Events

Ithaca, NY The next meeting of the Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG) will be held Jan. 11-13 in Austin, Texas at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center.

Meeting web site: http://sites.tdl.org/austinpasig/
Registration (early registration ends on November 30): http://sites.tdl.org/austinpasig/registration/

Edinburgh, Scotland The University of Edinburgh Information Services, EDINA, and the Digital Curation Centre are delighted to announce that the University of Edinburgh has been selected to host the Seventh International Conference on Open Repositories (OR12) July 9-13th July, 2012.

The call for proposals will be available from the conference web site soon: or2012.ed.ac.uk

Washington, DC Please join SPARC on November 15 for a review of Open Access Week 2011. Participants worldwide will come together for an online discussion to share successes, challenges, and great ideas taken from this year's celebration.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011
1:00 – 2:00PM Eastern

Seattle, WA The Code4lib conference was born in a November 2005 chatroom discussion. The entusiastic code4lib community has continued to host the conference annually since then. The 2012 Conference will be held in Seattle Feb. 6-9, 2012.

Read the 2012 hosting proposal here: http://sites.google.com/site/code4lib2012seattle/

Washington, DC The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Fall 2011 Membership Meeting will be held December 12-13, 2011 at the Arlington, VA Crystal Gateway Marriott.

CNI member organizations meet twice annually for membership meetings to explore new technologies, content, and applications; to further collaboration; to analyze technology policy issues; and to catalyze the development and deployment of new projects.

From Ina Smith, E-Research Repository Manager (SUNScholar), Library and Information Service, University of Stellenbosch

Washington, DC Register now for one or both Right to Research Coalition Open Access Week webcasts.  Both will feature leading figures from the Open Access movement talking directly to students about the impact of Open Access to research and their crucial role in making Open Access a reality – thereby opening the full scholarly record to anyone, anywhere in the world.

Limerick, Ireland QQML2012, "New Trends in Library Science," will be held in Limerick, Ireland, May 22 – 25, 2012. The call for proposals will be open until October 30, 2011.

• Proposals must include the following information:
• Proposed session title
• One-to two-paragraphs abstract
• Name(s) and contact information for all presenters
• Type of session being proposed (presentation or poster)

More information is available on the web site:

Ithaca, NY Details for this Friday's (Oct. 14, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm) DC Region Fedora User Group Meeting are now available. The meeting will be held in:

Room 207
Gelman Library
George Washington University
2130 H St. NW
Washington, DC 20052