Data curation

Washington, DC This year's Open Access Week theme is "Set the Default to Open Access" for Open Access Week (October 22 – 28, 2012). Our first online event to launch this year’s events will be a webcast with three speakers who will showcase the state of open access in each of their countries.

From Todd Sedmak, Communications Manager, Internet2

Ann Arbor, MI Internet2 (http://www.internet2.edu/) released today the following statement regarding the official launch of US Ignite (http://us-ignite.org/) by the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy.

A recording of “Describing Audio & Video Digital Media with Metadata” presented by Kara Van Malssen and Chris Beer is now available: http://duraspace.org/web_seminars. This web seminar is part of the Hot Topics DuraSpace Community Webinar Series “All About Audio and Video Content in Repositories,” curated by Karen Cariani, WGBH Boston.

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.

Diane Goldenberg-Hart, Communications Coordinator, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)

Washington, DC In the latest CNI Conversations podcast (http://wp.me/p1LncT-2oE), CNI Executive Director Clifford Lynch speaks with James Hilton, Chief Information Officer at the University of Virginia, about the Digital Preservation Network (DPN), an initiative which aims to create a federated approach to preservation of academic content:

New partners, expanded communities mean more learning opportunities for librarians, repository managers, researchers, and technologists

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 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.