Posts by author: Cynthia Varkey

Open Repositories 2009

On May 26, 2009 By

I attended Open Repositories 2009 Conference this past week.  Overall it was a very informative conference on the open source repository platforms (Fedora, dSpace, ePrints, Zentity), current projects and developments using these platforms, and future directions of repositories.  Below are some relevant notes from the conference.

Repository Workflow

There were a few presentations that discussed [...]

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CNI Spring Task Force Meeting – April 6-7, 2009

On April 9, 2009 By

I attended the CNI Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, April 6-7, 2009. Below are some takeaways that I found noteworthy, especially as they relate to repositories.

Keynote Address – David Rosenthal, Chief Scientist, LOCKSS, Stanford University: David challenged some of the prevailing thought on digital preservation regarding format obsolescence.  He stated that incompatibility is [...]

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CNI Spring Task Force Meeting 2009 – Presentation on Trident Project

On April 8, 2009 By

I gave a presentation yesterday to CNI on our Trident Project. The slides are below

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