Call for Proposals for the DSpace User Group Meeting 2010
Call for Proposals for the DSpace User Group Meeting 2010 February 23rd, 2010
Elin Stangeland invites the DSpace community to submit.
By Carol Minton Morris & Elin Stangeland, DSpace@Cambridge Repository Manager, Cambridge University Library
Ithaca, NY The next DSpace User Group Meeting will be held in conjunction with the Fifth International Open Repositories Conference (OR10 -- http://or2010.fecyt.es) in Madrid, Spain on July 8-9, 2010. DSpace invites presentation proposals for DSpace User Group sessions.
We invite repository managers, developers and researchers to submit presentation 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.
Deadlines Paper Submission Deadline: March 1, 2010 Notification of Acceptance: May 1, 2010 DSpace User Meeting: July 8-9, 2010. Open Repositories 2010, July 6-9, Madrid, Spain.
Themes include, but are not limited to: Interoperability and integration: among repositories, with other systems, with the Web Object reuse and exchange (OAI-ORE), SWORD and SWAP Workflow integration Digital preservation environments, policies and issues Managing ETD workflows Supporting e-research, data and local communities Utilization of Statistics for your repository Increasing searching, promotion and visibility through data mining or other means Metadata in DSpace - use of alternative standards to DC, METS solutions, new tools etc. Developing/customizing the interface for your repository: Manakin etc.