportunity to engage with and learn more about the work of relevant communities of interest is a key element of Open Repositories. One to two page proposals are invited for presentations or panels that focus on the work of such communities, traditionally DSpace, EPrints, Fedora, and Invenio, describing novel experiences or developments in the construction and use of repositories involving issues specific to these technical platforms. Further information about applications for additional Interest Groups and guidance on submissions will be forthcoming. 24x7 Presentations 24x7 presentations are 7 minute presentations comprising no more than 24 slides. Proposals for 24x7 presentations should be one to two-pages. Similar to Pecha Kuchas or Lightning Talks, these 24x7 presentations will be grouped into blocks based on conference themes, with each block followed by a moderated discussion / question and answer session involving the audience and whole block of presenters. This format will provide conference goers with a fast-paced survey of like work across many institutions, and presenters the chance to disseminate their work in more depth and context than a traditional poster. "Repository RANTS" 24x7 Block One block of 24x7's will revolve around "repository rants": brief expos?s that challenge the conventional wisdom or practice, and highlight what the repository community is doing that is misguided, or perhaps just missing altogether. The top proposals will be incorporated into a track meant to provoke unconventional approaches to repository services. "Repository RAVES" 24x7 Block One block of 24x7's at OR2016 will revolve around "repository raves": brief expos?s that celebrate particular practice and processes, and highlight what the repository community is doing that is right. The top proposals will be incorporated into a track meant to celebrate successful approaches to repository services. Posters We invite one-page proposals for posters that showcase current work. Attendees will view and discuss your work during the poster reception. 2016 Developer Track: Top Tips, Cunning Code and Illuminating Insights Each year a significant proportion of the delegates at Open Repositories are software developers who work on repository software or related services. OR2016 will feature a Developer Track and Ideas Challenge that will provide a focus for showcasing work and exchanging ideas. Building on the success of last year's Developer Track, where we encouraged live hacking and audience participation, we invite members of the technical community to share the features, systems, tools and best practices that are important to you. Presentations can be as informal as you like, but once again we encourage live demonstrations, tours of code repositories, examples of cool features and the unique viewpoints that so many members of our community possess. Submissions should take the form of a title and a brief outline of what will be shared with the community. Further details and guidance on the Ideas Challenge will be forthcoming. Developers are also encouraged to contribute to the other tracks as papers, posters, 24x7 presentations, repository raves and rants 24x7 blocks. Workshops and Tutorials One to two-page proposals for workshops and tutorials addressing theoretical or practical issues around digital repositories are welcomed. Please address the following in your proposal: - The subject of the event and what knowledge you intend to convey - Length of session (e.g., 1-hour, 2-hour, half a day or a whole day) - A brief statement on the learning outcomes from the session - How many attendees you plan to accommodate - Technology and facility requirements - Any other supplies or support required - Anything else you believe is pertinent to carrying out the session Proposal Templates The OR2016 proposal templates are a guideline to help you prepare an effective submission. They will be provided in both the Word document and plain-text Markdown formats and provide details around the requirements for conference papers and panels and 24/7's and posters. These will be available from the conference website shortly. Submission system The conference system will be open for submissions by 15 December 2015. PDF format is preferred. CODE OF CONDUCT We will be publishing guidelines for conduct at OR2016. As a reference, the OR2015 Code of Conduct is available at http://www.or2015.net/code-of-conduct/ and the 2015 Anti-Harrassment Policy is at http://www.or2015.net/anti-harassment-policy/. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME OR2016 will again run a Scholarship Programme which will enable us to provide support for a small number of full registered places (including the poster reception and banquet) for the conference in Dublin. The programme is open to librarians, repository managers, developers and researchers in digital libraries and related fields. Applicants submitting a paper for the conference will be given priority consideration for funding. Please note that the programme does not cover costs such as accommodation, travel and subsistence. It is anticipated that the applicant?s home institution will provide financial support to supplement the OR Scholarship Award. Full details and an application form will shortly be available on the conference website. CONTACT INFORMATION Program Co-Chairs - David Minor, University of California, San Diego - Matthias Razum, FIZ Karlsruhe - Sarah Shreeves, University of Miami contact: or16-program-chairs at googlegroups.com Local Hosts - Trinity College Dublin contact: OR2016 at conferencepartners.ie Conference Website and Social Media - website: http://or2016.net/ - twitter: @OR2016Dub and #or2016Dub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ORConference/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From msamouelian at hbs.edu Sat Dec 5 14:41:01 2015 From: msamouelian at hbs.edu (Samouelian, Mary) Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 19:41:01 +0000 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] 2016 BitCurator User Forum: Program description now available Message-ID: Hello all - On behalf of the program committee, I'm pleased to announce that the program descriptions for the BitCurator User Forum 2016 are now available online. On the website, you'll find session descriptions and suggested accommodations, as well as registration info. Date: 15 January 2016 Location: Pleasants Family Assembly Room, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Overview: Join BitCurator users from around the globe as we discuss how we are using the BitCurator software environment. Hosted by the BitCurator Consortium (BCC), this event will be grounded in the practical, real-world experiences of digital archivists and digital curation experts. Come prepared to discuss your current challenges, share emerging BitCurator integrations and workflows, and address the "now what" of handling your digital forensics outputs. Please also note that a sign up form for Lightning Talks can be found here. Likewise, a call for proposals regarding the digital forensics beyond the floppy disk can be found here. Finally, on January 14, one day before the BitCurator User Forum, UNC-Chapel Hill will also be holding its annual conference CurateGear: Enabling the Curation of Digital Collections. To see the speaker list and register, follow the link. If I may offer an opinion, the topics of both days complement each other well. We look forward to seeing you in Chapel Hill! Mary Samouelian Sr. Archivist, Special Collections Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Harvard Business School 617-384-8189 msamouelian at hbs.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cmmorris at duraspace.org Thu Dec 10 07:53:28 2015 From: cmmorris at duraspace.org (Carol Minton Morris) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 07:53:28 -0500 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] ALL ABOUT the Digital Preservation Network (DPN) Message-ID: *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* Dec. 10, 2016 Read it online: http://bit.ly/1NW3peY Contact: Mary Molinaro *The Digital Preservation Network (DPN) Explained* *The DPN digital preservation service guarantees academic institutions that their scholarly resources will survive into the ?far-future?.* *Ann Arbor, MI* The Digital Preservation Network (DPN) is the only large-scale digital preservation service that is built to last beyond the life spans of individuals, technological systems, and organizations. Like insurance, the DPN service provides members of the academy and their successors with a guarantee that future access to their scholarly resources will be available in the event of any type of change in administrative or physical institutional environments. By establishing a redundant and varied technical and legal infrastructure at multiple administrative levels the survival, ownership and management of preserved digital content in the future is assured for Digital Preservation Network members. The Digital Preservation Network (DPN) service is a planned scholarly ?dark archive?. That means that the content stored in DPN is not actively used or accessed, but can be made available for use at any time from multiple digital storage facilities. It is analogous to group long term insurance for academic scholarship that institutions invest in collectively to do what they could not do individually. *Insurance for scholarship* Why should anyone care about what a scholar one hundred years from now will be able to learn about what people knew, how they came about that knowledge or why they acted on it back in 2015, 1815 or 1215?especially because the Internet now provides instant answers to almost everything. We should all continue to focus on the present while losing sleep about the future, right? Not necessarily. There is a well-known saying attributed to George Santayana about history repeating itself ('Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.'). While it sometimes seems that our political leaders do not learn from history, it would be an even greater tragedy if history were to be completely unavailable as a guidepost to the future. What if the born digital scientific discoveries and associated data of 2015 are lost? Will future generations be doomed to step backwards to replicate past experiments thereby jeopardizing future progress towards solving pressing environmental and societal problems? What if our grandchildren and great grandchildren never find out who we were and what our lives were like by being able to listen to our music, view our films, or see our photographs? What if a future student?s research for the traditional fifth grade report on local history is confined to what was indexed for the last five years in Google? *What could happen* The future is uncertain. Academic institutions require that key aspects of their scholarly histories, heritage and research remain part of the record of human endeavor in spite of, or perhaps because of whatever will happen next. As an emblematic part of institutional identity, the potential loss of core online academic collections that are part of what an institution means could be catastrophic. Oral history collections, born digital artworks, historic journals, theses, dissertations, media and fragile digitizations of ancient documents and antiquities are examples of these kinds of irreplaceable resources. What happens if a strategic institutional collection is lost? Will an institution be forced to struggle for survival? Do people lose jobs? Will a critical building block of knowledge be lost forever? The following are examples of ongoing types of events or situations that threaten the security of digital collections: ? A major weather event wipes out all digital files kept locally at a university library data center. ? Political instability forces the closure of an academic institution and associated online systems. ? Proprietary digital asset management software owned and operated by a for-profit company for an academic library malfunctions causing the loss of large tracts of strategic data. ? A collection curator retrieves selected files only to notice that their digital content has degraded over time. ? The unintended loss of taxpayer-funded research data cripples current scientific advancement and discredits a major government agency because the historic data cannot be replicated. ? Hackers break into a university data center and damage online digital collections. ? A budget crisis forces an administrative shift leaving large amounts of digital scholarly content without a home. ? A reorganization of academic departments puts related historic scholarly resources in jeopardy. ? Personnel in charge of curation and management of key institutional research change positions or pass away. If we lose what we know today we will have nothing to build on for tomorrow. Digital preservation of scholarly resources in DPN is like having a climate controlled seed bank where the carefully saved seeds of scholarship are stored to be brought to life far into the future. We don?t know what the far future of learning will be like, but we can plan now to make the raw materials of knowledge permanently accessible. By participating with DPN and depositing content into the system DPN member institutions are securing their most important and most at risk content for the future. The collections initially being deposited into DPN include cultural heritage materials, archival collections, and research data. Current DPN members will begin adding digital assets to the Digital Preservation Network through DuraCloud Vault, a cooperative development between DPN, DuraSpace and Chronopolis which will serve as the primary ingest point beginning in January. APTrust is currently processing content from its members and will deposit into the DPN federation in early 2016. View an introductory video about how DPN deposit in DuraCloud Vault operates here: https://youtu.be/_E8g774b6us. For questions and more information please contact DPN Chief Operating Officer and Service Manager Mary Molinaro at . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From erin at discoverygarden.ca Wed Dec 16 14:45:17 2015 From: erin at discoverygarden.ca (Erin Tripp) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 15:45:17 -0400 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] Islandora News: New & Improved Professional Service Bundles Message-ID: -- Apologies for cross-posting --- December 16, 2015 Read it online: http://bit.ly/1UAkiuT Contact: Erin Tripp, erin at discoverygarden.ca New & Improved Professional Service Bundles discoverygarden is proud to release exciting changes to its professional bundle services Charlottetown, PE - The team at discoverygarden is pleased to announce exciting changes to its professional service bundles . The new and improved bundles are designed with customers in mind; tailored to meet the needs of any organization implementing a digital repository. discoverygarden first offered bundled services in September 2014 to simplify the initial steps of launching a digital repository using the open source digital repository framework, Islandora . Today?s announcement is based on feedback provided by valued customers and includes changes to three existing bundles as well as the addition of its brand new ?Learn and Build? bundle. The bundles offer cost savings to customers with up to thirty percent off regularly priced services. "These service bundles are the result of listening to our clients on where they needed the most direct help, in order to get their repositories to where they wanted them to be." said John Eden, CEO of discoverygarden. "I am also pleased we are able to provide the added services to these bundles while increasing the savings." The discoverygarden ?Jumpstart? bundle provides a professional Islandora installation and a broad range of flexible services such as design and theming, assessments and training. Organizations that purchase the Jumpstart bundle are also provided with Islandora installation documentation and access to the discoverygarden online support portal. This package is suited for groups with limited technical staff availability and exposure to the Islandora repository framework. The new ?Learn and Build? bundle allows customers to leverage the expertise of librarians, metadata consultants, project managers, software developers and system administrators. This package provides 86 hours of professional services assistance to ensure your project moves rapidly and seamlessly through repository planning, implementation and launch. This package is suited to groups with a focus on knowledge transfer as well as building skills and confidence with the Islandora framework. The classic ?Install? bundle provides organizations with a seamless start to building their digital repository. It includes Islandora knowledge base documentation for frequently asked questions and step by step configuration instructions. This package is suited to groups with exposure to the Islandora framework and access to technical staff. Sign up for the ?Audit? bundle and discoverygarden experts will review your Islandora installation to ensure it?s using the appropriate versions, approved modules and is configured to maximize efficiency and performance. This bundle also includes 12 hours of professional services that can be used to address any issues found during the audit process. This package is suited to groups who have already installed the Islandora framework. To learn more about these services please visit our website, www.discoverygarden.ca/services. To schedule a meeting to discuss your repository project, please contact us at info at discoverygarden.ca. -- Erin Tripp, BJH MLIS Business Development Manager discoverygarden inc. erin at discoverygarden.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: