[Dspace-general] JASIG conference and call for proposals

[Michele Kimpton]

Dear members of DSpace ( sorry for cross posting):

Last year a number of us attended the JASIG conference and it was  
great to learn and share experiences with other developers, managers  
and implementors of open source software.  In one place you can learn  
about five open source platforms in higher ed, what development  
technologies are being deployed, issues running and supporting open  
source ect.  If you are using or developing open source tools, you  
should consider going if you can.  In addition there will be a  
"Getting up and running with DSpace" workshop on Sunday and a DSpace/ 
Fedora developers meeting on Thursday.

Call for proposals is open until December 12th. The program is in 4  
tracks and the proposal can be DSpace specific.  We had some great  
presentations last year from Cornell U and others in the DSpace  
community. The tracks are:
     * Community Source Management/Governance: What are best practices  
for managing community source projects or their deployments on campus?  
For encouraging adoption? For gaining acceptance and campus buy-in?  
For engaging your community in the processes? Presentations for  
managers, team leaders, executives, planners and strategists.
     * Design and Development: For developers, architects, UX  
designers, testers. Presentations for people who build community  
source products, use them as a development framework or want to learn  
more about doing so. These are technical topics, tips and techniques,  
how-to's.
     * Deployment and Integration: Presentations for people who need  
to make applications work on campus: developers, content providers,  
team leaders, evangelists. In particular, we would like to highlight  
work that integrates community source projects within the enterprise  
infrastructure and with each other.
     * Multiple Audiences: Presentations that span multiple projects  
or audience types. Community source project introductions and overviews.

I hope to see you there,  best, Michele Kimpton



REGISTRATION IS OPEN.  CALL FOR PROPOSALS EXTENDED TO DEC 12th.

Higher Education Open Source Communities - Working Together
March 1-4, 2009
Dallas, Texas, USA
Registration for the JA-SIG Spring Conference in Dallas is now open!   
Following the great success of last year's conference, JA-SIG (home of  
uPortal and CAS) is partnering with DSpace, Fedora, Fluid, Kuali,  
Internet2, and Sakai to bring you a diverse and enriching conference  
program and seminar lineup.

Keynote speeches by James Hilton, Christian Crumlish, and Brewster  
Kahle!
Conference events run Monday, March 2nd through Wednesday, March 4th
Supplementary seminars are scheduled all day Sunday and Wednesday  
afternoon
A BarCamp is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon (See the site  
description for this event)
Developer meetings will follow on Thursday and Friday
Visit the main conference site at http://www.ja-sig.org/conferences/09spring/index.html 
  for details.
Early registration discounts end January 30, 2009. Register now at http://www.ja-sig.org/conferences/09spring/registration.html 
  .

We invite you to submit a presentation proposal. We have extended the  
Call for Proposals deadline to December 12, 2008.  Submit your  
proposal at http://www.ja-sig.org/jasigconf/call-form.jsp?conf_id=jasig15 
.

Join us to learn more about community source projects and technology  
trends, share ideas and collaborate with your peers.  See you in  
Dallas in March!

2009 JA-SIG Spring Program Committee:
Katya Sadovsky, University of California-Irvine, JA-SIG Board and  
Conference Co-Chair
Jonathan Markow, JA-SIG Executive Director, Community Source Liaison  
and Conference Co-Chair
Jim Helwig, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, JASIG Board and uPortal Liaison
John Fereira, Cornell University, Web Master
Benjamin Oshrin, Rutgers University, JA-SIG Board and CAS Liaison
Erik Olsson, University of California-Irvine
Andrew Wills, Unicon, Inc.
Paul Zablosky, University of British Columbia, Fluid Liaison
Jennifer Cummings, CONCENTRA Management Services
Debbie Smith, CONCENTRA Management Services

Community Source Partners:
Michele Kimpton, DSpace Executive Director
Michael Korcuska, Sakai Executive Director
Sandy Payette, Exectutive Director, Fedora Commons
Tom Barton, University of Chicago, Internet2 Liaison
Jennifer Foutty, Executive Director, Kuali


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