<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Please join us at JA-SIG, particularly if you can not make OR2008. We will kick off the week on Sunday April 27th with comprehensive developer training on DSpace- "upgrading to 1.5" and "Designing your site using Manakin". Also-we are still in need of proposals from the DSpace community at the conference itself- please consider presenting to share your experiences developing, managing, integration of your digital repository!</div><div>This conference will be a great opportunity to hear how other open source community projects are working and learn about the world of open source in higher education.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>thanks, Michele Kimpton</div><div>E.D. DSpace Foundation</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><b>Higher Education Solutions: The Community Source Way!</b><br>April 27 -30, 2008<br>The Crowne Plaza Hotel<br>St. Paul, Minnesota, USA <br><br>Registration for the JA-SIG Spring Conference in St. Paul is now open! This year, CAS, DSpace, Fedora, Fluid, Kuali, Internet2, Sakai, and uPortal are planning a joint program. <br><ul><li>Conference events run Sunday, April 27th through Wednesday, April 30th. </li><li>Supplementary seminars are scheduled before and after the conference.</li><li>A BarCamp and a UCamp are scheduled on Wednesday afternoon (See site descriptions for these unique events)</li></ul>Visit the main conference site at <a href="http://www.ja-sig.org/conferences/08spring/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ja-sig.org/conferences/08spring/index.html</a> for details. Early registration discounts end March 23, 2008. Register now at <a href="http://www.ja-sig.org/conferences/08spring/registration.html" target="_blank">http://www.ja-sig.org/conferences/08spring/registration.html</a> .<br><br>We invite you to submit a presentation proposal. The Call for Proposals final deadline is Friday, February 22, 2008. Submit your proposal at <a href="http://www.ja-sig.org/conferences/08spring/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ja-sig.org/conferences/08spring/index.html</a>.<br><br>Developers, designers, content providers, administrators, faculty, planners, strategists, decision makers... If you'd like to find out more about community source, learn from the experts, and collaborate with your peers...Come to <b>"Higher Education Solutions: The Community Source Way!"</b><br><br>See you in St. Paul this April!<br><br>2008 JA-SIG Spring Program Committee<br><br>Aaron Godert, Cornell University, JA-SIG Board and Conference Co-Chair<br>Jonathan Markow, JA-SIG Executive Director, Conference Co-Chair<br>Susan Bramhall, Yale University, uPortal Liaison<br>Daniel Davis, Chief Architect, Fedora Commons<br>John Fereira, Cornell University, Web Master<br>Jim Helwig, University of Wisconsin, Madison, JA-SIG Board<br>Valerie Hollister, DSpace Liaison<br>Susan Inouye, University of Hawaii, Member<br>Michele Kimpton, DSpace Executive Director<br>Michael Korcuska, Sakai Executive Director<br>Phil McKown, Indiana University, Kuali Liason<br>Matt Smith, University of Connecticut, CAS Liaison<br>Ann West, Internet2 Liaison<br>Paul Zablosky, University of British Columbia, Fluid Liaison<br>Jennifer Cummings, CONCENTRA Management Services<br>Debbie Smith, CONCENTRA Management Services</div></body></html>