DSpace/Fedora

Ithaca, NY From strategies for managing and disseminating big data to end-to-end repository solutions, eResearch platforms, lightweight technical strategies and new concepts for making culturally significant multimedia durable and accessible the recent OR09 Conference in Atlanta was host to a lively 4-day exchange of far-reaching ideas in hallways, general sessions, user group meetings, during a developer challenge and even after hours.

Boston, MA Join a free “All About Repositories” web seminar sponsored by Sun, Fedora Commons, DSpace and SPARC on June 3, 2009 that will focus on the popular DSpace open source software for creating an institutional repository. Currently there are over 500 organizations using DSpace to enable access to their research output and other content. If your organization is interested in making research output or digital content openly accessible, then DSpace software might be the perfect platform for you.

Tune in for live webcasts from OR09 featuring Sandy Payette, Michele Kimpton, Bradley McLean, and Chris Wilper who will discuss new directions for DuraSpace, DSpace and Fedora Commons on May 20 and 21, 2009 from 8:30-11:30 ET:
May 20th: http://presentations.dlpe.gatech.edu/stream/support/or09_052009/
May 21st: http://presentations.dlpe.gatech.edu/stream/support/or09_052109/

Ithaca, NY, Boston, MA — Fedora Commons and the DSpace Foundation, two of the largest providers of open source software for managing and providing access to digital content, have announced today that they will join their organizations to pursue a common mission.  Jointly, they will provide leadership and innovation in open source technologies for global communities who manage, preserve, and provide access to digital content.

Rotterdam, Netherlands Infrae (http://infrae.com/), a company that builds software on request and provides integration, customization, and support services for public and private sector customers throughout Europe, is pleased to announce the first public release of the MOAI Server (http://moai.infrae.com/). MOAI is a platform that aggregates input from disparate sources and republishes it via the Open Archive Initiatives protocol for metadata harvesting.

Tune in on Wed., May 13, 2009 9:00 a.m. PT; 12:00 p.m. ET  for a SUN/DSpace/Fedora/SPARC “All About Repositories” web seminar that will highlight the upcoming OR09 (https://or09.library.gatech.edu/index.php) to be held in Atlanta, Georgia from May 18-21, 2009 at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The conference promises to showcase the latest global repository developments and breakthroughs that increasingly play a pivotal role in the information landscape.

Atlanta, Georgia To find out more about the broad range of OR09 topics spanning repository implementations for education, research, science, and cultural heritage browse the OR09 program now available here: https://or09.library.gatech.edu/schedule.php.
• Early bird registration has been extended until this Friday, April 24th. The registration URL is:  https://or09.library.gatech.edu/registration.php  (One and two day registrations are now available.)

Ithaca, NY This issue of the Fedora Commons HatCheck newsletter features overviews of technical and community developments as well as trends and information about how new kinds of projects are using Fedora.

By Sandy Payette, Executive Director Fedora Commons Welcome to the first issue of HatCheck in 2009. We hope that you have found our quarterly newsletter interesting and informative, and we encourage you to contact us if you have interesting Fedora news to report or events to announce!

New York City Today, Mar 18, 2009, Sun is hosting the CommunityOne East conference at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City to announce Sun’s strategy and roadmap for its public cloud computing service. Dave Douglas and Lew Tucker are keynote speakers at the conference, and will unveil details about Sun’s strategy and roadmap for the public cloud computing space.