Date Change! "Digital Repositories, Data Curation, and The Cloud" now January 28-29, 2010
Please join the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries for a two-day conference on
Digital Repositories, Data Curation, and The Cloud
Dates: Thursday, January 28, 2010 (Fedora Meet-Up) and Friday, January 29, 2010 (All Alliance Conference)
Times: Thursday, 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM; Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location (both days): Holiday Inn Select - Cherry Creek, Denver, CO
General Registration*: $30/day Registration fee; lunch on your own. Registration is now closed. Please contact the Alliance for further assistance.
Keynote Speakers:
Richard Katz (January 29) is vice president of EDUCAUSE and founding director of the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR). At ECAR, he oversees the research program and a network of alliances, partners, research fellows, contractors, and faculty grantees. Prior to joining the association, Katz held a variety of senior positions spanning 14 years at the University of California (UC). At UC, Katz was awarded the Gurevich Prize, the Olsten Award, and was the 2nd recipient of that University’s Award for Innovative Management and Leadership.
Thorny Staples (January 28 and 29) serves as Director of Community Strategy and Alliances and Director of the Fedora Project of DuraSpace. He's been involved with the architecture of large, complex digital projects for most of the last 20 years, including the Rossetti Archive and the Valley of the Shadow, as well as serving as CIO of the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian, Director of R&D at the University of Virginia Library, and co-director and architect of the Fedora Project.
Join us for an exciting day of guest keynotes, discussion, repository application overviews, and demonstration showcases to mark the launch of multiple Alliance-supported digital repository portals at our member institutions!
Keynote Speakers:
Richard Katz (January 29) is vice president of EDUCAUSE and founding director of the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR). At ECAR, he oversees the research program and a network of alliances, partners, research fellows, contractors, and faculty grantees. Prior to joining the association, Katz held a variety of senior positions spanning 14 years at the University of California (UC). At UC, Katz was awarded the Gurevich Prize, the Olsten Award, and was the 2nd recipient of that University’s Award for Innovative Management and Leadership.
Thorny Staples (January 28 and 29) serves as Director of Community Strategy and Alliances and Director of the Fedora Project of DuraSpace. He's been involved with the architecture of large, complex digital projects for most of the last 20 years, including the Rossetti Archive and the Valley of the Shadow, as well as serving as CIO of the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian, Director of R&D at the University of Virginia Library, and co-director and architect of the Fedora Project.
Join us for an exciting day of guest keynotes, discussion, repository application overviews, and demonstration showcases to mark the launch of multiple Alliance-supported digital repository portals at our member institutions!
Full two-day program available soon!
*Each Alliance Member institution is welcome to send up to 8attendees, at the Dean's/Director's discretion. In lieu of completing the online registration form, libraries can send member attendees list to geri@coalliance.org by January 8, 2010. Additional member attendees are subject to general registration fee.
Sponsored by the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries with the generous support of BCR