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Open Access Week Idea Swap

From Jennifer McLennan, Director of Programs & Operations, SPARC
Washington, DC In 2010, Open Access Week (OAW) was the largest and most successful yet. With just under 900 participants in 94 countries, last year’s event was no less than three times larger than it was just a year before. Hundreds of videos, photos, [...]

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Posted on 22nd September 2011Comments Off
CALL for Proposals to Host Open Repositories Annual Conferences, 2013 and 2014

Dublin, Ireland The Open Repositories Steering Committee seeks proposals from candidate host organisations for the 2013 and 2014 Open Repositories Annual Conferences. Preference will be given to North American hosts for OR2013, and to European hosts…

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Posted on 16th September 2011Comments Off
September 28: An Introduction to DuraCloud Webinar

Winchester, MA Please join Michele Kimpton, CEO of DuraSpace and Project Director of DuraCloud, and Carissa Smith, Partner Specialist, for a free introductory webinar detailing the DuraCloud service on Wednesday, September 28th at 1pm -2pm ET (for com…

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Posted on 15th September 2011Comments Off
Welcome to the Latest DSpace Committer: Kevin Van de Velde

From Tim Donohue on behalf of the DSpace Committers Group
Ithaca, NY The DSpace committers team are delighted to announce a new member to the group: Kevin Van de Velde from @mire. Please join us in welcoming him!
Kevin has worked tirelessly for seve…

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Posted on 13th September 2011Comments Off
2011 DuraSpace Sponsorship Program Update

2011 Sponsor Program as of September 8. Graph shows percentage of Sponsor dollars versus goal.
Ithaca NY A few months ago, DuraSpace, an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, launched its 2011 Sponsorship Program to engage leaders from university and library communities in supporting the common goal of ensuring that our scholarly record of [...]

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Posted on 8th September 2011Comments Off
CALL: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2012)

Limerick, Ireland Submissions are invited for the the Fourth Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2012), to be held May 22 – 25, 2012, in Limerick, Ireland. The Fifth QQML 2013 International Conference will be organized in Rome, Italy.
Conference web site: http://www.isast.org/
Since 2009 QQML has provided an excellent framework for the presentation [...]

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Posted on 6th September 2011Comments Off
For Your Repository Viewing Pleasure: “ASU Library Minutes”

Annali Perry, host of Arizona State University Libraries video series “The Library Minute.”
Ithaca, NY Arizona State University Libraries, a DuraSpace gold sponsor, raised the bar in the battle for short-attention-span, culture-starved vie…

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Posted on 1st September 2011Comments Off
DuraCloud Sessions at EDUCAUSE and DLF Forum

Ithaca, NY DuraCloud sessions will be held this fall at EDUCAUSE and at the DLF Forum.
If you are planning to attend EDUCAUSE 2011 to be held in Philadelphia October 18-21, 2011 please save a spot in your schedule for the DuraCloud session entitled

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Posted on 1st September 2011Comments Off