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Do you have experience using DSpace or Fedora? Could you write a description of the Fedora Digital Object Data Model? Could you record a short screencast on how to maximize DSpace’s batch metadata editing feature? If so, you could win a $50 Amazon gift card!

Submitted by Valorie_Hollister on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 10:30am

WEB EVENT: Introduction to the DuraCloud Service

Ithaca, NY Get a sneak peak of the DuraCloud web interface, view the dashboard reporting features, as well as learn how to run DuraCloud services. The Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) has invited the DuraCloud team to conduct an introductory webinar next Wednesday, Feburary 1:

Web Seminar: Introduction to the DuraCloud Service
Wednesday, Feburary 1, 2012 from 1:00pm -2:00pm ET

Submitted by carol on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 10:45am

LYRASIS Launches FOSS4LIB to Provide Guidance to Libraries About Open Source Software

From Peter Murray, Assistant Director, Technology Services Development, LYRASIS

Atlanta, GA LYRASIS is pleased to announce the launch of FOSS4LIB (Free/Open Source Software for Libraries), a website dedicated to providing guidance about open source software for the library community.

Submitted by carol on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 5:08pm

Open Access/Content/Data/Research/Source = Open Internet

Ithaca, NY At many US web sites today visitors are being greeted with blacked out access to make the point that the Internet should be allowed to fulfill its potential for providing open access to research, culture and heritage through innovation.

Submitted by carol on Wed, 01/18/2012 - 12:27pm

Making the SWORD Deposit Picture Clear

Ithaca, NY The SWORD (Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit) protocol was developed in to 2007 make it easier for institutions to deposit research outputs in institutional repositories. In the Jan/Feb issue of D-Lib Magazine authors Stuart Lewis, The University of Auckland Library, Pablo de Castro, GrandIR, and Richard Jones, Cottage Labs present nine use cases identified by the SONEX and SWORD projects in an article, "SWORD: Facilitating Deposit Scenarios".

Submitted by carol on Wed, 01/18/2012 - 11:58am
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