From kboughida at gmail.com Tue Jul 12 17:20:57 2016 From: kboughida at gmail.com (karim boughida) Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:20:57 -0400 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] Register now for October 2016 PASIG at MoMA in NYC Message-ID: The PASIG Program Committee is pleased to announce that registration is OPEN for our October 2016 event! For the first time PASIG will be held in New York City, at the Museum of Modern Art, October 26-28. The final program is still being created, but the current version is below. It?s shaping up to be an outstanding event, with a wide range of speakers. Keeping with our long-standing tradition, PASIG is dedicated to keeping costs as low as possible. Early bird registration (available throughSeptember 9) is only $150. Regular registration (after September 9) is $200. More logistics (recommended hotels, venue information) will be released soon. To register for the event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pasig -nyc-2016-tickets-26467800905 General information on the event: http://www.pasignyc.org Thank you! The PASIG Program Committee: Matthew Addis, Arkivum Karim Boughida, University of Rhode Island Luis Faria, KEEP Solutions Ben Fino-Radin, MoMA David Minor, UC San Diego Courtney Mumma, Internet Archive Erin O?Meara, Gates Archive Robin Ruggaber, University of Virginia Vicky Steeves, NYU Kara Van Malssen, AVPreserve ***************** Current Program (subject to change): Day 1. Bootcamp/101. Finding your feet: Getting started with digital preservation. Sessions will cover the following topics: ? Introduction to PASIG and the conference ? Member(s) of Steering Committee ? Overview of preservation and archiving ? Mary Molinaro, Chief Operating Officer and Service Manager at the Digital Preservation Network ? Neil Jefferies, Oxford University ? The anatomy of files: What are we trying to keep? ? Bert Lyons, Senior Consultant, AVPreserve ? Sam Meister, Preservation Communities Manager, Educopia (MetaArchive Cooperative and BitCurator Consortium) ? Trust and audit of digital repositories and preservation services ? Isabel Meyer, DAMS Branch Manager, OCIO, Smithsonian Institution ? Kara Van Malssen, Partner and Senior Consultant, AVPreserve ? Caylin Smith, British Library ? Sibyl Schaefer, UC San Diego ? Standards and best practice ? Dan Gillean, AtoM Program Manager, Artefactual Systems ? Infrastructure for digital preservation at all scales ? Erin O?Meara - University of Arizona ? Frances Harrell, Preservation Specialist, NEDCC and Rebecca Carpenter, University of Massachusetts, Boston student ? Amy Rushing, Head of Special Collections and Julianna Barrera-Gomez, Digital Archivist, University of Texas at San Antonio ? Bruce Gilpin, Versity ? Dale Askey, Associate University Librarian, Library & Learning Technologies, McMaster University ? Day 1 Lightning Round Opening reception - location TBD. ****************************************** Day 2. Preservation and Archiving in Practice Doing preservation for real: practitioners knowledge exchange. Session 1: Assuring reproducibility of research in the long-term, Part 1 ? Dan Valen, Product Specialist - figshare ? Matthew Addis, Arkivum ? Peter Burnhill, EDINA ? Alan Darnell, Director, Scholars Portal Services, OCUL, Kate Davis, Acting Director, Scholars Portal Services, OCUL Session 2: Reproducibility, Part 2 ? Rachel Trent, Digital Services Manager at George Washington University Libraries ? Fernando Chirigati, Doctoral Candidate and Research Assistant, NYU ? Jeff Spies, Chief Technology Officer, OSF Session 3: Preserving complex data ? Joanna Phillips, Guggenheim and Deena Engel, NYU ? Matthias L. Hemmje, Professor Dr., FernUniversit?t in Hagen ? Ben Fino-Radin, MoMA ? Caylin Smith, British Library Session 4: Meeting compliance through preservation ? Cassie Findlay, co-founder, Recordkeeping Roundtable ? Jon Tilbury, Preservica ? Seth Anderson, MoMA Archives Day 2 Lightning Round Conference reception, MoMA ****************************************** Day 3. Preservation Frontiers and the Bigger Picture Future challenges and solutions: what's coming next in the preservation world. Session 1: Capturing dynamic data for preservation ? Stefan Serbicki, Preservation Technical Lead, Electronic Arts ? Matt Weber, Assistant Professor in the School of Communication and Information, Rutgers ? Guy Marechal, TITAN ? Kristi Park, Executive Director, Texas Digital Library ? Dianne Dietrich, Julia Kim, Morgan McKeehan, and Alison Rhonemus Session 2: Environmental responsibility, sustainability, costs, benefits and risks ? Neil Grindley, JISC ? Eira Tansey, Digital Archivist/Records Manager, University of Cincinnati ? Ben Goldman, Sally W. Kalin Librarian for Technological Innovations and Digital Records Archivist, Penn State University ? Joy Davidson, DCC ? Amelia Acker - UT-Austin Session 3: Political and social responsibility, impacts, activism, ethical, anonymity, etc. ? Jasmine Jones, Technical Services Archivist at Smith College ? Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez, Processing Archivist, Latin American Manuscript Collections, Princeton ? Micha Broadnax, Digital Archivist, Emerson ? Bergis Jules - Documenting the Now Session 4: Social media, internet of things, decentralized web, encryption ? Julien Masan?s, Director, Internet Memory Foundation ? Primavera De Filippi, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cmmorris at duraspace.org Tue Jul 26 11:43:18 2016 From: cmmorris at duraspace.org (Carol Minton Morris) Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:43:18 -0400 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] CALL for Expressions of Interest in hosting Open Repositories Conf, 2018, 2019 Message-ID: *From William Nixon and Elin Stangeland for the Open Repositories Steering Committee* Read it online: bit.ly/2ahQXYY *Call for Expressions of Interest (EoIs) for OR18 and OR19* The Open Repositories Steering Committee seeks Expressions of Interest (EoI) from candidate host organizations for the 2018 and 2019 Open Repositories Annual Conference series. The call is issued for two years this time to enable better planning ahead of the conferences and to secure a good geographical distribution over time. 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 OR2018 and 2019 conferences until September 23rd, 2016. Shortlisted sites will be notified by the end of October 2016. *Background* Candidate institutions must have the ability to host at least a four-day conference of approximately 300-500 attendees (OR2016 held in Dublin, Ireland drew more than 450 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: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/or11/Open+Repositories+Conference+Handbook on the Open Repositories wiki: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/or11/OR+Steering+Committee+Home. *Expressions of Interest Guidelines* Organisations interested in proposing to host either the OR2018 or OR2019 conference should follow the steps listed below: 1.Expressions of Interest (EoIs) must be received by September 23rd, 2016. 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 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 should be fairly brief (1-2 pages, or email length), and must include: a. the name of the institution (or institutions in the case of a joint bid) b. an email address as a first point of contact c. 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 d. Preferred year, if applicable 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 October 2016; 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! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dwilcox at duraspace.org Wed Jul 27 10:06:36 2016 From: dwilcox at duraspace.org (David Wilcox) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:06:36 -0300 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] REGISTER for Fedora Camp in NYC Message-ID: <762F9206-B75B-48D2-B3E3-693E9C01E64D@duraspace.org> The Fedora Project is pleased to announce that Fedora Camp in NYC, hosted by Columbia University Libraries, will be offered at Columbia University?s Butler Library in New York City November 28-30, 2016. Fedora is the robust, modular, open source repository platform for the management and dissemination of digital content. Fedora 4, the latest production version of Fedora, features vast improvements in scalability, linked data capabilities, research data support, modularity, ease of use and more. Fedora Camp offers everyone a chance to dive in and learn all about Fedora 4. Training will begin with the basics and build toward more advanced concepts?no prior Fedora 4 experience is required. Participants can expect to come away with a deep dive Fedora 4 learning experience coupled with multiple opportunities for applying hands-on techniques working with experienced trainers and Fedora gurus. Previous Fedora Camps include the inaugural camp [1] held at Duke University and the most recent, West Coast Camp [2] held at CalTech. The camp curriculum will provide a comprehensive overview of Fedora 4 by exploring such topics as: ? Core features ? Integrated features ? Data modeling and linked data ? Hydra and Islandora ? Migrating to Fedora 4 ? Deploying Fedora 4 in production The curriculum will be delivered by a knowledgeable team of instructors from the Fedora community. Register today [3] and join us in New York! Attendance is limited to the first 40 registrants. Payment is due upon registration. While an invoice option is available, please note that the invoice must be paid within 30 days of receipt or registration will be canceled. Local accommodations are available at a reduced rate. Cancellations must be made by October 28, 2016 to receive a refund (minus a $35 administrative fee). Cancellations after this date will not be eligible to receive a refund. Contact David Wilcox with questions. [1] https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/Events/Fedora+Camp+-+16-18+November+2015 [2] https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/Events/Fedora+Camp+California+-+11-13+April+2016 [3] http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ecup3dqg1c82f3d5&llr=5iy95gcab -- David Wilcox Fedora Product Manager DuraSpace dwilcox at duraspace.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: