Category Archives: 2007 Open Repositories

This morning sees the conclusion of icor2007 & begins with presentations on application profiles, repository interoperability, and OSA models. The final Keynote session revisited the ideas introduced in the SPARC discussion touching on future directions in scholarly communication and implications … Continue reading →

While Thursday afternoon included a number of interesting sessions, two in particular stood out for me because they emphasized the Open Access and Scholarly Publishing movements. . . . The first came from Eric Larson at the University of Wisconsin … Continue reading →

It is worth pointing out that today finally saw sunny skies & 60+ degree weather. During lunch I headed down to the Institute of Texan Cultures – (Great virtual tour here) which was launched during the 1968 Worlds Fair. The … Continue reading →

Yesterday during the opening keynote, Dr. James Hilton touched on a number of familiar themes from the recently released report on Software and Collaboration in Higher Education. It was interesting to hear him discuss the differing approaches to developing and … Continue reading →

More rain this morning. . .cold rain & lots of it (The AAA book talked about the dry warm conditions in TX!) The conference kicks off again today with more user group sessions. I’m hoping to skip around a bit … Continue reading →