Save the Date! -- September 30, 2009

Institutional Repositories: Disseminating, Promoting, and Preserving Scholarship

Merrill-Cazier Library, Logan campus of Utah State University
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Keynote speaker
G. Sayeed Choudhury (Associate Dean for Library Digital Programs and Hodson Director, Digital Research and Curation Center, Johns Hopkins University) will speak on the value of institutional repositories.

Other sessions will feature speakers from around the country. Topics will include IR platforms (Digital Commons, Fedora, CONTENTdm), Creating Managing, and Marketing an IR, and a glimpse into the possible future of both IRs and university digital publishing.

FREE registration includes breakfast and lunch (sponsored by bepress)

Registration closes August 15. Register at http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/irday/

Questions? Contact Heather Leary (heather.leary@usu.edu)

UALC Co-Sponsors Institutional Repository Conference

UALC, along with Utah State University and Berkeley Electronic Press, is co-sponsoring an upcoming institutional repository conference at the Merrill-Cazier Library on the Logan campus of Utah State University. Institutional Repositories: Disseminating, Promoting, and Preserving Scholarship will take place Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. The keynote speaker will be G. Sayeed Choudhury (Associate Dean for Library Digital Programs and Hodson Director, Digital Research and Curation Center, Johns Hopkins University) Other IR topics to be explored include IR platforms (Digital Commons, Fedora, CONTENTdm), Creating Managing, and Marketing an IR, and a glimpse into the possible future of both IRs and university digital publishing. Registration is free and includes breakfast and lunch (sponsored by bepress). Registration is at http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/irday/

Contact Heather Leary heather.leary@usu.edu with any questions.