CALL for proposals for Archives Unleashed Datathon, Vancouver, Nov 1-2, Submission deadline July 16: bit.ly/2LZfVMh The Archives Unleashed Project Simon Fraser University

TOMORROW DuraSpace presents a Community Webinar, “ArchivesDirect Overview: Standards-Based Preservation with Hosted Archivematica” Sept 19, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. ET: bit.ly/2OBPE7t Archivematica

The release of DuraCloud 5.0 enables DuraCloud customers to select HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) as an option for streaming files: bit.ly/2pmMhXl UNC Library Mellon Foundation 4Science

Join DuraCloud at the DLF Forum in Las Vegas to learn about expanding the community participation model of the DuraCloud open source project: bit.ly/2Czrfxa The Digital Library Federation

DuraSpace and U Toronto Libraries in collaboration with Scholars Portal and COPPUL are pleased to announce a new joint project “DuraCloud Canada: Linking Data Repositories to Preservation Storage” funded by CANARIE: bit.ly/2EhcXSG U of T Libraries @COPPUL CANARIE

The Digital Preservation Network (DPN) has announced plans to cease operations. Read the message from DPN nodes here: bit.ly/2E1hgk8 A DPN Sunset FAQ or DuraCloud Vault users can be found here: bit.ly/2UiGn7R @APTrust HathiTrust @TXDigLibrary

December news from DuraSpace–Wishing you the happiest of holiday seasons; Fedora 5.0 now available; VIVO Updates; DuraCloud Canada and more: conta.cc/2QGoJg1

RECORDING:"Where the Data Repo Meets the Road: Data Service Models in Practice" librarians from Carnegie Mellon U, Emory U, and the Data Curation Network in a panel presentation and discussion of evolving service models: bit.ly/2ABUb5b CMU Libraries Emory Libraries

VIDEO and SLIDES are available from the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) Infrastructure Interest Group Presentation: Uncovering the True Cost of Cloud Storage: bit.ly/2Mc9wxC NDSA

AVAILABLE: DuraCloud 5.1 –a freely available #opensource platform, and also a hosted service. Now featuring support for independent management of existing secondary storage providers such as Amazon Glacier and Chronopolis dark archive network: bit.ly/2TUE49N

The Metro New York Library Council (METRO)’sDigital Preservation Interest Group featured “DAM if you do and DAM if you don’t!,” a review of the CUNY Graduate Center’s implementation of ArchivesDirect, which pairs hosted Archivematica with DuraCloud: bit.ly/2T5mUGF

UPDATE: LYRASIS and DuraSpace Intent to Merge: bit.ly/2X6O6Y2 Samvera Community Islandora Project VIVO Lyrasis COAR euroCRIS_Org OpenAIRE

WEBINAR: Join Robert Miller, CEO, LYRASIS and Erin Tripp, ED, DuraSpace as they review how the organizations plan to come together to create a sustainable, innovative, global community with additional benefits for members and users–Q&A session following: bit.ly/2UPYzVD

UC San Diego Library will lead a one-year Mellon-funded collaborative project with UC Santa Barbara, Emory University, Northwestern University and DuraSpace: bit.ly/2BHcohV UC San Diego Library UC Santa Barbara Northwestern Emory University

Registration is open for the 14th International Conference on Open Repositories, #OR2019 –All the User Needs–June 10-13, Hamburg, Germany: or2019.net/registration/

LYRASIS Digital Technology Services is pleased to welcome the new clients to Lyrasis hosted ArchivesSpace, CollectionSpace, DSpaceDirect, DuraCloud, Islandora, and Library Simplified services: bit.ly/35yF619 Islandora Project

Receive Price Reductions on first-year DuraCloud Subscriptions when you become a new member of DuraSpace at the silver, gold, or platinum level: bit.ly/2IdN1JX

WEBINAR REMINDER: DuraCloud in 2018: What’s New? What’s Next for the Software and the Service?– Thurs., May 24, 2018 at 1:00p.m. ET: bit.ly/2GfccGn

Debra Hanken Kurtz will leave her post as CEO at DuraSpace to serve as the Associate University Librarian for Technology Services at Arizona State University Library. Read the announcement here: bit.ly/2wRVEEU ASU Library Association of Research Libraries debra hanken kurtz she/her/ella VIVO

HAPPENING TODAY DuraCloud in 2018: What’s New? What’s Next for the Software & the Service?–all welcome–May 24 at 1:00p.m. ET: bit.ly/2GL1Ez4