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The new DSpace 7 UI will be highlighted at OR2017 in Brisbane, Australia next month. An update on the DSpace 7 Project (Angular UI and REST API) will be presented, providing the latest status of the work, next steps, and how others can contribute. In addition, during workshop day, developers will have the opportunity to attend a DSpace Angular UI workshop to learn more about enhancing and customizing the upcoming UI. Here is a recent update presented by Wouter JansensJanssens, Atmire, at the recent UK and Ireland DSpace User Group Meeting.
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Speaking of Fedora 4, Dan Coughlin, IT Manager, Digital Scholarship and Repository Development, Penn State Libraries, describes has described Fedora 4 in production at Penn State ScholarSphere in this recent blog post.
Experienced trainers and Fedora gurus are on the road again offering two more Fedora Camps this year. The first is a combined Fedora and Hydra Camp to be held at Oxford University, Sept 4 - 8, 2017. Registration is available here with an early bird discount until July 10. The camp will be hosted by Oxford University Oxford, UK and is supported by Jisc.
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The first-ever community-organized VIVO Conference is set to take place at Weill Cornell Medicine in NYC, August 2-4. This year keynotes, invited speakers, workshops, posters, demos, receptions, and conversation with the people creating and implementing VIVO and VIVO related tools across the world all part of the price of registration–take advantage of early bird savings through May 26 here.
There's still time to submit a poster abstract or abstract for a demo. The deadline for late-breaking posters and demos is June 12. More information here.
Jim Hendler, one of the originators of the Semantic web and a keynote speaker at the first VIVO Conference, will give a keynote address at this year's conference. You can read more about Jim and his role in creating the Semantic Web here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hendler.
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We are pleased to welcome new DuraCloud customer the Denver Art Museum.
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