www.carpet-project.net: Neueste Beiträge zum Thema ePublishing Software http://www.carpet-project.net/ Neueste Beiträge auf dem ePublishing Software Portal CARPET de-de www.carpet-project.net: Neueste Beiträge zum Thema ePublishing Software http://www.carpet-project.net/fileadmin/Logos/carpet-logo.PNG http://www.carpet-project.net/ Neueste Beiträge auf dem ePublishing Software Portal CARPET TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:39:21 +0100 Preserve digital heritage – Workshop of the project KEEP http://www.carpet-project.net/en/news/news-detail/archive/2012/january/article/digitales-erbe-erhalten-workshop-des-projekts-keep/?tx_ttnews%5Bday%5D=17&cHash=09faa4e3825423dd8f31b73ca056c59f It’s every time astonishing when you recap the period between the first room-sized data processing centres and the pocket-sized portable devices of today. Everyone who has worked with IT over a longer period has used a system, which no longer exists. This death of the systems has the effect, that... It’s every time astonishing when you recap the period between the first room-sized data processing centres and the pocket-sized portable devices of today. Everyone who has worked with IT over a longer period has used a system, which no longer exists. This death of the systems has the effect, that our digital cultural heritage is only readable and usable for a narrow period of time. When the associated system disappears the data will become useless and is not utilizable for research and for the future.

The European project KEEP is dedicated to this particular problem. They try to find solutions of long duration by the development of migration strategies and emulation software. Migration is asoftware-sided way, where the old data is converted into a data language which is readable for modern systems. Emulation on the other hand is the solution on the hardware level by simulating the former system in a modern system environment to present old data formats. The sort of data is multifarious: text, sound and image files as well as multimedia documents, websites, databases, videogames etc.

A workshop on the 3nd of February 2012 in Frankfurt will be presenting the developments of the project. The sort of topics is various, the KEEP Emulation Framework and the KEEP Virtual machine will be presented as well as the transfer of media, the use of metadata in emulated environments and legal questions about the use of emultation software will be discussed. The event is for free, but the number of participants is limited, a registration is necessary.

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:39:00 +0100 Open Repositories 2012: Call for Proposal http://www.carpet-project.net/en/news/news-detail/archive/2012/january/article/call-for-proposal-fuer-open-repository-2012/?tx_ttnews%5Bday%5D=11&cHash=6a81559b8b2f5b9f56018378d8e78bbf After the official announcement in November the organizing team of the Open Repositories 2012 has published the call of proposal for the conference.  The aim of the Open Repositories Conference is to bring those responsible for the development, implementation and management of digital repositories... After the official announcement in November the organizing team of the Open Repositories 2012 has published the call of proposal for the conference.  The aim of the Open Repositories Conference is to bring those responsible for the development, implementation and management of digital repositories together with stakeholders to address theoretical, practical, and strategic issues. There will be also space during the conference for session in the spirit of the successful Repository Fringe which took place periodical as un-conference  in Edinburgh and will be this year part of the conference. 

Understanding the change repositories can bring about, the changes they themselves need to undergo, and the areas in which local action is sufficient are key themes of this year’s conference. The organizers of the conference are pursuing the interesting objective by not ignoring the growing need for more linking-up, but giving the attention the requirements on the local site of repositories and their day-to-day work. This is also visible on the wanted theme list of the organization team:

-Augmented content – and mediation and ownership of augmentation -Delivery of non-traditional content -Embedded repository service components -Shared and collaborative repository infrastructure and services -Open services that feed, support and consume repository services and content, such as identification services -Enabling content re-use -Long-term preservation in and of repositories and their content -Lessons learned about the difficulties of creating global services from local roots          … and any other topic that you think is relevant to the major themes.

Those who express an interest have the possibility to send in their Papers or abstracts for workshops, demos or posters in the following weeks. The deadline for posters and workshops is the 20/2/2012, the deadline for posters and demos is following on the 31/3/2012. The conference will take place in the Scottish capital Edinburgh from 9. until 13. of  July.

]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:47:00 +0100 Integration into the cloud – Webinar about Fedora CloudSync/DuraCloud Trial http://www.carpet-project.net/en/news/news-detail/archive/2012/january/article/integration-in-die-wolke-webinar-zu-fedora-cloudsyncduracloud-testphase/?tx_ttnews%5Bday%5D=04&cHash=550b55b79bc6c88c277af0046e8bdc82 To familiarize the users of Fedora with the new service DuraCloud, the team of DuraSpace is hosting a free webinar about the use and handling of the client Fedora Cloudsync. The aim is to communicate how backups from Fedora to DuraCloud are working and how the two systems can be integrated. Chris... To familiarize the users of Fedora with the new service DuraCloud, the team of DuraSpace is hosting a free webinar about the use and handling of the client Fedora Cloudsync. The aim is to communicate how backups from Fedora to DuraCloud are working and how the two systems can be integrated. Chris Wilper, technical director of Fedora, will lead through the webinar on the 1/11/12 at 1:00pm EST (19Uhr MET).

 

DuraCloud is a Cloud Web Service, which allows a central and easy backup or archiving on WebCloud services. The service is monitoring the database of the connected repository and is mirroring the data on the chosen cloud services. The data will kept synchronal between the different services and health checks will be made to secure the data quality. DuraCloud is offering additional video-, audio- or imagescreening, where the multimedia file is streamed directly to the computer of the user of the repository, without the need of any installed instance on the repository server.

DuraCloud is offering a free two month trial to the new year. During this period the costly service can be tested for its functionality. 

 

 

]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:38:00 +0100 Conclusions form the DSpace survey on metadata support http://www.carpet-project.net/en/news/news-detail/archive/2011/december/article/erkenntnisse-aus-dem-dspace-survey-zum-metadaten-support/?tx_ttnews%5Bday%5D=22&cHash=a8b9788bbd277b3728ac11a5f09703a8 The DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT) has published the results of the user survey on the metadata support of DSpace. The results have shown that there is a need for readjustments based on the Dublin Core Metadata scheme, which is the most relevant for the DSpace user. The DCAT has pointed out... The DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT) has published the results of the user survey on the metadata support of DSpace. The results have shown that there is a need for readjustments based on the Dublin Core Metadata scheme, which is the most relevant for the DSpace user. The DCAT has pointed out several toDo’s for the DSpace Developers and community:

  1. Add metadata authority controls/vocabularies to the data model. Since there is an existing add-on for controlled vocabularies, DCAT interprets this to mean that we should open up the rights to use a controlled vocabulary and possibly link it from an external source. Some examples would be the National Agricultural Library (linked open data) and the National Library of Medicine (subject based). 
  2. Update the Qualified Dublin Core registry to the current DCMI standards, adopting the newer DC Terms namespace as an evolutionary step over the 15 original elements in the dc namespace. Based on the community survey, DCAT also recommends that the default configuration should separate out standardized DC metadata, administrative metadata and local customizations into distinct metadata schemas. Repository administrators would be prevented from modifying the standardized DC metadata which would effectively break compliance. Instead, local modifications would be accomplished in a separate metadata schema.
  3. Enhanced the metadata available for Community, Collections and Files (bitstreams). Unlike Items, Collections, Communities and Files (bitstreams) currently do not have Dublin Core metadata associated with them. The community has expressed an interest in making the available descriptions more granular.
  4. Simplify and make local customizations more accessible by bringing more functionality into the user interface or metadata registry. This could also include a utility to import/export metadata to a schema other than DC. Some community members expressed an interest in exposing the RDF triples. In addition, DCAT recommends a comprehensive tutorial on how/where to perform specific metadata schema tasks be developed. 
  5. Explore the implications of offering hierarchal metadata in DSpace and whether it makes sense, given the DSpace/Fedora integration work. Hierarchal metadata would allow for relationships between community/collection/bitstream metadata. Because Fedora metadata is not stored in the database, as it is in DSpace, but in files, the relational aspect functionality in Fedora is more flexible. It is hoped that the DSpace/Fedora integration work would take advantage of Fedora’s flexibility. DCAT proposes that the community explore the implications/reasonableness of a separate effort on hierarchal metadata in addition to the DSpace/Fedora integration.
Source: http://duraspace.org/community-survey-results-improving-metadata-support-dspace]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:31:00 +0100 ELAG 2012 – Conference about the everywhere library http://www.carpet-project.net/en/news/news-detail/archive/2011/december/article/elag-2012-konferenz-ueber-die-ortsungebundene-bibliothek/?tx_ttnews%5Bday%5D=20&cHash=72b77bbe62190f7d2b5a0d3d0063eec3 The classical library is connected with its place, a place given by the building, which provides a home for knowledge. But the place is opening up continuously, the conventional limitation of the room fades with the digitalization of the media and whole living environments. ePublishing is only the... The classical library is connected with its place, a place given by the building, which provides a home for knowledge. But the place is opening up continuously, the conventional limitation of the room fades with the digitalization of the media and whole living environments. ePublishing is only the first step to a mobile library.

How and of course where the libraries are ‘moving’ within this development is the theme of the 36th conference European Library Automation Group. With the motto “Libraries everywhere” the ELAG 2012 is looking for future trends and developments. The subthemes of the conference are giving a hint, what in particularly will be discussed: Libraries in the cloud, mobile libraries, open and linked data, augmented reality and research data.

The organization committee of the conference has published a call for proposals for presentations, workshops and bootcamps, which continues to run until 2th of February 2012. In the program will be time for lightning talks as well, the registration will be on location. The ELAG 2012 takes place from the 15th until 18th of May 2012 in Palma de Mallorca at the Universitat de les Illes Balears.

]]> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:22:00 +0100 New Embedding Guide and Toolkit vom JISC/RSP http://www.carpet-project.net/en/news/news-detail/archive/2011/december/article/neuer-jiscrsp-guide-repositorien-besser-einbinden/?tx_ttnews%5Bday%5D=15&cHash=2ef7b37608c9b7373838f0a13b9fee8f Over the past few years, there have been a number of JISC funded projects and other institutional initiatives which have focused on the embedding of research repositories into organisational systems, policies and workflows. The results have been documented in websites, blogs, conference... JISC funded projects and other institutional initiatives which have focused on the embedding of research repositories into organisational systems, policies and workflows. The results have been documented in websites, blogs, conference presentations etc but they have not been synthesised into a coherent whole. The Repositories Support Project Embedding Guide and Toolkit aims to do just that. The Repositories Support Project Embedding Guide and Toolkit has been published by the Repositories Support Project and will help institutions to get the best value from their institutional repositories through integration with other university systems, particularly research management systems. It is aimed at repository staff but will be of interest to other groups such as academic librarians and research management staff. You can visit the guide at: http://www.rsp.ac.uk/embeddingguide/ and read more on our blog post: http://rspproject.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/rsp-embedding-guide/    ]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:45:00 +0100 Follow the SWIB11 conference live on the internet http://www.carpet-project.net/en/news/news-detail/archive/2011/november/article/swib11-live-im-internet/?tx_ttnews%5Bday%5D=28&cHash=822967e9dbef61bd3af31542e70570a6 For everyone who can’t be in Hamburg tomorrow: The Conference Semantic Web in Bibliotheken 2011 (SWIB11) will be broadcasted via livestream on the internet. On 29th and 30th November will be a livestream available from 9am to 5:30pm on http://www.livestream.com/swib. The program and additional... Conference Semantic Web in Bibliotheken 2011 (SWIB11) will be broadcasted via livestream on the internet. On 29th and 30th November will be a livestream available from 9am to 5:30pm on http://www.livestream.com/swib. The program and additional information about the conference can be found on http://swib.org/swib11/index_e.html. The Conference is about the interesting relation of libraries and the semantic web. The first day of the conference addresses the assembly of the necessary infrastructures to make library data useable in the cloud. The topic of the second day will be new concepts for research processes in which researchers are progressively are connected over the internet. The conference is held by the Hochschulbibliothekszentrum des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (HBZ) in Cologne and the Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft (ZBW) in Kiel and Hamburg.]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:18:00 +0100 New tool for citation analyses from Google Scholar http://www.carpet-project.net/en/news/news-detail/archive/2011/november/article/neues-tool-zur-zitationsanalyse-von-google-scholar/?tx_ttnews%5Bday%5D=17&cHash=65a1aafdf994dfe903e7aa6a475542ba Google Scholar, the search engine for scientific publications from Google, has got an additional new tool for scientists: Google Scholar Citations. The service offers scientist the possibility to track how often their publications got cited in other publications. The output are statistic or... Google Scholar, the search engine for scientific publications from Google, has got an additional new tool for scientists: Google Scholar Citations. The service offers scientist the possibility to track how often their publications got cited in other publications. The output are statistic or heuristic analysis (h-index, i10 index), a metadata export is possible via the file formats of BibTeX, Endnote und RefMan. It is necessary to set up an account to track your publications, where the links of the publications are deposited. The number of citations is a statistic proof for the success of scientific publications, therefor the new Google service will find a large number of interested scientists. But it remains doubtful how far the free service will replace the existing service for social studies Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). The Google service will only use the limited Google Scholar database, which is much smaller than the SSCI database. The team of @Mire has tested the new service and published their expierience as Facebook-note. (See also the first experience from Jane Tinkler of the London School of Economics and Political Science)]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:49:00 +0100 Validator for DINI-criteria from OA Netzwerk http://www.carpet-project.net/en/news/news-detail/archive/2011/november/article/validator-von-oa-netzwerk-testet-nach-dini-kriterien/?tx_ttnews%5Bday%5D=15&cHash=d0513f2a48bbed3233ddcefdf9590df5 The coordination of the metadata of a Repository for a set standard is often hard to handle. The possible variations in one single element are enormous and the adjustment repeatedly ends in an immense detail work. Often the adjustment starts with the basic question, which element needs to be... The coordination of the metadata of a Repository for a set standard is often hard to handle. The possible variations in one single element are enormous and the adjustment repeatedly ends in an immense detail work. Often the adjustment starts with the basic question, which element needs to be adjusted. Validators are giving help, they are comparing metadata of a repository in question with a metadata standard to show existing conflicts. The Project OA-Netzwerk has developed a validator for the AIP OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) on the basis of the validator of the OpenAIRE project. The web-based OAI-PMH validator helps to fulfill the criteria of the DINI-certificate, optionally the test runs the different annual versions of the certificate. Sammy David, developer of the validator at the computer- und Medienservice of the Humboldt University zu Berlin, presents the Validator in detail on the OANetzwerk-Blog (german). The validator is running as a beta version and is to find under: http://oanet.cms.hu-berlin.de/validator]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:20:00 +0100 Open Repository 2012 officially announced http://www.carpet-project.net/en/news/news-detail/archive/2011/november/article/open-repository-2012-offiziell-angekuendigt/?tx_ttnews%5Bday%5D=14&cHash=a94934e754a670f3ce844ae889aa1108 The Open Repository Conference 2012 will come back to Europe after this year’s visit in Austin/Texas: It has been officially announced that the Seventh International Conference on Open Repositories (OR12) will take place at the University of Edinburgh on July 9-13th July, 2012. The theme and title... The Open Repository Conference 2012 will come back to Europe after this year’s visit in Austin/Texas: It has been officially announced that the Seventh International Conference on Open Repositories (OR12) will take place at the University of Edinburgh on July 9-13th July, 2012. The theme and title of the conference is “Open Services for Open Content: Local In for Global Out” which “reflects the current move towards open content, augmented content, distributed systems, microservices and data delivery infrastructures.” A call for proposals will be published soon on the conference website. The conference takes place every year in rotation between Europe or America and offers a mixture of presentations and users session of the repositories DSpace, Fedora and Eprints. “The aim of the Open Repositories Conference is to bring those responsible for the development, implementation and management of digital repositories together with stakeholders to address theoretical, practical, and strategic issues: across the entire lifecycle of information, from the creation and management of digital content, to enabling use, re-use, and interconnection of information, and ensuring long-term preservation and archiving.“ The hosts of the OR12 are the University of Edinburgh Information Services (EDINA) and the Digital Curation Centre (DCC). Kevin Ashley, Director of the DCC, will be the chair of the Programme Committee. For further information: OR12 website or OR12 Google Group]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:53:00 +0100