From gaur at ignca.nic.in Tue Feb 3 19:59:43 2015 From: gaur at ignca.nic.in (Director(Library & Information)) Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 06:29:43 +0530 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] Cfp ETD 2015 India In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi! I am pleased to inform you that Central Library, Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU), New Delhi, India in collaboration with Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD.ORG), USA and INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, India is hosting ETD2015:18th International Symposium on Theses and Dissertations on a theme "Evolving Genre of ETDs for Knowledge Discovery" during 4-6 November, 2015 at JNU Convention Centre, New Delhi, India. It will provide delegates with the unique opportunity to network, share experiences and discuss current good practices from around the world, enabling researchers and practitioners to chart a future course of action. ETD 2015 is the key international conference to attend in order to stay abreast of developments and trends in electronic theses and dissertations initiatives around the world. This is an exciting opportunity to share your knowledge and experience with the larger ETD community. ETD conference is first time being organized in Indian Sub-continent, so this is the great opportunity for librarians, IT Professionals, Students, researchers and academicians in the region. The conference and pre-conference workshop will have presentations from the best in the Industry.More details regarding the ETD 2015 may be had from the given below URL: www.etd2015india.in Some important dates regarding submissions / registration are also given below Submissions: Abstract Submission Deadline: March 31, 2015, 11:59 PM, India Time (GMT + 05:30) Acceptance Notification: April 15, 2015 Full Paper Submission Deadline: July 31, 2015, 11:59 PM, India Time (GMT + 05:30) Proposal For Poster Presentation: July 31, 2015, 11:59 PM, India Time (GMT + 05:30) Notification of Acceptance for Poster Presentation: August 15, 2015 Camera Ready Deadline: August 31, 2015, 11:59 PM, India Time (GMT + 05:30) Registration: Registration opens: January 1, 2015 Early Bird Registration closes: August 31, 2015 Registration closes: October 15, 2015 On behalf of ETD 2015 International Conference Programme Committee, I request your kind participation in the form of submission of paper/poster and also your kind presence in the event. Please feel free to ask for any further information. I also request you all to circulate it to all concerned for wider publicity and participation. With best regards Yours sincerely, (Ramesh C Gaur) Chair-ETD 2015 Programme Committee ************************************ Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) University Librarian Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) New Meharuli Road, New Delhi - 110067 Tele +91-11-26742605, 26704551 Fax : +91-11-26741603 Email: rcgaur at mail.jnu.ac.in ;rcgaur66 at gmail.com URL: www.jnu.ac.in Brief Profile: http://www.jnu.ac.in/Library/RameshCGaur.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tibbo at ils.unc.edu Wed Feb 4 16:05:01 2015 From: tibbo at ils.unc.edu (Tibbo, Helen R) Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 21:05:01 +0000 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] iPRES2015 Call for Contributions Message-ID: <16C92BA681D083499626AF35C5A645163AFC4B27@ITS-MSXMBS5M.ad.unc.edu> iPRES 2015 Call for Contributions iPRES is the premier international conference on the preservation and long term management of digital materials. The iPRES 2015 (http://ipres2015.web.unc.edu/) will be held on November 2-6, 2015 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Contributions are currently being sought that present research and innovative practice in digital preservation. The iPRES 2015 conference is seeking contributions from research and innovative practice in digital preservation. Contribution topics We welcome contributions that address at least one of the following topics: Institutional opportunities and challenges * local, regional and national approaches * legislative context and requirements * institutional contexts for preservation * collaboration and alignment * collection content profiling * research data management * personal archiving * documenting authenticity and integrity * demonstrating benefits and incentives * providing and documenting added value * evaluating options: products, tools, registries, services, service providers * exploring the potential of bartering Infrastructure (organizational and technological) opportunities and challenges * intelligent and secure storage * scalability * complex formats * large web data sets * software and hardware dependencies * system architectures and requirements * distributed and cloud-based implementations * digital forensics * standards-based practice Frameworks for digital preservation * models * standards and practice * core concepts * business models * sustainability and economic viability Preservation strategies and workflows * preservation strategies (e.g., migration, emulation, normalization) * preservation metadata management * preservation planning and action * archival storage and archival packages * acquisition, ingest, and submission packages * long-term access management and dissemination packages * measuring and mediating risks * content-specific approaches (e.g., GIS, digital art, audiovisual, research data, web-based content, models) Innovative practice * implementations * repositories * issues and wins * lessons learned * the future of digital preservation Training and education * educational needs * evaluating curricula and impacts * innovative offerings * support for lifelong learning * career management See the Author information and guidelines page for information on how to submit, according to the types below. Program strands iPRES 2015 is being structured around two key strands - research and innovative practice. Papers are invited for both strands. The purpose of this distinction is to promote work from both a research and innovative practice perspective and work that is clearly rooted in the actual experience of institutions undertaking digital preservation. We expect that there will be work that manages to encapsulate both of these strands, and that is welcomed. All papers for iPRES 2015 should: * be leading edge * be innovative * help inform debate around what digital preservation is. Paper types Full and Short papers Full papers (8 to 10 pages) will report research work with novel contributions and/or practical engagement with digital preservation problems that show a demonstrable advance in the practice of digital preservation. Short papers (3 to 5 pages) can focus on new challenges and work in progress, whether in the research or innovative practice strand. All contributions must report on novel and previously unpublished work and will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 members of the Program Committee. The accepted papers will be published in the iPRES 2015 proceedings. A best paper award will be offered and recommended for publication in an appropriate journal. Posters and demonstrations Submissions (up to 2 pages) are encouraged for posters reporting on emerging issues or work in progress, and also for demonstrations of innovative solutions. These submissions should describe the work to be presented and its contribution beyond the state of the art. Posters and demonstrations will be presented in a dedicated session during the conference. All contributions will be peer-reviewed. The accepted poster and demonstration submissions will be published in the proceedings. A best poster award will be offered. Panels Proposals for thematic panels to be held during the main conference program can be submitted by 3 to 5 experts. Acceptance will be judged on the merits of the proposal and relevance for the expected audience. Proposals must detail the subject, motivation and panelists. Workshops Proposals for thematic workshops are welcome. Proposals must detail the subject, scope, program strand and intended content. Ideally, workshops should be open to public registration and participation. Acceptance will be judged on the merits of the proposal, requirements for its organization, and local capability to support it (which should not be a major constraint). Tutorials Tutorials must be on a single topic, addressed at either an introductory level or an in-depth, expert level. Submissions for tutorials should be a maximum of 2 pages, including a brief abstract and an outline of the content, the duration (half-day 3 hours or full-day 6 hours), a description of the intended audience and the expected learning outcomes, and a short biography of the presenter(s). Peer review and inclusion in iPres 2015 Proceedings All submissions will be subject to peer review. Those that are accepted for inclusion in the conference will be published in the iPRES 2015 proceedings. For full and short papers, the full text will be published. For posters, demonstrations, workshops, tutorials and panels, abstracts will be published. After receiving results of the peer review, authors will have an opportunity to edit their submissions for the final proceedings. In order to ensure inclusion in the proceedings, authors should submit final text by 15 August 2015. Publication and Pre-publication at iPres 2015 iPRES is a venue where individuals from across the globe hash out ideas, share results and propose further actions to address the challenges and opportunities of digital preservation. This year, we would like to take further advantage of these rich exchanges by changing how the final proceedings are published. Participants at the conference will receive full pre-publication drafts of papers and abstracts of workshops, tutorials, panels, posters, and demos. Authors will be encouraged to link their own papers to others, to deal with criticisms or comments received, and to clear up any inaccuracies or misunderstandings. In addition panelists and workshop hosts will be invited to report their sessions more fully, and the program committee will commission a number of thematic syntheses to act as an accessible commentary to the whole conference. Authors will be given a short period after the conference to update their contributions to take account of discussion, debate and conference developments. Please note that pre-conference versions will be published if no revised version is provided. Additional opportunities Submissions are also encouraged for associated activities outside the formal program. Responsibility for planning and management of these would be with the submitting organization. The Program Committee would appreciate being notified and consulted about such activities in order to best coordinate efforts with the conference program. -Helen Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Alumni Distinguished Professor President, 2010-2011 & Fellow, Society of American Archivists School of Information and Library Science 201 Manning Hall, CB#3360 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 Tel: 919-962-8063 Fax: 919-962-8071 tibbo at ils.unc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cmmorris at fedora-commons.org Wed Feb 11 09:42:34 2015 From: cmmorris at fedora-commons.org (Carol Minton Morris) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 09:42:34 -0500 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] CALL for OR2015 Developer Track Submissions Message-ID: *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* February 11, 2015 Open Repositories 2015 DEVELOPER TRACK June 8-11, 2015, Indianapolis, Indiana, http://www.or2015.net Deadline March 13, 2015 Read it online: http://bit.ly/1z7vovx *Cool Tools, Daring Demos and Fab Features* The OR2015 developer track presents an opportunity to share the latest developments across the technical community. We will be running informal sessions of presentations and demonstrations showcasing community expertise and progress: What cool development tools, frameworks, languages and technologies could you not get on without? Is there a particular technique or process that you find apt for solving particular day-to-day repository problems? Demonstrate it to the community. Extra credit for command-line shenanigans and live debugging. What new features (however small) have you added to your organisation's repository? What technologies were used and how did you arrive at your solution? Presentations will be flexibly timed (5 to 20 minutes). Live demos, code repositories, ssh, hacking and audience participation are encouraged. Submissions should take the form of a title and short paragraph detailing what will be shared with the community (including the specific platform and/or technologies you will be showcasing). Please also give an estimate of the duration of your demonstration. Submit your proposal here: https://www.conftool.com/or2015/ by March 13, 2015 *Ideas Challenge* The Developer Challenge this year has been replaced by the more inclusive IDEAS CHALLENGE. We would like to encourage teams to form before and during the conference to propose an innovative solution to a real-world problem that repository users currently face. Each team should include members from both the developer and user community, and represent more than one institution. Teams' ideas will be presented to the conference and prizes will be awarded based on the nature of the problem, the quality of the solution and the make-up of the team. Find out more at www.or2105.net/ideas-challenge. For inquiries, please contact the Developer Track Co-Chairs, Adam Field and Claire Knowles at af05v[AT]ecs.soton.ac.uk and claire.knowles[AT]ed.ac.uk . Adam Field and Claire Knowles Developer Track Co-Chairs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Joanna.Efthymiou at tessella.com Thu Feb 12 05:09:33 2015 From: Joanna.Efthymiou at tessella.com (Joanna.Efthymiou at tessella.com) Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:09:33 +0000 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] Essential Guide - Achieving a Step Change in Digital Preservation Capability Message-ID: Dear PASIG group, We have recently published a new Essential Guide that might be of interest to you - This guide assesses the impact and value of deploying a standards-based digital preservation system using the Digital Preservation Maturity Model (DPCMM). The DPCMM combines the requirements of the OAIS (Open Archival Information System) reference model (ISO 14721) with the requirements for a Trustworthy Digital Repository (ISO 16363) into a Scorecard that can be used to assess overall digital preservation capability incl. governance, policy, processes and systems ? enabling an organization to quickly identify strengths as well as areas for improvement. The Guide also assesses the impact that deploying a standards-based digital preservation system can have an overall capability. What you will learn: The key components of a robust digital preservation strategy How to conform with the main ISO standards for archiving and preservation The impact and value of deploying a standards-based digital preservation system We will be also running a webinar about DPCMM on Tuesday March 3, where you can learn more about the model and how it has helped other Government Institutions. Learn more and register here at http://preservica.com/resource/achieving-step-change-digital-preservation-capability/ I hope this is of value. 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Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 5311 bytes Desc: not available URL: From cmmorris at fedora-commons.org Thu Feb 19 08:52:03 2015 From: cmmorris at fedora-commons.org (Carol Minton Morris) Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 08:52:03 -0500 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] =?utf-8?q?NOW_AVAILABLE=3A_ArchivesDirect?= =?utf-8?q?=E2=80=93Affordable=2C_Standards-based_Digital_Preservat?= =?utf-8?q?ion+Secure_Storage?= Message-ID: *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* February 19, 2015 Contact: Evelyn McLellan , Carissa Smith < csmith at duraspace.org> Read it online: http://bit.ly/1EppqKb Watch a Video: http://youtu.be/u7Ryyo2UWGA *NOW AVAILABLE: ArchivesDirect?Affordable, Standards-based Digital Preservation Plus Secure Storage* *Finally, a complete preservation and archiving solution for universities, archives and cultural heritage organizations* *Winchester, MA *Today Artefactual Systems and the DuraSpace organization are very pleased to announce the launch of ArchivesDirect, your complete, hosted, ?soup-to-nuts? solution for preserving valuable institutional collections and all types of digital resources. Ensuring that your digital holdings remain both safe and accessible for future generations at prices that you can afford makes ArchivesDirect the best choice for one-stop durable, safe and cost effective long-term preservation and storage. The powerful, combined Archivematica plus DuraCloud ArchivesDirect service meets all 21 aspects of managing and preserving digital objects identified by the IMLS-funded white paper ?From Theory to Action ?. The aim of the report developed by the POWRR (Preserving Digital Objects With Restricted Resources) Project is to provide an analysis of digital preservation solutions for under-resourced institutions. ArchivesDirect meets these challenges by providing tools and services for ingest, preservation, storage and maintenance over time. ArchivesDirect is priced competitively at $11,900 for the ArchivesDirect standard plan, and the cost for additional TBs is one-third the price of other services. This cost advantage makes it possible for even small to mid-sized institutions to participate in active digital preservation of their collections without having to spend time and money developing tools and infrastructure in-house. *? WATCH* a 3-min. Quickbyte Video about ArchivesDirect: http://youtu.be/u7Ryyo2UWGA *? SIGN UP* for an April 1, 11:00AM ET ArchivesDirect info session: http://archivesdirect.org/register *? PRICING:* http://archivesdirect.org/pricing *? GET *a quote*:* http://archivesdirect.org/inquiry Users of the service will have access to a robust suite of digital preservation functions via the online dashboard. Archivematica is well known for its ability to produce highly standardized and interoperable Archival Information Packages; these packages will automatically be placed into DuraCloud for long-term secure archival storage, where they will be replicated across Amazon S3 and Glacier storage locations and undergo regular integrity checking. ArchivesDirect is unique among preservation and archiving solutions because it is built with open-source software which is well-documented and freely available. All content is stored using open standards, and users can download their data at any point. This means that users of the new service do not have to worry about data lock-in and the service can be run locally at any time. ?This offering is really about collaboration between two organizations dedicated to open technologies and standards,? said Artefactual Systems President Evelyn McLellan. "The digital preservation expertise of Artefactual Systems is a perfect match for the cloud services and storage experience of DuraSpace." Artefactual Systems and DuraSpace are extremely grateful to a dedicated group of pilot testers who have provided valuable feedback on functionality, usability and scalability of the service over the last four months. Because of their rigorous testing efforts ArchivesDirect has been fine-tuned to handle a wide range of formats and workflows. Thanks go out to the following: ? Berea College (http://www.berea.edu) ? The Huntington Library (http://huntington.org) ? Illinois Wesleyan University (https://www.iwu.edu) ? Kansas State University (http://ksu.edu) ? North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources: State Archive and State Library (http://www.ncdcr.gov) ? Pepperdine University (http://www.pepperdine.edu) ? Phillips Academy (http://www.andover.edu) ? University of Texas at San Antonio (http://utsa.edu) ? University of Washington (http://www.washington.edu) If your organization is interested in learning more about this offering please go to http://archivesdirect.org today! *About DuraSpace* DuraSpace (http://duraspace.org), 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 , VIVO ) and creating services (DuraCloud , DSpaceDirect , ArchivesDirect ) 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." *About Artefactual Systems* Artefactual's (http://artefactual.com) mission is to provide the heritage community with vital expertise and technology in the domains of digital preservation and online access. We develop open-source software ( Archivematica and AtoM ) and promote open standards as the best means of enabling archives, libraries and museums to preserve and provide access to society's cultural assets. 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REGISTRATION LINK: http://tinyurl.com/oms2mny The Institute consists of one five-day session in June 2015 and a two-day follow-up session in January 2016. The summer event begins at 6 PM on Sunday, May 31 with a welcome and opening event. Each day of the summer session will include lectures, discussion and hands-on "lab" components. A course pack and a private, online discussion space will be provided to supplement learning and application of the material. An opening reception dinner on Sunday, Continental breakfast, break time snacks and coffee, and a dinner on Tuesday will also be included. This institute is designed to foster skills, knowledge and community-building among professionals responsible for the curation of digital materials. Registration: * Regular registration : $1,150 * Late registration (after April 15, 2015): $1,300 If you are a grant recipient working on a digital project, we recommend that you check with your program officer to request approval to use available grant funds to attend the institute. Institute Instructors Include: * From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Drs. Helen Tibbo, Cal Lee, and Kam Woods. * Dr. Nancy McGovern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. * Dr. Carolyn Hank, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. * Dr. Lorraine Richards, Drexel University. May 2015 Institute Components include (order and session titles may vary somewhat from those listed): *Overview of digital curation definition, scope and main functions *Where you see yourself in the digital curation landscape *Digital curation program development *Digital curation stakeholders and digital curation landscape *Case Study on developing a digital repository *Procedural accountability - policies, submission agreements, rules *LAB -Transforming policy statements into rules *Overview of digital preservation challenges and opportunities *Roles and responsibilities for curation *LAB - Matching skills and roles *Characterization of digital objects *Overview and Characterization of Existing Tools: Placing the Tools in a Larger Industry Context *File formats *LAB - File format robustness *Managing in response to technological change *Digital forensics *Ethical issues *LAB - Media and content *Workflows, humans, and tools *Lab - Workflows *Evaluating curation programs requirements and assessment *LAB - Evaluating curation programs: TRAC/ISO 16363 Review * Characterizing, analyzing and evaluating the producer information environment *Economics of digital curation - costs and resource commitments *LAB - Economics of digital curation *Cloud computing *Web archiving * Formulating your six-month action plan - task for each individual, with instructors available to provide guidance * Summary of action plans * Clarifying roles and expectations for the next six months January 12-13, 2016 Participants in the May event will return to Chapel Hill in Jan. 2015 to discuss their experiences in implementing what they have learned in their own work environments. Participants will compare experiences, lessons learned and strategies for continuing progress. Accommodations for January will be the responsibility of the attendee. For more information, contact Dr. Helen Tibbo (tibbo at email.unc.edu) for Institute questions or Herrison Chicas (chicas at email.unc.edu) for payment or registration questions. The Digital Professional Institute was initiated as part of the DigCCurr II project, supported by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (Grant Award #RE-05-08-0060-08) and is partially supported by the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. LODGING: Participants are responsible for their own lodging. A DigCCurr 2015-16 room block has been reserved at the Aloft Hotel $119/night. Please indicate "DigCCurr2015" when making reservations. You may reserve your hotel room by calling the hotel at 919-969-6989 or by clicking on this link: https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/DigCCurr2015 Reservations must be received by 05/01/2015. See the Accommodations page for more information (http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr/institute_accom.html) We look forward to seeing you there! -Helen Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Alumni Distinguished Professor President, 2010-2011 & Fellow, Society of American Archivists School of Information and Library Science 201 Manning Hall, CB#3360 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 Tel: 919-962-8063 Fax: 919-962-8071 tibbo at ils.unc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: