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<p class=MsoNormal>Call for 'DSpace Day' at OR09 Proposals<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.dspace.org/">DSpace</a> invites presentation proposals for
the next DSpace User Group Meeting, to be held in Atlanta, Georgia on May
20-21, 2009. The meeting is in conjunction with the <a
href="https://or09.library.gatech.edu/">Open Repositories 2009</a> conference.
We invite repository managers, developers and researchers to submit
presentations 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.<br>
<br>
REQUIREMENTS:<br>
A title and an abstract of up to 400 words.<br>
Full papers are NOT required.<br>
<br>
DEADLINES:<br>
Paper Submission Deadline: Friday, March 13, 2009<br>
Notification of Acceptance: Friday, April 3, 2009<br>
DSpace User Meeting: May 20-21, 2009. Atlanta, Georgia, USA.<br>
Open Repositories 2009: May 18-21, 2009.<br>
<br>
THEMES include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Incorporating video and audio in your repository<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Value added services for your DSpace repository<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Utilization of Statistics for your repository<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Lessons learned upgrading to 1.5<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Managing ETD workflows<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Increasing searching, promotion and visibility
through data mining or other means<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Interoperability: among repositories, with other
systems, with the Web<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Object reuse and exchange (OAI-ORE)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Supporting eresearch, data and local communities<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Workflow integration<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Digital preservation environments, policies and
issues<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>New use cases for DSpace outside of a traditional
IR<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Developing / customizing the interface for your
repository: Manakin etc.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Submission:</b> via the Open Repositories author
submission site powered by Open Conference Systems at <a
href="http://conferences.library.gatech.edu/or/or09/user/account?source=&requiresPresenter">http://conferences.library.gatech.edu/or/or09/user/account?source=&requiresPresenter
</a><br>
For further information, please contact rea.devakosATutoronto.ca<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Rea Devakos<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Coordinator, Scholarly
Communication <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>University of Toronto
Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>e:rea.devakos@utoronto.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>v: 416 946 0113<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>f: 416 978 1668<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>7th floor, Robarts Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Information Technology
Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>130 St. George St.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Toronto ON Canada M5S 1A5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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