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<font size=3>[Forwarding from the UK Repository Support Project.
--Peter Suber.]<br><br>
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***Apologies for cross-posting***<br>
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Dear All,<br>
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We've all read about repository developments. Now you can hear directly
from many of the people responsible for these developments, with the
launch of a series of podcasts from the Repositories Support
Project.<br>
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The series opens with four podcasts, featuring 24 contributors and
covering topics including repository software, preservation and
discovery.<br>
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- EPrints: repository software of the future or of the past? <br>
Find out how trainees fared using the latest EPrints software to
build and populate a repository in one session using a new Web-based page
editor.<br>
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- Fedora: optimum repository software or overkill? <br>
Two directors of Fedora Commons explain why the added power and
flexibility of this repository software is worth the steeper learning
curve.<br>
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- DRIVER: promoting digital repositories across Europe. <br>
The SHERPA team leading UK participation in DRIVER show how the
project is giving visibility and political voice to European
repositories.<br>
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- Digital preservation: are repositories doing enough for preservation?
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Speakers at a workshop on Tackling the Preservation Challenge tell
us about practical tools and services to help repositories.<br>
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The podcasts are available to download to an MP3 player or stream
directly from
<a href="http://www.rsp.ac.uk/podcasts/">
http://www.rsp.ac.uk/podcasts/</a><br>
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To keep up to date with RSP podcasts, you can subscribe to a project feed
or via iTunes.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Chris Yates<br>
Repository Support Officer<br>
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Gwasanaethau Gwybodaeth Information
Services<br>
Prifysgol Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth University<br>
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E-bost / E-mail <a href="mailto:csy@aber.ac.uk">csy@aber.ac.uk</a><br>
Ffon / Tel: (01970 62) 8489<br>
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