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Winchester, MA  The DuraSpace Sponsorship Campaign will kick-off on May 7, 2013 to raise funds for the DSpace and Fedora projects. The annual campaign supports the continued advancement of DSpace and Fedora open source software which is available free of charge. This year DuraSpace sponsors may chose to designate funds for either DSpace or Fedora, or to support DuraSpace generally.

From Rima Kupryte, Director, EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries): Knowledge Without Boundaries

From Lisa A. Gregory, Digital Collections Manager, Digital Information Management Program State Library of North Carolina

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From Diane Goldenberg-Hart, Communications Coordinator, CNI 

Washington, DC  The Ithaka S+R Faculty Survey US 2012: First Release of Key Findings, the closing plenary from CNI's spring 2013 membership meeting, is now available on CNI's two video channels:

Winchester, MA  The Fedora Futures team recently launched a blog entitled, Fedora Futures, aimed at telling the stories behind building the future of the Fedora repository. The first post is from  Edwin Shin, Fedora Futures Project Manager, and Tom Cramer, Stanford University. In "Welcome to the Future of Fedora" they explain why, "It’s time for a serious re-investment in our core digital asset management and preservation services."

Ithaca, NY  The Call for Papers and Call for Applications for the 2013 VIVO Conference are now available and we look forward to hearing about the good work you're doing in the interest areas listed below—and beyond!

The Fourth Annual VIVO Conference will be held in St. Louis from Aug. 14-16, 2013: https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ehome/vivo2013/

Call for Papers

Winchester, MA  There are plenty of questions that come up as you make the decision to preserve digital content in the cloud—any cloud. What's the process like? Can I control my content in the cloud? What can I do with my content once it's in the cloud? How do I retrieve it? What are the advantages of replicating content with multiple providers? What does it mean to synchronize content?

From Heather Morrison, Simon Frasier University

Charlottetown, CA  Spring has arrived and it's time to finalize your plans to visit "Repository Island"–otherwise known as Prince Edward Island, Canada–for the Eight International Conference on Open Repositories (OR2013) to be held July 8-12, 2013. You may register here: http://or2013.net/. PEI is a popular summer vacation destination so make your travel plans soon!

OR2013 web site: http://or2013.net/