OR12

DuraSpace was represented by staff and community members at the Seventh International Open Repositories Conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland July 9-13, 2012. The following strategic overviews and links to slides and videos are provided for those who were unable to attend the conference.
 

From Stuart Macdonald & William Nixon on behalf of OR2012 Organising Committee

Edinburgh, Scotland As we count down to the Seventh International Conference on Open Repositories (OR2012) on 9-13 July, 2012 we are pleased to announce that we have well in excess of 300 delegates registered for OR2012!

From Martha Anderson, NDIIPP, Library of Congress

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is delighted to announce the launch of the Digital Preservation Awards 2012.

The application pack is available online at: http://www.dpconline.org/advocacy/awards

From William Nixon and Stuart Macdonald, On behalf of OR2012 Programme Committee

Edinburgh, Scotland We are counting down to the Seventh International Conference on Open Repositories (OR2012) on 9-13 July, 2012 and are delighted to announce that we are able to extend the Early Booking rate until Monday 18 June. The Early Booking rate is £295 with a full-price rate of £350 thereafter. There is also a day rate of £115.

Edinburgh, Scotland The Seventh International Conference on Open Repositories will take place July 9-13, 2012. The OR2012 Programme Committee has announced that the draft program is now available at: https://www.conftool.net/or2012/sessions.php

Ithaca, NY The World Bank recently announced adoption of an Open Access policy thereby joining institutions, organizations and advocates around the world who are making research outputs broadly accessible. The policy will go into effect on July 1, 2012.

From Rebecca Fairbairn, Public Relations Manager, BioMed Central

London, UK Open access publisher BioMed Central presented the Open Access Advocate of the Year award at their recent 6th Annual Research Awards ceremony held at Emirates Stadium, UK on Thursday 17th May. Dr Helena Asamoah-Hassan, University Librarian of the Kwame University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana and a Fellow of the Ghana Library Association was only the second individual winner of this prestigious award.

Ithaca, NY The DuraCloud team will host the third in a new series of web events to familiarize customers and the general public with DuraCloud features this Wednesday, May 30th at 12:30pm ET. Wednesday's brown bag session will detail the content health checking capabilities in DuraCloud, how they automatically run over your content as it is stored in DuraCloud, and how you can access the health reports directly from the online DuraCloud dashboard.

From Stuart Macdonald on behalf of OR2012 Organizing Committee

Edinburgh, UK Registration for OR2012 workshops on Monday July 9 and Tuesday July 10 is now open and available at www.or2012.eventbrite.com. Please note that the workshops are free but you will need the EDN number from your receipt from ePay registration system (http://or2012.ed.ac.uk/registration/) to register for the workshops.