Welcome to Open Repositories 2007!
Conference Proceedings Available: The conference proceedings -- in the form of PDF slidesets of the plenary presentations -- are now available on the conference website under the Program Details section. A single ZIP archive of all the presentations is also available.
Repositories increasingly play a pivotal role in the emerging information landscape. With its theme of "Achieving Interoperability in an Open World", OR07 will create an opportunity to explore the challenges faced by user communities and others in today's world.
During the three-and-a-half day conference, Open Repositories 2007 will continue the very successful format of Open User Group meetings for DSpace, Fedora, and Eprints, followed by general conference sessions that cover cross-cutting and overarching issues.
The many repository platforms available today are changing the nature of scholarly communication. Institutions such as universities, research laboratories, publishers, libraries, and commercial organizations are creating innovative repository-based systems that address the entire lifecycle of information—from supporting the creation and management of digital content, to enabling use, re-use, and interconnection of information, to ultimately ensuring long-term preservation and archiving.
For more information, or to browse the list of accepted presentations, posters, and speakers, see the conference program.
Latest News
Thanks to everyone who made OR07 a great success! We had 357 conference attendees, and the conference use groups, presentations and poster sessions were a great success. We are looking forward to continuing the discussions started in San Antonio next year in Southampton, UK.
Posted on: 29 Jan 2006A conference attendee has created a del.icio.us page for tagging relevant content; it is accessible at http://del.icio.us/tag/or2007.
Posted on: 18 Jan 2006In order to enhance the physical and non-physical attendance during Open Repositories 2007, an IRC backchannel has been established. Connect to the irc.freenode.net server and choose the #openrepositories channel. For more information or links to IRC clients, see www.irc.net/links.html.
The conference program is now available as a PDF download for those of you needing reading material for a long flight :-). Please note that last minute changes will be available on the web version of the program.
Posted on: 18 Jan 2006Single-day registrations are now available on the conference registration site. Of course, these options will also be available during the conference for on-site registrations.
Posted on: 16 Jan 2006Note for those attendees planning to register on-site: the registration/information desk will be opening early, on Monday, Jan 22 from 7pm to 9pm.
Posted on: 15 Jan 2006To accommodate busy holiday schedules and travel, the steering committee has decided to extend the early conference registration rate through January 19th. Rooms at the conference hotel are also still available, but please register as soon as possible as the conference block may be withdrawn soon.
Posted on: 22 Dec 2006The credit card processing system used by the conference registration system will be offline tonight for maintenence from 10pm to 1am CST. Please register early today to ensure that the payment goes through with no difficulties.
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