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I seem to have spent a lot time at this conference talking to people about the 'things I am going to take back to my developer colleagues' for discussion, so to start the ball rolling and find out what others might be looking to take further I thought I'd start a discussion here: SWORDv2 solution for Norwegian master's thesis submission portal in UGD1 which demonstrated an innovative use of StudentWeb to DSpace deposit of theses from initial draf... [read more]

Nicola Osborne: Great stuff Sarah! I think from my more observer type roll I will be taking away the enormous growth in interest around Data Repositories. Also some of the practical and complex policy issues of cloud and hybrid cloud repository implementations. I'm ... [read more]

I promised this link during our session (Putting a face to the service: the people behind making the local global), so, here it is. Thanks for such an enjoyable conference, and thank you to everyone who danced, both at our session, as well as the céilidh. You don't know home much both events meant to me. And I'd also like to apologize to anyone whom I made homesick... if it helps, I am, too, and am very much looking forward to the journey home, t... [read more]

Hardy Pottinger: I should not re-read postings after they are done, but I apparently made a very telling typo above, the first occurrence of "home" should read "how".

Nicola Osborne: Thank you for sharing that link. I'm really glad to hear you enjoyed the event and the dancing! :)

Tricky this one. Scotland has some of the best produce and worst food in the world. There is nothing we won't deep fry. There are good scottish restaurants but they tend to be top end and not suitable for expense budgets. Better to steer towards international cuisine... Mother India (http://www.motherindiaglasgow.co.uk/index.php?action=cms.edin) - If you like curry you will like this place. Kalpna (http://www.kalpnarestaurant.com/) - quality vege... [read more]

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Robin Taylor: A couple of people have recommended these two venues for Scottish food... http://www.whiskirooms.co.uk/index.html http://www.whiskibar.co.uk/

Ann Green: Blonde on st Leonard's is very good.

Gail Truman: We had a very decedent experience at the Dome - great place for drinks http://www.thedomeedinburgh.com/introduction/

For those of you who have arrived early for the workshops, you may have noticed the rain this morning! There are buses between Pollock Halls and the Appleton Tower venue, however you'll have to walk for 5 minutes at each end, so you may decide to walk the whole way. There is an online journey planner at http://www.lothianbuses.com/ and you can enter Pollock Halls in the 'From' box, and Appleton Tower in the 'To' box. The cost of a one way fare is... [read more]

It is already next week that the Annual Open Repositories Conference will take place in Edinburgh. COAR is delighted being among the supporters of this event. To get started for the conference week, a workshop on the COAR Repository Interoperability Roadmap will be hosted by Eloy Rodrigues. The workshop will take place on Tuesday morning, July 10 at Appleton tower. Eloy will present the latest outcomes of the COAR interoperability project in orde... [read more]

So, I've asked around a bit, and it seems that Holyrood is a gorgeous, though a tad hilly, place to run, but I'm up for it. I'm training for a half marathon in September, so I can't really take a week off. I'm at a point where I need to run between 4 and 5 miles. My pace ranges from a mostly leisurely 18 minutes/mile to a breathless 15 minutes/mile, so it's highly likely you'll be able to keep up with me. I'm just barely a runner. Anyhow, if you'... [read more]

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Claire Knowles: Once around the Meadows is approx 1 1/2 miles. Though you can may the loop further if you up to Bruntsfield Links, but I avoid that as it's uphill.

Theo Andrew: The route round Holyrood park is about 3 miles long - its all uphill one way but downhill for the rest. Its right next door to Pollock Halls so would be perfect location wise for you.

Michael Bond: I'm getting ready for a 1/2 marathon in November. I plan on running a different route through the area every morning before the conference starts. Maybe we can meet up one morning.

I have had a paper accepted on "Can LinkedIn and Academia.edu Enhance Access to Open Repositories?". The paper is available at http://opus.bath.ac.uk/30227/ and a blog post about this is at http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2012/07/03/paper-accepted-for-or12/ Also note that embedded Slideshare contains a 4 minute summary of the paper. It strikes me as a bit of a no-brainer that repository managers, research support staff, etc, who wish to maximise ... [read more]

After a Twitter discussion, there seems a lot of interest in having a meetup for all the knitters who will be at the conference :) Ideas so far are a lunchtime or evening, maybe in a pub or cafe. Have you any suggestions for location? Would it help to have a poll to decide the best day? Steph

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Jane H Smith: Got some Nahlbound (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A5lebinding) socks and a knitted blanket on the go - may start a hat for the conference

Jane H Smith: Bean Scene 9http://www.beanscene.co.uk/) on Nicholson St and a second suggestion of Kilimanjaro, have been received by an attendee not on here.

Jane H Smith: And a suggested charity pattern if we so wish - knitting for the Fish n Chip Babies (http://scottishcountryhouse.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/fish-and-chip-babies-knitting-pattern/)

Several people have reported that there is a problem with RSS Feeds on the OR2012 Crowdvine pages. We have looked into the issue and, as we are unable to resolve it directly, it has now been reported to Crowdvine. Whilst the RSS feeds are broken we would suggest starting discussions around any particular link you want to share - you should not only then see your post appearing on the front page here but you will also have an extra opportunity for... [read more]

The JISC have recently funded a project to define an Open Access Index. See http://oaindex.org/ for further details. There will be a an open session at Open Repositories to discuss this further. See: https://www.conftool.net/or2012/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=59 RF2: Repository Fringe - Open Access Index Time: Wednesday, 11/Jul/2012: 9:00am - 10:30am Session Chair: Theo Andrew Location: Lecture Theatre 1 (LT1), Appleton Tower Your ... [read more]

Hi all, here are a few tips on local pubs... The Pear Tree (http://www.pear-tree-house.co.uk/) - right next to the conference venue with a beer garden if it ever stops raining. Sandy Bells (http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/edinburgh/pubguide/sandybells.html) - full of old men and folk musicians, a personal favourite. The Auld Hoose (http://www.theauldhoose.co.uk/) - looks old school but favoured by grungy types. Expect to find some of the So... [read more]

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Jane H Smith: More caffeine fixes can be found at the various Black Medicine shops (http://www.blackmed.co.uk/) Auld Hoose, is definitely a hit with me and serves food, hot with the local rock crowds

Nicola Osborne: Both excellent recommendations Jane! :)

Jane H Smith: Most of my recommendations would be 10 years out of date! so I've omitted them, in case the places no longer exist!

We’re happy to announce a draft outline programme for this year’s Open Repositories conference which shows you what is happening on each day. It’s available as a PDF linked to the thumbnail image in this article. We’re not currently in a position to announce detailed schedules for every paper and workshop (although workshop timings should [...]

We are pleased to announce that delegate registration for Seventh International Conference on Open Repositories (OR2012) is now open via the conference electronic payment system. The early booking rate of £295 is available until 21st May. Accommodation is booked separately. The theme and title of the 2012 conference – Open Services for Open Content: Local [...]

Thank you to everyone who submitted a conference paper, EPrints, DSpace or Fedora user group presentation or Workshop earlier this month! Whilst we review those submissions we wanted to remind you that there are still ways to contribute to OR2012 including Posters, Pecha Kuchas or Demos. You can submit these via the OR2012 submission system. We [...]

Due to demand from many who didn’t hear the news about OR2012 submissions until too late, we have made one last extension to the deadline for papers to be submitted to OR2012. You can now make submissions for papers and workshops until midnight GMT on Thursday March 8th (that’s 2012-03-08T24:00:00Z for those of you who [...]

That link up in the top-right corner of the OR2012 web site called ‘Submissions‘ now does something useful – you can actually make submissions for the conference now instead of just writing them or contemplating them. It’s been live for nearly a week now but we  realise that although we pushed out an announcement via [...]

Welcome to the OR2012 Crowdvine network. Here you can meet and engage with the Open Repositories community. Please say hello and join in the discussion. This presence complements our main conference website: http://or2012.blogs.edina.ac.uk/ Thanks, Nicola Osborne OR2012 Host Organising Committee

Update Monday March 5th: this deadline has now been extended one last time to Thursday March 8th – see announcement Good news for those working hard on proposals for this year’s Open Repositories Conference in Edinburgh – we’re extending the submission deadline for papers &  workshops by 2 weeks until March 5th. Whether your proposal [...]

Open Repositories 2012 – “Open Services for Open Content: Local In/Global Out” :: UPDATE:: The submission date for OR2012 have been extended to 5th March 2012 – please see the most recent update for more information.  This year’s Open Repositories conference takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland between Monday 9th July and Friday 13th July 2012. [...]

Open Repositories 2012 International Conference Comes to Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh Information Services, EDINA, and the Digital Curation Centre are delighted to announce that the University of Edinburgh has been selected to host the Seventh International Conference on Open Repositories (OR12) from Monday 9th to Friday 13th July, 2012. The University George Square Campus [...]

Welcome to the website for the Open Repositories 2012 Conference taking place in July 2012 in Edinburgh, UK.