DSpace

By Bram Luyten, @mire

From Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Digital Scholarship, Open Access Publishing Since 1989

From Giuseppina Vullo, Preservation Research Fellow, DL.org

London, UK A few places are still available for the Workshop on “Digital Libraries and Open Access. Interoperability strategies”, organised by the European project  DL.org (Digital Library Interoperability, Best Practices and Modeling Foundations). The Workshop takes place at the British Academy in London (UK), February 4, 2011.

Ithaca, NY In introducing the Digital Preservation Pioneers feature the Library of Congress's Digital Preservation Program notes that the program itself has only been around since 2000 when stewards of our nations cultural and scientific heritage became aware that the scholarly enterprise was moving towards being all digital, all the time. Who would ensure that our collective scholarly record would be available for future generations?

Ithaca, NY Please join Peter Dietz, DSpace 1.7 release coordinator, for a web seminar on January 27 at  at 11:00 am Eastern for “What's new in DSpace 1.7.”

In this one hour web seminar, Peter will provide an overview of 1.7, highlighting the new features and improvements included in the lastest DSpace release and how they could benefit your institution. His presentation will include highlights about:

From Alice Platt, Digital Initiatives Librarian, Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, NH Next Thursday - Friday, January 20-21, DuraSpace volunteers will host the first electronic discussion forum—"DSpace e-forum: an online discussion". This two-day moderated forum will provide an opportunity for practitioners to discuss topics through the DSpace-General listserv.

Ithaca, NY Collection digitization is a key aspect of preserving the traditionally analog, paper-based scholarly record as societies move towards learning how to preserve and make accessible an increasingly all-digital, all-the-time cultural heritage. The Google Books Project and other partnership efforts are part of a strategy that many academic libraries have adopted to ensure that analog materials are accessible far into the future.

From Julien Schubnel (julien@cdmc68.com) and Christophe Dupriez (dupriez@destin.be)

Mulhouse, France The CDMC Musical Information Center provides access to musical works for wind bands and instruments at http://www.windmusic.org/.