Open Repositories 2013 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada is less than a month away (July 8-12) and is shaping up to provide a packed week of presentations, panels, posters, demos, and user group sessions that should interest anyone working with repositories and the digital information lifecycle.
OR Workshops ------------ The first day of the OR conference, Monday, July 8, is dedicated to the Hackfest and workshops aimed at a wide variety of audiences. The available workshops include tutorials on repository platforms, updates on technologies of interest to repository managers and developers, and discussions of current topics in repositories and digital content management. For a full list of workshops, see the conference schedule at: http://or2013.net/program/session-schedule Participation in OR2013 workshops is free with conference registration, but you¹ll need to sign up in advance to ensure a seat in the workshops you want. Once you¹ve registered for the conference, be sure to visit http://or2013.net/content/workshop-signup to sign up for the workshops you¹re interested in. And if you haven¹t already registered or booked your accommodation, be sure to visit http://or2013.net/ to do so. OR Hackfest and Developer's Challenge ------------------------------------- We are pleased to announce that the Hackfest and Dev Challenge planning is in full swing. We have already received 3 great challenge ideas that will stimulate your repository spirit and generate a creative sprint that you and your Challenge colleagues will not soon forget. If that isn't enough to get you to sign-up, then the over $8,000 in prizes to be awarded by our panel of judges may provide some extra sauce. Prizes for this year's Challenge has been generously provided by the Digital Library Federation [1], JISC [2], the SPRUCE Project [3] and the Fedora Futures Project [4] - and we are expecting some extra surprises on top of that. How do I participate in the great Hackfest and Dev Challenge? We're glad you asked, just follow these simple steps: 1. Register for the OR Conference [5], or if you've already done that get your friends to do the same. 2. Sign-up for the Hackfest (taking place on Monday, July 8) and Dev Challenge [6] so we can make sure we have enough beer and pizza to help get you started. 3. Read the Dev Challenge description and manifesto [7] and get ready to participate. 4. Practice eating oysters [8] while you wax poetic [9] on your laptop to get your repository elbow ready for the big event [10]. 5. Watch for the release of the OR 2013 Hackfest and Dev Challenge Ideas [11]. 6. Do your best to attend the all-day Hackfest on Monday, which will kick off the Challenge and help build a creative team that will stay with you for the rest of your career. 7. Take lots of pictures at the Challenge with you and your buds so you can send them to you mom and dad. This is the most important part, but must be preceded by steps 1-6 above to be the most effective. [1] http://www.diglib.org/ [2] http://www.jisc.ac.uk/ [3] http://www.dpconline.org/advocacy/spruce [4] https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF [5] http://or2013.net/registration [6] http://or2013.net/content/workshop-signup [7] http://or2013.net/content/or-2013-dev-challenge-event [8] http://www.tourismpei.com/pei-oysters [9] http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/wax-poetic. html [10] http://devcsi.ukoln.ac.uk/developer-challenges/ [11] Coming soon... We look forward to seeing you in Charlottetown! Mark Leggott, OR2013 Conference Chair Sarah Shreeves, OR2013 Program Co-Chair Jon Dunn, OR2013 Program Co-Chair
