[Dspace-general] DSpace workshop at NCRA, Pune from 24-26th July 2006

[Sunita Barve]

Dear All,

National Centre for Radio Astrophysics Pune is pleased to announce a
workshop on " Creating digital libraries using DSpace - an Open Source
Software"

Duration: 3 days  July 24 to 26, 2006.

Venue: NCRA, Pune

Host: National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA)

Many organizations are now looking forward to set up open access digital
repositories. A few open source digital library software are popularly
used to develop and manage digital libraries.  DSpace
(http://www.dspace.org/ ) is one of them that which is developed jointly
by MIT Libraries and HP labs.

DSpace helps to create, index and retrieve various forms of digital
content.

The purpose of this workshop is to provide training to LIS and KM
professionals by providing adequate practical knowledge which will enable
them to handle digital library projects independently, right from
conceptual work to maintenance. In the workshop, though, faculty discusses
digital library at length, the main focus will be on DSpace open source
digital library software which is freely available on internet and
customizable according to the individual organizational requirements.  It
will be a rarest opportunity for any library professional to converse to
the concept of open source software, where customization is very easy as
the source code is available with the user, which is not the case with
proprietary software.

DSPACE

* DSpace can be used to build institutional or discipline-based
repositories.

*Submission facility allows scientists and researchers to upload digital
documents from anywhere in the world.

* Workflow feature allows moderation/review of the submitted documents

* Assigns persistent identifiers to each digital object in the repository

* Conforms to the standards like Dublin Core and OAI-PMH v.2.0

* Security can be built at various levels to effect restricted access

* Asian and other world language based digital libraries can be built as
it conforms to the UNICODE standard

DSpace is an open source software and is freely downloadable from
http://www.dspace.org/

This workshop is exclusively designed to provide hands-on-experience to
the LIS Professionals and Knowledge Workers in developing a digital
library using DSpace software.

The topics to be covered in the Workshop

*  Digital Libraries: Overview
*  Overview of DSpace
*  Installation of DSpace
*  DSpace Users: Anonymous, Members & Authors
*  DSpace Administration
*  Dublin Core
*  OAI-PMH
*  Persistent Identifiers
*  DSpace Customization
*  Lucene Search Engine
*  Unicode and Indian Languages

The workshop comprises of lectures, demonstration and practice on the
topics mentioned above. Computer lab facilities are made available for
practice to the participants during extended hours. NCRA has excellent
computer facilities.

Faculty

Dr. ARD Prasad, DRTC, ISI, Bangalore, INDIA
Dr. Devika Malladi, DRTC, ISI, Bangalore, INDIA
Dr. Aditya Tripati, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, INDIA
Ms. Sunita Barve, NCRA, Pune, INDIA

Target Participants

LIS and Knowledge Professionals, who have familiarity with Information
Technology. The selection will be made on the basis of first-cum-first
served.

Registration fees

Rs.5,500/- (The Demand Draft/Cash payable in favour of NCRA, Pune  and
payable at Pune)

The Registration Fee includes

Workshop Kit on CD-ROM
Working Lunch/Tea

Last Date for Registration

5th July, 2006

Accommodation

Guest house accommodation can be made available at NCRA, Pune on payment.

Coordinator

Ms. Sunita A. Barve
Library-In-Charge
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
 PO Box 3, Pune Univ. Campus
Pune 411 007, INDIA
Email: library at ncra.tifr.res.in ; sunitab at ncra.tifr.res.in
       sunitabarve at gmail.com

Phone: 91-020-25697107/25691384/25691385-Ext. 211(Office)
       9823975237 (Mobile)

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