Call for 'DSpace Day' at OR09 Proposals DSpace<http://www.dspace.org/> invites presentation proposals for the next DSpace User Group Meeting, to be held in Atlanta, Georgia on May 20-21, 2009. The meeting is in conjunction with the Open Repositories 2009<https://or09.library.gatech.edu/> conference. We invite repository managers, developers and researchers to submit presentations proposals describing their experiences implementing, using, customizing and developing DSpace. The DSpace program committee is soliciting proposals of both a practical (tutorials, case studies, best practices) and theoretical nature.
REQUIREMENTS: A title and an abstract of up to 400 words. Full papers are NOT required. DEADLINES: Paper Submission Deadline: Friday, March 13, 2009 Notification of Acceptance: Friday, April 3, 2009 DSpace User Meeting: May 20-21, 2009. Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Open Repositories 2009: May 18-21, 2009. THEMES include, but are not limited to: * Incorporating video and audio in your repository * Value added services for your DSpace repository * Utilization of Statistics for your repository * Lessons learned upgrading to 1.5 * Managing ETD workflows * Increasing searching, promotion and visibility through data mining or other means * Interoperability: among repositories, with other systems, with the Web * Object reuse and exchange (OAI-ORE) * Supporting eresearch, data and local communities * Workflow integration * Digital preservation environments, policies and issues * New use cases for DSpace outside of a traditional IR * Developing / customizing the interface for your repository: Manakin etc. Submission: via the Open Repositories author submission site powered by Open Conference Systems at http://conferences.library.gatech.edu/or/or09/user/account?source=&requiresPresenter For further information, please contact rea.devakosATutoronto.ca Rea Devakos Coordinator, Scholarly Communication University of Toronto Libraries e:[email protected] v: 416 946 0113 f: 416 978 1668 7th floor, Robarts Library Information Technology Services 130 St. George St. Toronto ON Canada M5S 1A5
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