From cmmorris at duraspace.org Thu Jul 2 15:00:55 2015 From: cmmorris at duraspace.org (Carol Minton Morris) Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 15:00:55 -0400 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] Fwd: [openrepositories_sc] Call for Expressions of Interest in hosting the annual Open Repositories Conference, 2017 In-Reply-To: <70ADBA87D898B04AA4E6E47873F96F560E5AC220@CMS09-01.campus.gla.ac.uk> References: <70ADBA87D898B04AA4E6E47873F96F560E5AC220@CMS09-01.campus.gla.ac.uk> Message-ID: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 July, 2015 Read it online: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/or11/Call+for+Expressions+of+Interest+in+hosting+OR2017 Call for Expressions of Interest in hosting the annual Open Repositories Conference, 2017 The Open Repositories Steering Committee seeks Expressions of Interest from candidate host organizations for the 2017 Open Repositories Annual Conference. Proposals from all geographic areas will be given consideration. Important dates The Open Repositories Steering Committee is accepting Expressions of Interest (EoI) to host the OR2017 conference until August 31st, 2015. Shortlisted sites will be notified by the end of September 2015. Background Candidate institutions must have the ability to host at least a four-day conference of approximately 300-500 attendees (OR2015 held in Indianapolis, USA drew more than 400 people). This includes appropriate access to conference facilities, lodging, and transportation, as well as the ability to manage a range of supporting services (food services, internet services, and conference social events; conference web site; management of registration and online payments; etc.). The candidate institutions and their local arrangements committee must have the means to support the costs of producing the conference through attendee registration and independent fundraising. Fuller guidance is provided in the Open Repositories Conference Handbook on the Open Repositories wiki. Expressions of Interest Guidelines Organisations interested in proposing to host the OR2017 conference should follow the steps listed below: 1. Expressions of Interest (EoIs) must be received by August 31st, 2015. Please direct these EoIs and any enquiries to OR Steering Committee Chair William Nixon . 2. As noted above, the Open Repositories wiki has a set of pages at Open Repositories Conference Handbook ( https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/or11/Open+Repositories+Conference+Handbook) which offer guidelines for organising an Open Repositories conference. Candidate institutions should pay particular attention to the pages listed at "Preparing a bid" before submitting an EoI. 3. The EoI must include: * the name of the institution (or institutions in the case of a joint bid) * an email address as a first point of contact * the proposed location for the conference venue with a brief paragraph describing the local amenities that would be available to delegates, including its proximity to a reasonably well-served airport 4. The OR Steering Committee will review proposals and may seek advice from additional reviewers. Following the review, one or more institutions will be invited to submit a detailed proposal. 5. Invitations to submit a detailed proposal will be issued by the end of September 2015; institutions whose interest will not be taken up will also be notified at that time. The invitations sent out will provide a timeline for submitting a formal proposal and details of additional information available to the shortlisted sites for help in the preparation of their bid. The OR Steering Committee will be happy to answer specific queries whilst proposals are being prepared. About Open Repositories Since 2006 Open Repositories has hosted an annual conference that brings together users and developers of open digital repository platforms. For further information about Open Repositories and links to past conference sites, please visit the OR home page: http://sites.tdl.org/openrepositories/ . Subscribe to announcements about Open Repositories conferences by joining the OR Google Group http://groups.google.com/group/open-repositories. Please feel free to reflect this call for Expressions of Interest out through your communities. Thank you! William Nixon and Elin Stangeland For the Open Repositories Steering Committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mwerla at man.poznan.pl Fri Jul 3 07:28:51 2015 From: mwerla at man.poznan.pl (Marcin Werla) Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2015 13:28:51 +0200 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] Systems and Products Track @ TPDL2015 - Last minute call Message-ID: <559671F3.5080104@man.poznan.pl> ===== TPDL 2015 Conference ===== The International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL) constitutes a leading scientific forum on digital libraries that brings together researchers, developers, content providers and users in the field of digital libraries. TPDL 2015, 19th edition of the conference, will be organized by Pozna? Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC) and it will be held in Pozna?, Poland on September 14-18, 2015. ===== ?Systems and Products? CALL SCOPE ===== In the special ?Systems and Products? call, TPDL 2015 (http://tpdl2015.info) invites submissions for descriptions and lessons of systems in production or products ready or already offered in the market. Submissions should focus on details or specific practical aspects related to design, architecture, development, deployment, maintenance or usage of described systems and products, providing to the conference audience valuable knowledge coming from practical experiences and creating the possibility to discuss the presented solutions. Submissions based just on basic marketing information will be immediately rejected. Submissions should have length from 1 to 2 full pages and should be written in English, following Springer?s LNCS guidelines. All proposals for presentation, posters and demonstrations must be submitted in electronic format (PDF) via the conference?s EasyChair submission page. Deadlines Submissions should be send via e-mail to the conference organizers no later than July 5, 2015. Decision about acceptance of selected submissions will be announced by July 20, 2015. More information and detailed topics are listed here: http://tpdl2015.info/call-papers/special-call-systems-products-track/ Best regards, Marcin Werla TPDL 2015 General Co-chair -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 3390 bytes Desc: Kryptograficzna sygnatura S/MIME URL: From DavisDa at si.edu Wed Jul 15 13:40:00 2015 From: DavisDa at si.edu (Davis, Daniel) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:40:00 +0000 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] Research Infrastructure DevOps at the Smithsonian Institution Message-ID: The Smithsonian Institution (SI) is looking for a person to join its SIdora team and create a development operations (DevOps) environment. SIdora is an ever-evolving, open-source infrastructure supporting researchers, to make it easy for them to obtain and use IT resources plus support their data needs --- while making their work become a future part of the SI collections. This goal is a grand challenge and requires a creative person with strong technical skills in systems administration and application deployment who wants to constantly be learning and working at the state-of-the-art. The software is already used at SI and will soon be published under the Apache 2 license. SIdora has an interactive, Drupal-based (Islandora) ?workbench.? It uses Apache Camel for integration and deploys a micro-services architecture using Apache ServiceMix with ActiveMQ that is designed to reach out to integrate with nearly anything in a lab, data center or the cloud. It uses the Fedora Repository, Solr and semantic triplestores plus it includes a 6000+ core high performance computing cluster. Docker and a full suite of DevOps tools are in its future. Strong communication skills are also essential since SIdora?s DevOps will include working with SI IT staff, researchers and to build collaborative open-source communities. This a permanent federal position located near Washington, D.C. If you are interested please apply on USAJOBS at (https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/409874200). -- Daniel Davis Technical Manager Office of Research Information Systems Office of the Chief Information Officer Smithsonian Institution davisda at si.edu From cmmorris at duraspace.org Wed Jul 15 11:21:27 2015 From: cmmorris at duraspace.org (Carol Minton Morris) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 11:21:27 -0400 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] =?utf-8?q?Take_a_Survey_to_Help_Shape_the_?= =?utf-8?q?=E2=80=9CHydra_in_a_Box=E2=80=9D_Repository_Solution?= Message-ID: July 15, 2015 Read it online: http://bit.ly/1K7w0IX *PLEASE TAKE A SURVEY to Help Shape the ?Hydra in a Box? Repository Solution* - Do you manage digital collections? Are you interested in the future of repository solutions? - The Digital Public Library of America, Stanford University, and DuraSpace want to hear from you. - Take the Hydra-in-a-Box Survey: https://stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bvCv54xcyfb5mo5 The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), Stanford University, and the DuraSpace are partnering to extend the existing Hydra project codebase and its vibrant and growing community to build, bundle, and promote a feature-rich, robust, flexible digital repository that is easy to install, configure, and maintain. This next-generation repository solution -- ?Hydra in a Box? -- will work for institutions large and small, incorporating the capabilities and affordances to support networked resources and services in a shared, sustainable, nationwide platform. The overall intent is to develop a digital collections platform that is not just ?on the web,? but ?of the web.? With funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, the 30-month collaborative project launched in May 2015 and is currently in the Product Design phase. We are using the survey responses to better understand the current landscape of repository solutions in use by libraries, archives, and museums, and what these stakeholders need in an "ideal" repository solution. Institutions of all sizes are invited to respond, including those who have digital collections not currently managed in a repository as well as those who manage multiple repositories. *Thank you in advance for your participation! * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cmmorris at duraspace.org Wed Jul 15 12:03:16 2015 From: cmmorris at duraspace.org (Carol Minton Morris) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:03:16 -0400 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] Graham Triggs is new Technical Lead for VIVO Project Message-ID: *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* July 15, 2015 Read it online: http://bit.ly/1HMTb7l Contact: Debra Hanken Kurtz ; Mike Conlon < mconlon at duraspace.org> *Welcome Graham Triggs: New Technical Lead for the VIVO Project* *Winchester, MA* The DuraSpace organization is pleased to announce that Graham Triggs has accepted a position with DuraSpace as the Technical Lead for the VIVO Project effective September 21, 2015. In his new role as VIVO Technical Lead, Graham will work closely with Mike Conlon, the VIVO Project Director, VIVO project governance, and the VIVO community to implement the roadmap for VIVO, the open source semantic web platform that creates an integrated record of the scholarly work of an organization. Triggs is based in London and is an experienced technical analyst and software developer with a history of collaborating with colleagues and clients from around the world. As Head of Repository Systems at Symplectic since 2011, Triggs recently helped integrate Symplectic?s research information management system, *Elements*, with VIVO, allowing the structured research data captured within *Elements* to be represented inside VIVO. He also led the integration of* Elements* with institutional repositories in addition to developing web services for DSpace, EPrints and Fedora open source repository platforms. In addition he helped to implement and support individual client integrations by gathering technical requirements and representing client product development needs. ?I?m thrilled to have Graham onboard as tech lead for the VIVO Project. Graham brings a wealth of experience, insight and talent to his new role,? said Mike Conlon, VIVO Project Director. Triggs said, ?For the last 20 years, I have been developing systems for the dissemination and discovery of research, mostly focused on open access, open data and open source. Most recently, I have not only seen how important it is for institutions to have a complete, consistent record of scholarly work, but also the value of publishing linked open datasets of key information. As an extension of these interests, I'm excited to be joining DuraSpace, and working with the VIVO community to grow this emerging field of semantic research networking software.? DuraSpace and the VIVO Project teams extend a warm welcome to Graham in his new role as the VIVO Technical Lead, and look forward to his contributions to the broad, collaborative VIVO movement that will shape the future of research. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tibbo at ils.unc.edu Mon Jul 20 16:54:43 2015 From: tibbo at ils.unc.edu (Tibbo, Helen R) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 20:54:43 +0000 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] IPRES 2015 Earlybird Registraton Now Open! Message-ID: <16C92BA681D083499626AF35C5A645163B16A4FB@ITS-MSXMBS5M.ad.unc.edu> IPRES 2015, the premiere international conference on Digital Preservation, will be held in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA from November 2-6, 2015. For more general information regarding the event, please visit http://ipres2015.org/. Conference topics include but are not limited to explorations in digital preservation focused on: * Institutional opportunities and challenges * Infrastructure (organizational and technological) opportunities and challenges * Innovative practice * Education and training Please see http://ipres2015.web.unc.edu/call-for-contributions/#menu1 for more details regarding potential content. We are currently working on the program and will announce when it is available. This five-day event includes two days of workshops and tutorials (Monday and Friday) and three days of conference sessions, panels, demonstrations, and posters. Receptions are scheduled for Monday and Wednesday evenings along with a conference dinner on Tuesday. Lunch and morning and afternoon refreshments are included for each day as well as transportation to and from off-site events. Registration for the week is $750.00. Those who before October 1st, 2015 will receive a $100.00 discount, making the registration fee for the week only $650.00! The conference program is available at https://ipres2015.web.unc.edu/ipres-2015-program/. Full Registration Includes 5 days of activities: * All sessions * Workshops/tutorials (Monday and Friday) * Both Monday and Wednesday receptions * Conference dinner on Tuesday * Lunch daily * Morning and afternoon refreshments * Daily bus service to and from many hotels to the conference * Bus service to the Monday reception and Tuesday dinner * Free parking at the Friday Center for drivers 1-Day Conference registrations are also available as well as separate registrations for workshops and tutorials ($150/ full day; $100/half-day).Descriptions of the workshops and tutorials can be found at https://ipres2015.web.unc.edu/workshops-and-tutorials/. Chapel Hill is home to the University of North Carolina, the flagship campus of the UNC system, the oldest public university in the US, and one of the top schools in the country. While exuding a small town feel, Chapel Hill offers food, fun, and culture the caliber of a big city. Check out this recent New York Times travel piece, 36 Hours in Chapel Hill-Carborro, N.C., for just a taste of what the town has to offer. While here for the conference, you will have the opportunity to dine at world class eateries, grab a drink at some blossoming breweries, and experience a wealth of museums and other cultural offerings. Also, the leaves will just be turning the first week of November! IMPORTANT: A refund will be offered, minus a $100.00 processing fee, for refund inquiries submitted before October 1, 2015. NO REFUNDS ARE PERMITTED AFTER OCTOBER 1, 2015. For refund inquiries, please contact Cassie Ragan at cmragan at email.unc.edu. Thank you for your interest in the 2015 iPRES Conference, we look forward to seeing you in Chapel Hill in November! For accommodations, please visit http://ipres2015.web.unc.edu/accommodations/. For questions concerning the Conference please contact Cal Lee at callee at email.unc.edu or Helen Tibbo at tibbo at email.unc.edu. For questions concerning registration or payment please contact Cassie Ragan at cmragan at email.unc.edu. Hope to see you in Chapel Hill! -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 duraspace.org Tue Jul 21 10:20:15 2015 From: cmmorris at duraspace.org (Carol Minton Morris) Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 10:20:15 -0400 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] ANNOUNCING the ArchivesDirect Price Drop Message-ID: *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* July 21, 2015 Read it online: bit.ly/1LA6o99 *Contact: *Carissa Smith, Product Manager, csmith at duraspace.org *Announcing the ArchivesDirect Price Drop?Affordable Preservation, Evaluation and Workflows Plus DuraCloud Storage* *Get the help you need to ensure that your digital holdings remain both safe and accessible for future generations at prices you can afford.* *Winchester, MA* Understanding and evaluating valuable specialized digital collections for long-term preservation, and establishing organizational workflows to ensure that they become part of an institution?s digital resources can be time consuming and costly. The ArchivesDirect hosted service offers a perfect combination of Artefactual Systems digital preservation expertise plus dependable storage in DuraCloud?*AND this soup-to-nuts hosted service is now even more affordable.* The cost for the ArchivesDirect standard plan is now $9,999 a year?a $2,000 rate reduction. This price includes a hosted instance of Archivematica, customized preservation assessment and training from the digital preservation experts at Artefactual, and 1TB of secure, replicated DuraCloud storage (with two copies?one in Amazon S3 and one in Amazon Glacier). The package is designed to help you make sense of unfamiliar digital materials, automatically generate preservation metadata, and streamline digital archives processing. *? WATCH* a 3-min. Quickbyte Video about ArchivesDirect: http://youtu.be/u7Ryyo2UWGA *? SIGN UP* for the next ArchivesDirect info session on August 13th: http://archivesdirect.org/register *? PRICING:* http://archivesdirect.org/pricing *? GET a quote:* http://archivesdirect.org/inquiry Get the low-cost help you need to ensure that your digital holdings remain both safe and accessible for future generations at prices that you can afford. Contact Carissa Smith, Product Manager, at csmith at duraspace.org to get an ArchivesDirect quote. *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. We are archivists, librarians, software developers and systems administrators, all working together to advance the capacity of heritage institutions to meet their mandates in a rapidly changing world. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: