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Originally planned as a library, the University of Texas at Austin's tower is now used primarily as administrative offices. The 27-floor structure was completed in 1937.

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

Winchester, MA Do you wonder about how cloud storage and computing might work for your organization? Sign up for a FREE DuraCloud trial account and find out just how easy and efficicient it can be with DuraCloud.

Sign up here: http://duracloud.org/trial_account

Outside the Union at the University of Texas, Austin

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/

Seattle, WA Read this whitepaper from the Amazon Web Services Team to learn how companies are finding significant cost savings, faster time to market, and more flexibility by using the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing platform.

Ithaca, NY If you are traveling to the Sixth International Conference on Open Repositories (OR11) in Austin, Texas next week please stop by the DuraSpace table where we will be conducting ongoing DuraCloud demonstrations. We look forward to seeing members of our open source communities in celebration of another great year.

Along with conference presentations from many DSpace and Fedora community members, these DuraSpace-related events may be of interest:

From Robert R. Downs, Senior Digital Archivist and Senior Staff Associate Officer of Research, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Ithaca, NY This month's issue highlights new web site launches for DuraCloud and DuraSpace; the 2011 Sponsorship Campaign and the DuraSpace Google Summer of Code project line-up along with news and information from the DSpace, Fedora and DuraCloud projects and communities.

http://137.149.200.17/duraspacedigestv3i4.php

From Valorie Hollister, DuraSpace