From cmmorris at fedora-commons.org Tue May 1 09:43:32 2012 From: cmmorris at fedora-commons.org (Carol Minton Morris) Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 09:43:32 -0400 Subject: [Rdap] NEWS RELEASE: New DuraCloud services provide cost effective preservation and archiving in the cloud In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* May 1, 2012 Contact: Carol Minton Morris Read it online: http://bit.ly/JaH9bp *New DuraCloud Digital **Preservation and **Archiving Services* *Features and pricing for simple and cost effective preservation and archiving in the cloud* *Ithaca, NY* Today the DuraSpace organization announced new DuraCloud ( http://DuraCloud.org ) subscription plans that offer three levels of cost effective digital preservation and archiving services in the cloud. Prices for the new subscription plansare competitive with commercial cloud providers and do not require additional transfer or variable costs. DuraCloud customers of the managed service can now choose between three plans that offer various solutions for preservation and enterprise use cases. The *DuraCloud Preservation Basic *subscription is great for institutions that would like to have two redundant copies of their original content stored at one cloud data center. For added protection, the *DuraCloud Preservation Plus* plan is perfect for institutions that wish to have four redundant copies of their original content stored at two cloud data centers. The *DuraCloud Enterprise* subscription plan provides a full suite of configurable DuraCloud features and is ideal for institutions that need multiple DuraCloud sub-accounts for departments, research groups, cross institutional projects, or individuals. To ensure preservation of irreplaceable content DuraCloud now offers automated weekly content health checks, reporting, file repair and more. For more information, including the full list of features for each plan, please visit http://duracloud.org/pricing. * DuraCloud features at-a-glance* For archiving digital library materials and research output from academic institutions, museums, government organizations and professional organizations DuraCloud is the only managed software service that archives content across more than one cloud provider so that documents, imagery and videos are always accessible. DuraCloud runs on Amazon AWS, Rackspace and in the near future on the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) Cloud?the largest academic-based cloud storage system in the U.S. DuraCloud provides customers with: ? *Copies of your content *stored with multiple providers ? *Automated health checking* of content, so your files are never corrupted or lost ? *Automated repair of damaged files* for Preservation Plus customers ? *A full suite of reports* that let you more effectively manage your content ? *Online sharing and streaming* to any internet-linked device *For more information register for a free web seminar showcasing new **DuraCloud features** and prices* Join Carissa Smith, DuraCloud Partner Specialist, on *Wednesday, May 9 at 2pm ET* for an online demonstration of DuraCloud's new automatic health check services, integrated dashboard reporting features, as well as streaming and sharing capabilities. There will be time at the end of the session to ask questions. *Register HERE: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=5iy95gcab&oeidk=a07e5vkgbphbc9d942b * Contact Carissa Smith (csmith at duraspace.org) for more information. *About DuraSpace* DuraSpace (http://DuraSpace.org ) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. DuraSpace software and services are used worldwide as solutions for open access, institutional repositories, digital libraries, digital archives, data curation, virtual research environments, and more. The organization's open source technology portfolio includes the DSpace open access repository application and the Fedora open repository platform. DuraSpace is the home of DuraCloud, a cloud-based software service that leverages existing cloud infrastructure to enable durability and access to digital content. The DuraSpace team includes recognized leaders and experts in the management of digital information who work with an active and diverse international community committed to the durability of digital resources. -- Carol Minton Morris DuraSpace Director of Marketing and Communications cmmorris at DuraSpace.org Skype: carolmintonmorris 607 592-3135 Twitter at DuraSpace Twitter at DuraCloud http://DuraSpace.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mramir14 at calpoly.edu Thu May 3 12:20:26 2012 From: mramir14 at calpoly.edu (Marisa L. Ramirez) Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 09:20:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Rdap] Join us for Digital Preservation & Curation Interest Group Meetings at ALA Annual In-Reply-To: <1824098039.122424.1336061991119.JavaMail.root@przmms03.its.calpoly.edu> Message-ID: <1216643835.122445.1336062026375.JavaMail.root@przmms03.its.calpoly.edu> - Apologies for cross-posting...Please forward as appropriate - The Digital Curation Interest Group (ACRL), Digital Conversion Interest Group (ALCTS PARS), Intellectual Access to Preservation Metadata Interest Group (ALCTS PARS), and Digital Preservation Interest Group (ALCTS PARS) are pleased to announce the results of their collaboratively planned business meetings for 2012 ALA Annual in Anaheim, CA. All the below business meetings occur in the same hotel. Below is the schedule for the following Interest Group Business Meeting Discussions at ALA Annual. Full details can also be found online at: http://goo.gl/rZ0wr SATURDAY, June 23rd, 2012 10:30 am-12:00 pm Digital Curation Interest Group (ACRL) Location: HYATT-Grand Ballroom E Meeting Summary: DataBib: An Online Bibliography of Research Data Repositories (Michael Witt, Research Librarian & Assistant Professor, Purdue University, D2C2) Collaborative Approaches to Digital Curation (Jared Lyle, ICPSR, University of Michigan, Libbie Stephenson, Director, UCLA Social Science Data Archive, Ron Nakao, Data Specialist, Stanford Libraries) 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Digital Conversion Interest Group (ALCTS - PARS) Location: HYATT-Grand Ballroom E Meeting Summary: Adventures in Digital Curation (Meg Meiman, Coordinator, Undergraduate Research Program, University of Delaware) Starting Small: Practical First Steps in Digital Preservation (Helen K. Bailey, Preservation Specialist, Dartmouth College Library) 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Intellectual Access to Preservation Metadata Interest Group (ALCTS - PARS) Location: HYATT-Pacific Room Meeting Summary: Editing and Embedding Audio-Visual Metadata with MetaEdit (Chris Lacinak, President, AudioVisual Preservation Solutions) Discover the Technical Metadata in your Still Image Digital Files (Joan DaShiell, Product Manager for Digitization Services, Preservation Services Center, Backstage Library Works, Bethlehem, PA) SUNDAY, June 24th, 2012 8:00 am - 10:00 am Digital Preservation Interest Group (ALCTS - PARS) Location: HYATT-Pacific Room Meeting Summary: Collecting Born-Digital Materials from the Web: It?s a CINCH! (Lisa Gregory, Digital Projects Liaison, Digital Information Management Program, State Library of North Carolina) The Web is a Mess: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Web Archiving (Lori Donovan, Partner Specialist, Internet Archive) The IG Chairs: Digital Curation Interest Group (ACRL) - Chairs: Marisa Ramirez, Patricia Hswe and Yasmeen Shorish (Recorder) Digital Conversion Interest Group (ALCTS PARS) - Chairs: Martha Horan & Kevin O'Sullivan Preservation Metadata Interest Group (ALCTS PARS) ? Chairs: Meghan Banach Bergin & Shawn Averkamp Digital Preservation Interest Group (ALCTS PARS) ? Chairs: Amy E. Rudersdorf & Sibyl Schaefer Best, Marisa Marisa Ramirez Digital Repository Librarian Robert E. Kennedy Library, Rm 104A California Polytechnic State University Voice: 805.756.7040 mramir14 at calpoly.edu http://lib.calpoly.edu/scholarship/ From ashleysa at ucla.edu Sun May 13 19:52:33 2012 From: ashleysa at ucla.edu (Ashley Sands) Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 16:52:33 -0700 Subject: [Rdap] UCLA Postdoc Announcement Message-ID: UCLA Postdoctoral Position http://knowledgeinfrastructures.gseis.ucla.edu/docs/SloanPostdoc_BorgmanTraweek_Announce.pdf One-year appointment beginning August 2012; possible renewal for up to two more years. Review of applications begins May 15; submission deadline is May 30, 2012. We seek a postdoctoral researcher for a three-year research project, entitled The Transformation of Knowledge, Culture, and Practice in Data-Driven Science: A Knowledge Infrastructures Perspective http://knowledgeinfrastructures.gseis.ucla.edu/index.html We are conducting ethnographic and interview research about digital data practices among scientists about their research design and data collection, data analysis, data management, and data sharing with colleagues and the public. The project sites are four distributed data-driven research projects, two of which are ramping up their activities and two of which are ramping down. The project is funded by the Sloan Foundation Digital Information Technology Program http://www.sloan.org/program/28 The principal investigator is Christine Borgman, Information Studies, UCLA http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/cborgman/ http://works.bepress.com/borgman/ The co-principal investigator is Sharon Traweek, Gender Studies/History, UCLA http://www.womensstudies.ucla.edu/faculty_traweek.html http://www.history.ucla.edu/traweek/ The postdoctoral researcher will participate actively in the collaboration, including the design, conduct, and analysis of interviews and ethnographic fieldwork. The postdoctoral researcher will gain experience in collaborative research, research project organization, and digital data research practices. The project is based at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and residence nearby is required for the duration of the postdoctoral research appointment. Some travel is required for research and conferences. We prefer applicants with * ethnographic and interview research experience, and * substantial knowledge of research in the interdisciplinary fields of Science, Technology, and Society studies (STS) and Information Studies. The starting salary is $50,000 per year, plus benefits http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/gss/postdoc/pdleave.htm The work is to be done 12 months of the year, excluding university holidays; the postdoctoral researcher is entitled to 24 paid personal days and 12 paid sick days per year. For further information about postdoctoral appointments at UCLA: http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/postdocs.html UAW Local 5810 is the Union for over 6,000 Postdoctoral Researchers at the University of California. http://uaw5810.org/ Submit statement of interest, qualifications, CV, and list of three references to Sharon Traweek traweek at history.ucla.edu or Christine Borgman borgman at gseis.ucla.edu http://knowledgeinfrastructures.gseis.ucla.edu/docs/SloanPostdoc_BorgmanTraweek_Announce.pdf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov Wed May 16 13:32:39 2012 From: oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov (Joe Hourcle) Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 13:32:39 -0400 Subject: [Rdap] FW: Support available for early career scientists to attend NSF EarthCube charrette References: Message-ID: There's only two days left, but if you know of an 'early career scientist' who works in the earth sciences, this might be of interest. -Joe > ------ Forwarded Message > From: Lee Allison > Reply-To: Lee Allison > Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 10:09:39 -0500 > To: > Cc: Thomas Narock > Subject: Support available for early career scientists to attend NSF EarthCube charrette > > The National Science Foundation (NSF) is hosting a charrette from June 12-14, 2012 in Washington, DC to support the EarthCube initiative. NSF is seeking the participation of domain scientists, particularly early career scientists, and is offering travel support to the charrette for early career faculty/researchers (defined as graduate students, post docs, or assistant researchers or professors). The deadline for registration is May 18. Applications are available on the EarthCube Ning site at http://earthcube.ning.com/page/early-career-support-for-june-charrette. > > About EarthCube: > The goal of EarthCube is to transform the conduct of research by supporting the development of community-guided cyberinfrastructure to integrate data and information for knowledge management across the Geosciences. An informational website is available at: http://earthcube.ning.com/ > > About the June Charrette: > The Charrette will be held June 12-14 in the Washington, DC metro region. The goal of the meeting is create robust drafts of community-derived roadmaps for the present concept award portfolio (available at http://earthcube.ning.com/page/projects-4-2012). After the meeting, all roadmap documents will be posted for public comment to allow the broadest possible input from the community and all interested parties. The meeting is open to all participants; there will be opportunities to participate either locally or virtually. All additional information will be posted as it becomes available at http://earthcube.ning.com/page/june-12-charrette > > I'm circulating this in my role as PI on the EarthCube Governance Roadmap Working Group and as a member of the NSF Geosciences Advisory Committee. The EarthCube initiative is receiving the highest attention at NSF and in the White House where it was recently showcased in the Big Data initiative. The June charrette is shaping up to be a pivotal event in determining a 10-year vision for cyberinfrastructure in the geosciences and beyond. > > Lee Allison > > M. Lee Allison > State Geologist & Director > Arizona Geological Survey > 416 W. Congress St., #100 > Tucson, AZ 85701 > +1.520.209.4121 > lee.allison at azgs.az.gov > www.azgs.az.gov > arizonageology.blogspot.com > > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message From walter at sfu.ca Tue May 22 13:02:56 2012 From: walter at sfu.ca (Walter Piovesan) Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 10:02:56 -0700 Subject: [Rdap] SFU Library Job Posting: Data Curation and Digital Preservation Specialist Message-ID: <6D4D70CE-2866-407F-8ED8-65156E3ECDC7@sfu.ca> Attached is an Simon Fraser University Library job posting for a Data Curation and Digital Preservation Specialist. This is a two-year, internal grant funded position, with the possibility of extension beyond the 2-year term subject to funding availability. 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