[Dspace-general] call for proposals Dspace Day at Open Repositories 09

[Rea Devakos]

    CALL for “DSpace Day” at OR09 Proposals
    <http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/hatcheck/2009/02/02/call-for-fedora-day-at-or09-proposals/>


DSpace invites presentation proposals for the next DSpace User Group 
Meeting, to be held Atlanta, Georgia on May 20-21, 2009. The meeting is 
in conjunction with the Open Repositories 2009 
<http://or09.library.gatech.edu/> conference 
(https://or09.library.gatech.edu). 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.

*Requirements: *

A title and an abstract of up to 400 words.

Full papers are NOT required.

*Deadlines:*

Paper Submission Deadline: Friday, March 6, 2009
Notification of Acceptance: Friday, April 3, 2009
DSpace User Meeting: May 20-21, 2009. Atlanta, Georgia, USA.Open 
Repositories 2009: May 18-21, 2009.

Full DSpace User Group Meeting at OR09 information 
https://or09.library.gatech.edu/dspace.php

*Themes *include, but are not limited to:

Incorporating video and audio in your repository

Value added services for your DSpace repository

Utilization of Statistics for your repository
Lessons learned upgrading to 1.5
Managing ETD workflows
Increasing searching, promotion and visibility through data mining or 
other means

Interoperability: among repositories, with other systems, with the Web
Object reuse and exchange (OAI-ORE)
Supporting eresearch, data and local communities

Workflow integration
Digital preservation environments, policies and issues

New use cases for DSpace outside of a traditional IR

Developing / customizing the interface for your repository: Manakin etc.

*Submission:* via the Open Repositories author submission site powered 
by Open Conference Systems at 
http://conferences.library.gatech.edu/or/or09/user/account?source=&requiresPresenter 
<http://conferences.library.gatech.edu/or/or09/user/account?source=&requiresPresenter>

For further information, please contact rea.devakosATutoronto.ca

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Rea Devakos
Coordinator, 
Scholarly Communication Initiatives
University of Toronto Libraries

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