From Michael Guthrie, KnowledgeArc
Hove, UK Oslo and Akershus University College (Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus or HiOA) have deployed their two new institutional repositories, HiOA Open Digital Archive and HiOA Fagarkivet on the KnowledgeArc managed, hosted DSpace platform.
VIVO Camp Registration extended. We have a great group signed up to learn about VIVO at VIVO Camp, April 6-8 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Registration has been extended and will remain open until we're full. Register today for Camp here.
From Yinlin Chen, Software Engineer, Digital Library Development, University Libraries, Virginia Tech
Austin, TX Mark your calendars to submit abstracts for presentations, workshops, posters and demos for the 8th Annual VIVO Conference by March 26, 2017!
Austin, TX As the Hydra-in-a-Box project prepares for major developments in 2017 – release of the Hyku repository minimum viable product, a HykuDirect hosted service pilot program, and a higher-performing aggregation system at DPLA – we welcome three stars who recently joined the project team. Please join us in welcoming Michael Della Bitta, Heather Greer Klein, and Kelcy Shepherd.
DuraSpace is pleased to announce its latest Hot Topics Webinar Series, "Introducing DSpace 7: Next Generation UI"
Curated by Claire Knowles, Library Digital Development Manager, The University of Edinburgh.
Austin, TX A cornerstone of the DuraSpace mission is focused around expanding collaborations with academic, scientific, cultural, technology, and research communities in support of projects and services to help ensure that current and future generations will have access to our collective digital heritage. The DuraSpace organization seeks a Business Development Manager to cultivate and deepen those relationships and partnerships particularly with international organizations and consortia to elevate the organization’s profile and to expand the services it offers.
From Mike Conlon, VIVO Project Director
VIVO 1.9.2 Released VIVO 1.9.2 is a maintenance release addressing several bugs. Upgrading to 1.9.2 should be straightforward, there are no ontology or functional changes. Bugs fixed:
Austin, TX How can we help?
That’s what we at DuraSpace hope to learn from you, our valued community. We have developed a 4-question survey that should take you no more than 5 minutes to complete aimed at learning more about how DuraSpace might better serve our community.
We have heard directly and indirectly from segments of our community that different types of technical assistance would be helpful at their institutions. As we head into 2017 we are investigating how we at DuraSpace might be able to help you achieve your goals.
