Open Repositories 2013 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada is less
than a month away (July 8-12) and is shaping up to provide a packed week of
presentations, panels, posters, demos, and user group sessions that should
interest anyone working with repositories and the digital information lifecycle.
OR Workshops
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The first day of the OR conference, Monday, July 8, is dedicated to the
Hackfest and workshops aimed at a wide variety of audiences. The available
workshops include tutorials on repository platforms, updates on technologies of
interest to repository managers and developers, and discussions of current
topics in repositories and digital content management.
For a full list of workshops, see the conference schedule at:
http://or2013.net/program/session-schedule
Participation in OR2013 workshops is free with conference registration, but
you¹ll need to sign up in advance to ensure a seat in the workshops you want.
Once you¹ve registered for the conference, be sure to visit
http://or2013.net/content/workshop-signup to sign up for the workshops you¹re
interested in. And if you haven¹t already registered or booked your
accommodation, be sure to visit http://or2013.net/ to do so.
OR Hackfest and Developer's Challenge
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We are pleased to announce that the Hackfest and Dev Challenge planning for OR
2013 is also in full swing. We have already received 3 great challenge ideas
that will stimulate your repository spirit and generate a creative sprint that
you and your Challenge colleagues will not soon forget. If that isn't enough to
get you to sign-up, then the over $8,000 in prizes to be awarded by our panel
of judges may provide some extra sauce. Prizes for this year's Challenge has
been generously provided by the Digital Library Federation [1], JISC [2], the
SPRUCE Project [3] and the Fedora Futures Project [4] - and we are expecting
some extra surprises on top of that.
How do I participate in the great Hackfest and Dev Challenge? We're glad you
asked, just follow these simple steps:
1. Register for the OR Conference [5], or if you've already done that get your
friends to do the same.
2. Sign-up for the Hackfest (taking place on Monday, July 8) and Dev Challenge
[6] so we can make sure we have enough beer and pizza to help get you started.
3. Read the Dev Challenge description and manifesto [7] and get ready to
participate.
4. Practice eating oysters [8] while you wax poetic [9] on your laptop to get
your repository elbow ready for the big event [10].
5. Watch for the release of the OR 2013 Hackfest and Dev Challenge Ideas [11].
6. Do your best to attend the all-day Hackfest on Monday, which will kick off
the Challenge and help build a creative team that will stay with you for the
rest of your career.
7. Take lots of pictures at the Challenge with you and your buds so you can
send them to you mom and dad. This is the most important part, but must be
preceded by steps 1-6 above to be the most effective.
[1] http://www.diglib.org/
[2] http://www.jisc.ac.uk/
[3] http://www.dpconline.org/advocacy/spruce
[4] https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF
[5] http://or2013.net/registration
[6] http://or2013.net/content/workshop-signup
[7] http://or2013.net/content/or-2013-dev-challenge-event
[8] http://www.tourismpei.com/pei-oysters
[9] http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/wax-poetic. html
[10] http://devcsi.ukoln.ac.uk/developer-challenges/
[11] Coming soon...
We look forward to seeing you in Charlottetown!
Mark Leggott, OR2013 Conference Chair
Sarah Shreeves, OR2013 Program Co-Chair
Jon Dunn, OR2013 Program Co-Chair
Sarah L. Shreeves
IDEALS Coordinator - http://ideals.illinois.edu/
Scholarly Commons Co-Coordinator - http://library.illinois.edu/sc/
Associate Professor, University Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
sshre...@illinois.edu<mailto:sshre...@illinois.edu>
217-244-3877
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