Events

From the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services

From Julia Flanders, Director, Women Writers Project, Center for Digital Initiatives, Brown University Library

Nottingham, UK The latest event for the Repository Support Project: "Repositories and CRIS (Current Research Information Systems): Working smartly together. Conference and Software Exhibition," will take place at Nottingham University Park Conference Centre on July 19, 2011. This one-day event is free of charge to participants.

http://www.rsp.ac.uk/events/repositories-and-cris-systems-working-smartly-together/

From Michael J, Giarlo, The Pennsylvania State University

Those of you who have been following the HBO series, GAME OF THRONES, are probably familiar with the phrase, "Winter is coming."  Well, CURATEcamp is coming!  And without monstrous wolves, ice zombies, and scheming knights. CURATEcamp is a series of unconference-style events focused on connecting practitioners and technologists interested in digital curation.

Slots for #CURATEcamp 2011 (August 15-16, Stanford Univ., $125 for registration/lodging/meals) are starting to fill up.

Winchester, MA If you plan to travel to the American Library Association annual conference being held in New Orleans, LA, June 23-28, please take note of two panel discussions that will include presentations about DuraCloud. Details are below:

"Updates on Cloud Computing Uses for Library Services"
Saturday, June 25 8-10am
Convention Center Room #285

"It's all Geek to Me: Demystifying Digital Preservation Systems"
Sunday, June 26 8-10am
Convention Center Room #342

Cape Town, South Africa Join organizers Ina Smith and Hilton Gibson for a one-day workshop on Friday Sept. 16, 2011 focused on creating institutional repositories with DSpace. The Workshop will take place as part of the 14th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD2011) in Cape Town, South Africa.

http://dl.cs.uct.ac.za/conferences/etd2011

The aim of the POCOS (Preservation of Complex Objects Symposia) project is to deliver a series of three symposia at locations across the United Kingdom at which global thought-leaders in research into the Preservation of Complex Objects will share and thereby extend the body of knowledge on this topic.

http://www.pocos.org/

Ceredilla, Spain The 8th European Summer School on Ontological Engineering and the Semantic Web (SSSW 2011) Organizing Committee has made the program for the July 10-16 event available on line. SSSW 2011 will be held in Ceredilla, Spain (near Madrid) at the Universidad Politècnica de Madrid's student house.

http://sssw.org/2011/index.php

From Jennifer McLennan, SPARC

Washington, DC Federal Judge Denny Chin rejected the Google Books Settlement (GBS) on March 22, 2011. Far from providing closure on a deeply contentious issue with far-reaching implications for the library community, the action raised significant new questions, including:

• What happens next? Will there be an appeal, a new, restructured proposed settlement, or some other action?

Ithaca, NY Please join DuraSpace Chief Strategy Officer Jonathan Markow for a discussion of the advantages, risks, and rewards of Open Source:

Open Source: What is it; Why does DuraSpace develop under the OS Umbrella?

June 2, 2011

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Eastern Time)