Ithaca, NY Are you tuned in to many information and media channels on multiple devices most of the time? Maybe that’s why interest in brief communications that allow for quick shuffles and sorts are are so popular–who has time for long content? Even Tina Brown, author and former editor of magazines Vanity Fair and The […]

From Siddharth Singh, Michael Witt, and Dorothea Salo
Madison, WI We are working on comparing four digital-repository software packages (DSpace, ePrints, Fedora, and Zentity) in hopes of helping libraries and other institutions select the most appropriate software for their requirements. Read more about our project at
http://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/rep/.
We invite anyone who has recently embarked upon planning for a […]

Ithaca, NY Since the DuraSpace organization released DSpace 1.6 on March 3, 630+ users have downloaded the new version (http://www.dspace.org/current-release/latest-release/) of this popular turn-key open source software to find out how application features might improve their repositories’ ability to manage and provide access to digital content.
•Enhanced statistics
• Embargo facility
• Batch metadata editing
•Delegated administration
•OpenSearch
•Command launcher
•OAI-PMH […]

Ithaca, NY The breadth and scope of the National Library of Wales’ collections in arts, literature, and historic objects from Wales’ earliest printed book to historic maps and photographs, Welsh biographies, and Illingworth’s cartoons may be browsed online at the “Digital Mirror.” This site provides an in-depth view into Welsh culture and heritage (http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=122) in […]

Ithaca, NY Video recordings and one-on-one interviews with attendees are now available (http://www.eduserv.org.uk/events/repcloud) from the “Repositories in the Cloud”event sponsored by Eduserv (http://www.eduserv.org.uk/) and JISC (http://www.jisc.ac.uk/) last month in London where 145 participants gathered to learn about cloud computing risks and opportunities. Speakers reviewed recent repostitory infrastructure and management advances while offering views on what […]

An invitation from the DSpace Committers Group
Ithaca, NY  Open Source software development requires dedicated effort by many community developers, users and the institutions that both support them and benefit from software improvements. The DSpace Committers group extends a general call to the community for nominations of individuals to join the DSpace Committers group. New DSpace […]

Ithaca, NY Today the DuraSpace organization announced the long-awaited release of DSpace 1.6, the popular turn-key open source application for managing and providing access to digital content used to create more than 800 repository instances worldwide. The release of DSpace 1.6 was led by Stuart Lewis, community release manager and IT Innovations analyst and developer […]

From the Program Committee of the Fifth International Conference on Open Repositories 2010 (http://or2010.fecyt.es/publico/Home/index.aspx)
Due to multiple requests the deadline for proposal submissions in all tracks–conference proposals, user group presentations and posters–for the Fifth International Conference on Open Repositories 2010 (OR10) has been extended until Mar. 5, 2010.
http://or2010.fecyt.es/Publico/Call/
Since a large number of submissions have […]

Ithaca, NY Please join Fedora and DSpace community developers for a free DuraSpace/SPARC “All About Repositories” web seminar highlighting new Fedora 3.3 and DSpace 1.6 features on March 17, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. ET.
Find out about what’s new in Fedora 3.3 open source repository software, and how it can boost your repository’s functionality and performance […]

Ithaca, NY Have ever wondered what it was like to travel in the Middle East long ago? Rice University’s TIMEA (http://timea.rice.edu/) digital archive offers visitors unique views of Western interactions with the Middle East during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The TIMEA archive includes electronic texts such as travel guides, museum catalogs, and travel […]