For Your Repository Browsing Pleasure: “Aloha Hawaii Scrapbook”
Colorized Isle o’ Dreams postcard circa 1935 from the Aloha Hawaii Scrapbook.
Ithaca, NY The combination of old tickets, postcards with palm trees, faded photographs of volcanoes and surfers, programs, and breakfast menus with items like “…
Private Cloud Storage with a Fedora Repository Plug-in: TierraCloud launches HC2 Open Source Project
Ithaca, NY All the reasons that make working with open source software appealing–collaborative community approaches to solutions, ongoing improvement, transparency, decentralization–are gaining traction in open storage markets as well. In particu…
Read MoreFor Your Weekend Repository Browsing Pleasure: “Videos from Rice University’s Fondren Library”
Ithaca, NY Libraries often house hidden treasures and institutions now use social networks to bring those treasures to light. A typical library exhibit displayed in a hallway may stimulate casual observers as they walk from the reading room to the wate…
Read MoreTexas Tech Law Library Launches a DSpace-based Digital Repository
From Fang Wang, Digital Information Management Librarian, Texas Tech University School of Law Library
Lubbock, Texas After several months developing the collections, the Texas Tech University School of Law Library has announced the official launching of the TTU School of Law Digital Repository designed to save, store, archive, and share Tech Law’s digital materials, including research [...]
SPARC WEB EVENT: The 2010 Open Access Week Challenge
From Jennifer McLennan, Director of Programs & Operations, SPARC
Washington, D.C. Open Access Week, a global event now entering its fourth year, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access (OA), to share ideas with colleagues, and to inspire wider participation in establishing Open Access as [...]
A Busy Summer for DSpace — GSoC & DSpace 1.7 updates
The summer is always a great time to sit back, relax, and put your feet up. But this summer, the DSpace developers have been hard at work (though, we’ve also taken our respective relaxation time). We’ve been making early preparations for th…
Read MoreDURASPACE/ORACLE WEB SEMINAR Sept 23: DuraSpace Open Integration Architecture: A Pathway to Interoperation
Ithaca, NY What will it take to integrate a set of unique open source technologies in order to benefit the communities that rely on them to create accessible and durable digital resources? Join Brad McLean, DuraSpace CTO, for an “All About Repositories” web seminar co-sponsored by DuraSpace and ORACLE where he will address that question. [...]
Read MoreDURASPACE WEB SEMINAR Sept 8: DSpace 1.6 Usage Statistics: How Does it Work?
Ithaca, NY Join Ben Bosman, CTO @mire for a free one-hour web seminar on September 8, 2010 at 11:00 EDT. He will explain how @mire’s open-source version of the “Content and Usage Analysis” DSpace module released with DSpace 1.6 can work for you. …
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