Monthly Archives: September 2009
Sun Webinar series on digital libraries / DuraCloud
On Wednesday, Barry, Jean-Paul, and Erik attended a Sun Webinar that focused on new advances in Dspace and Fedora. Both products have upcoming releases in the fall of 2009. Of note, the Dspace product (1.6) will have an integrated Embargo … Continue reading
ZSR library attends ASERL ITDIIG Lunch-n-Learn
Lynn, Mary Beth, Wanda, Patty, Jean-Paul, Kaeley, Barry, Chris B. Lauren C., Lauren P, Kevin, Tim and Erik attended the session which was a presentation on how Georgia Tech (Tyler Walters) and Clemson(Emily Gore) approach digitization and digital priorities. Emily … Continue reading
Timeline of Google Books Settlement
The Google Books settlement stemmed from lawsuits related to the Google Books digitization project. The original settlement from October 2008 has seen alot of opinion and criticism in the last year. Below is a short list of sites that cover … Continue reading
Webinars focus on Cloud computing, Insitutional Repositories, and Open Access
In September and October there will be three Sun Webinars that look at cloud computing and its role in institutional repositories. If you enjoyed reading about the Berkman Webinar then these are for you! New DuraSpace ‘Stack’ Releases: Fedora Commons, … Continue reading
Berkman Center for Internet & Society Webinar – Lee Dirks
On Friday Erik & Sarah watched a webinar sponsored by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. The speaker was Lee Dirks, the Director, Education & Scholarly Communication at Microsoft External Research. Lee discussed the future of … Continue reading
