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SUMMARY:Canadian Repositories CoP February Call: IRs are People Powered! Exploring Repository Staffing Models Across Canadian Institutions
DESCRIPTION:Date: February 24\, 2026\nTime: 12:00pm – 1:30pm ET \nRegistration \nInstitutional repositories are people-powered services that serve as fundamental infrastructure for disseminating open access research across the globe. Regardless of our hosting model or the specific software we use\, our staff are the most essential part of our infrastructure. For this reason\, institutions have to make critical decisions in how to provide support\, management and training to their repository staff. A few examples for areas of consideration might include workflows\, how to ensure adequate staffing\, service development and maintenance\, and resource allocation. \nThis event will provide participants the opportunity to discuss the staffing models supporting their institutional repositories and learn how repository services are structured across Canadian institutions. Participants are invited to sign up for an informal 3-5 minute presentation that discusses staffing decisions for their IR at their institution. Guiding questions are available in the sign up sheet linked above. \nThrough this event\, we hope that participants will learn from the differences and similarities between staffing models\, and use it as a starting point to feel more empowered to engage in staffing and workflow discussions at their own institutions. \nThis session will not be recorded. Automatic live transcription in French will be available. Learn more about the Canadian Repositories Community of Practice.
URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/canadian-repositories-cop-february-call-irs-are-people-powered-exploring-repository-staffing-models-across-canadian-institutions/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Repositories
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SUMMARY:Canadian Repositories Community of Practice December Call: Current Challenges and Future Directions for Institutional Repositories: Snapshots from the Literature
DESCRIPTION:Date: December 11\, 2025\nTime: 12:00pm-1:00pm ET \nRegistration \nThis session is part of the Article Release Party! series\, hosted by the Canadian Repositories Community of Practice. To get the most out of the discussion\, attendees are encouraged to read Current challenges and future directions for institutional repositories: A systematic literature review ahead of time. To suggest a future article\, contact Steering Committee Chair Priscilla Carmini at pcarmini@uwaterloo.ca. \nInstitutional repositories (IRs) are essential in advancing Open Access and facilitating the dissemination of scholarly work. Unfortunately\, numerous challenges are faced by IRs in areas such as strategic alignment\, content acquisition\, funding\, staffing\, quality assurance\, and technology. \nDuring this session\, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the current challenges facing institutional repositories worldwide. The discussion will encompass areas such as strategic planning\, staffing\, governance\, funding\, technology\, user engagement\, and additional relevant topics. The findings in this work underscore the importance of strategic integration with institutional goals and funders’ policies\, professionalization and technological readiness\, securing consistent funding\, and addressing challenges in content acquisition\, rights management\, and researcher participation. This study contributes to the broader discourse on strengthening IRs as critical components of scholarly communication within the Open Science ecosystem. \nLaura Rothfritz is a research associate and PhD candidate at the Berlin School of Library and Information Science’s department of Information Management. She studied at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and completed her MA in Information Sciences in 2019. Her doctoral research started in 2020 and is scheduled to be completed in 2026. Since 2023\, she is a member of the Board of Directors of the Einstein Center Digital Future (ECDF). Her main research interests are in the area of research data management\, infrastructure studies and open science with a special focus on socio-technological perspectives on the relationship between data infrastructures and societies\, and a strong relation to STS (Science and Technology Studies). The topic of her dissertation is trust and distrust in public data infrastructures with a focus on Data Rescue activities in the US. \nLisa Matthias is a research associate in the project “Professionalisierung der Open-Access Repositorien-Infrastruktur in Deutschland (Pro-OAR-DE).” Previously\, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki\, Finland. With a PhD in Political Science from Free University Berlin\, she brings extensive experience in mixed-methods research\, data analysis\, and project management. Her research on the topic of Open Access has been widely received and has garnered significant media attention in publications such as Nature News. Lisa has contributed to multiple international research projects\, including as a visiting scholar at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver\, Canada. Her research interests include open access (specifically the sustainability and costs of different access models)\, research evaluation\, and research policy. She is a member of the ScholCommLab. \nThis session will be recorded.
URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/canadian-repositories-community-of-practice-december-call-current-challenges-and-future-directions-for-institutional-repositories-snapshots-from-the-literature/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Repositories
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SUMMARY:Canadian Repositories Community of Practice October Call – Repositories in the Age of AI: The Attack of the Bots
DESCRIPTION:Date: October 30\, 2025\nTime: 1pm-2pm ET \nRegistration \nAI bots are aggressively harvesting content from the internet. Not so well known is the especially devastating effects this scraping has had on libraries\, archives\, and museums (LAMS). This sudden and overwhelming increase in bot traffic to these repositories has cultural heritage and academic institutions grappling with technical strain on their systems and the ethical questions regarding ownership concerns and how resources are used to train these language models. \nThese bots\, automated agents that collect data to train the large language models that power artificial intelligence\, interact with repositories by crawling interfaces\, parsing metadata\, and extracting digital assets\, often at scales and speeds that strain infrastructure and bypass curatorial intent. Aggressive harvesting can degrade system performance\, skew usage metrics\, violate usage terms\, and strip cultural materials of context. All of these behaviors pose risks to both availability of core library online services and the ability to manage public distribution of digital resources. \nThis session will examine the impact of unregulated AI scraping on the LAM ecosystem and as a result\, on library services. The presenters discuss emerging mitigation strategies\, including; rate limiting\, bot detection\, modifying architecture and functionality\, machine-readable licensing\, and community-driven best practices to regulate AI scraping. \nArran Griffith is the Program Manager for Fedora\, an open-source digital repository platform dedicated to long-term digital preservation. In this role\, she leads community engagement\, aligns global user priorities\, and serves as a strategic liaison between Fedora Governance and its stakeholders. She also facilitates cross-community working groups that foster collaboration and maintain alignment across open-source technologies. In addition\, Arran is a founding stakeholder of the AI Discussions Working Group\, which organizes the monthly Solutions Showcase Series. \nRosalyn Metz is Chief Technology Officer at Emory University Libraries and Museum\, where she leads a team of 24 professionals and manages a $4.5 million technology budget. She advances open infrastructure\, digital preservation\, and user-centered discovery\, drawing on experience in both higher education and industry. Nationally and internationally\, Rosalyn has held leadership roles in global open-source communities\, including Fedora\, Samvera\, and the Oxford Common File Layout Editorial Group. She is a frequent speaker on AI\, technology\, open infrastructure and is the author of The Digital Shift\, a widely read Substack. Recently she was invited to give a Keynote at iPres 2025\, held in New Zealand. \nThis session will be recorded.
URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/canadian-repositories-community-of-practice-october-call-repositories-in-the-age-of-ai-the-attack-of-the-bots/
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CATEGORIES:Repositories
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SUMMARY:Canadian Repositories Community of Practice August Call – From Campus to Community Researchers: Evolving the Role of Institutional Repositories
DESCRIPTION:Date: Wednesday\, August 27\, 2025\nTime: 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET \nRegistration \nThis session kicks off a new Article Release Party! series\, hosted by the Canadian Repositories Community of Practice. To get the most out of the discussion\, attendees are encouraged to read Advancing the Dissemination and Preservation of Community-Based Research Products in Institutional Repositories ahead of time. To suggest a future article\, contact Steering Committee Chair Priscilla Carmini at pcarmini@uwaterloo.ca. \nInstitutional repositories have traditionally functioned as online platforms for scholarly work by university-affiliated researchers. However\, their potential to preserve and share a wider range of works created alongside community-based research partners remains underutilized. This session invites participants to reimagine institutional repositories as dynamic\, inclusive platforms that foster collaboration between academic institutions and the communities they engage with. Attendees will learn about findings from a recently published study exploring how community-based researchers perceive repositories and how these perceptions align with current services and opportunities for growth. The session will conclude with an opportunity for discussion where participants can share how their repositories are currently supporting community-based research\, voice concerns about broadening access and services\, and consider how initiatives like the Community Scholars Program might enable these shifts. \nPresenter: Robyn Hall\, Scholarly Communications Librarian\, MacEwan University \nRobyn Hall is Scholarly Communications Librarian at MacEwan University. She has presented extensively on ways that repositories can facilitate access to diverse research materials. \nThe presentation portion of this session will be recorded.
URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/canadian-repositories-community-of-practice-august-call-from-campus-to-community-researchers-evolving-the-role-of-institutional-repositories/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Repositories
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SUMMARY:Canadian Repositories Community of Practice July Call: Open Repositories 2025 Recap
DESCRIPTION:Date: July 9\, 2025\nTime: 1:00-2:00pm ET \nRegistration \nHaving Open Repositories FOMO (fear of missing out)? Join the Canadian Repositories Community of Practice for an OR Recap event! \nFor many years\, Open Repositories (OR) has served as a key point of knowledge sharing and collaboration for repository managers at institutions across the globe. Unfortunately\, due to decreasing budgets for professional development and the political situation in the US\, many Canadian repository managers are unable to attend this vitally important conference. \nLuckily\, four Canadian representatives\, which include Amber Saundry (UBC)\, Julia Gilmore (Scholars Portal)\, Laurence Charest (Université de Montréal)\, and Pascal Calarco (University of Windsor)\, will attend OR 2025! During this event\, our OR attendees will provide the community with an overview of what they learned at the conference\, so that we all can gain insights from OR 2025. \nYou can add your questions in advance in our shared event document. \nThis session will not be recorded.
URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/canadian-repositories-community-of-practice-july-call-open-repositories-2025-recap/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Repositories
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SUMMARY:CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice April Call – Being Trustworthy: CoreTrustSeal Certification and Repositories
DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, April 15\, 2025\nTime: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET \nRegistration \nSeveral national and international funders have mandated requirements for data management and preservation\, leaving researchers in search of a trustworthy place to deposit their data. What does digital preservation mean for a data repository? Can we provide this infrastructure for researchers? \nJoin the CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice to explore CoreTrustSeal\, a core level certification based on the Core Trustworthy Data Repositories Requirements for any data repository. In this session\, Corey Davis\, Digital Preservation Librarian\, and Shahira Khair\, Data Curation and Organizational Analysis Librarian\, will share how they successfully applied to have University of Victoria’s Dataverse CoreTrustSeal certified. Whether you plan to apply or not\, join us to learn more about digital preservation best practices in data repositories. \nThis session will be recorded. \nCorey Davis \nCorey Davis is the Digital Preservation Librarian at the University of Victoria\, with over 15 years of experience in academic libraries. He holds an MLIS from UBC and a BA in Greek and Roman Studies from UVic. He leads digital preservation policy and strategy development\, collaborates on technological infrastructure\, and advises faculty\, researchers\, and students. A founding member of the CARL Digital Preservation Working Group (DPWG)\, Corey focuses on collaborative efforts to safeguard digital collections for the future. \nShahira Khair \nShahira Khair (she/her) is a Librarian at the University of Victoria Libraries\, with responsibilities for research data management and organizational analysis. She leads library support for the curation and publication of research data in UVic Dataverse\, the Libraries’ CoreTrustSeal data repository\, and collaborates with organizations across Canada to advance digital initiatives in research and higher education. She currently leads a national community of practice dedicated to building capacity for library assessment and communicating impact with the Canadian Association of Research Libraries. She holds an MSc and MLIS from the University of Ottawa. \nAbout the Canadian Repositories Community of Practice \nThe Canadian Repositories Community of Practice unites professionals managing open repositories in Canadian libraries\, academic institutions\, and scholarly organizations. Its aim is to share best practices\, identify collaboration opportunities\, and network with colleagues nationwide. To join this community of practice and stay informed about the group’s upcoming events and ongoing activities\, subscribe to REPOS-L\, the repositories in libraries discussion list.
URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-canadian-repositories-community-of-practice-april-call-being-trustworthy-coretrustseal-certification-and-repositories/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Repositories
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SUMMARY:CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice February Call - Repository Horror Stories\, Episode I: My Repository Broke My Heart
DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, February 13\, 2025\nTime: 12:00pm – 1:00pm ET \nRegistration \nHas your repository broken your heart? Are you on the outs with your service provider? Did a bad online encounter turn into a cybersecurity nightmare? What’s the strangest redaction request you’ve received?  \nRepository managers often encounter unique workplace situations that are not well understood by other library colleagues. This is a very informal session that invites participants to share their tales of heartbreak and woe from repository work and (where possible) share how these issues were resolved. Find kindred spirits or help spare others from going through the same pain you’ve experienced. \nPlease sign up ahead of time if you have a story to share! \nThis event will not be recorded.
URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-canadian-repositories-community-of-practice-february-call-repository-horror-stories-episode-i-my-repository-broke-my-heart/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Repositories
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SUMMARY:CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice November Call - Going to the Source: Contributing to a Healthy Open Infrastructure via Free and Open Source Software Projects
DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, November 26\, 2024\nTime: 1:00pm – 2:30pm ET \nRegistration \nYou’ve probably heard of open access by now\, but not everything that is openly available is also shared on open infrastructure. Using free and open source software platforms like DSpace\, Islandora\, and OJS is essential for sustainable and equitable scholarly communication infrastructure\, and is a recurring theme in advocacy and policy (See COAR\, Council of the European Union\, UNESCO). \nBut who builds these platforms? And how can we ensure support for this work? One way to sustain these systems is by getting more involved: contributing code\, for sure\, but also through translation\, documentation\, UX testing\, and providing feedback. Of course\, there are challenges here too – local resources are spread thin\, and often we don’t even have admin access to our own computers!  \nThis event will feature presentations from folks who have contributed in varying ways to projects and platforms we all use regularly\, including: \n\nPierre Lasou (Université Laval) – DSpace (translation and documentation)\nErica M. Johns (Cornell) and Colin B. Lukens (Harvard) – UX Testing in DCAT (DSpace)\nMark Jordan (SFU) – PKP\, Islandora\nKimberly Chapman (University of Arizona) – DCAT Chair (DSpace)\n\nWe’ll then have time for questions and discussion. Hopefully those of you who are curious about contributing will feel empowered to do so\, and everyone will leave with greater awareness of the importance of open infrastructure and the ability to advocate for choices that are in line with our goals and values!  \nQuestions? Comments? Please add them to this document for discussion during the event. \nThis event will be recorded.
URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-canadian-repositories-community-of-practice-november-call-going-to-the-source-contributing-to-a-healthy-open-infrastructure-via-free-and-open-source-software-projects/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Repositories
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SUMMARY:CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice September Call – Ask-me-Anything with Mike Nason!
DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, September 24\, 2024\nTime: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET \nRegistration \nJoin the CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice on September 24\, 2024\, from 12-1pm ET for an engaging Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) session with Mike Nason\, Open Scholarship & Publishing Librarian at University of New Brunswick (UNB) and Crossref/Metadata Specialist with the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). This interactive event offers you the chance to ask Mike anything related to repositories\, persistent identifiers\, open scholarly infrastructure\, metadata\, and more. Whether you have big-picture questions or seek advice on specific implementation details\, all questions are welcome! \nIf you’d like to submit questions ahead of time\, please feel free to add them to the ongoing question list. \nThis event will be recorded.
URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-canadian-repositories-community-of-practice-september-call-ask-me-anything-with-mike-nason/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Repositories
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240814T120000
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SUMMARY:CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice Summer Article Club
DESCRIPTION:Dates: Wednesdays June 12\, July 10\, August 14\, 2024 \nTime: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET \nRegister  \nThe CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice invites you to join our Summer Article Club\, a series of engaging discussions centered on institutional repositories. \nThree sessions will be offered throughout the summer\, each featuring a different article or report chosen by our working group. Participants are encouraged to read the selected material before each meeting to facilitate lively discussions. This is an excellent opportunity to stay current with developments in digital repositories\, pose questions\, and network with colleagues in the field. \nA single registration form is available for all three sessions. You are welcome to attend any or all of the sessions at your convenience. We look forward to your participation! \nSession 1 – Wednesday 12 June\nArticle: Formanek\, M. (2023). DSpace 7 Benefits: Is It Worth Upgrading?. Information Technology and Libraries\, 42(3). https://doi.org/10.5860/ital.v42i3.16209\nFacilitators: Pascal Calarco (Windsor) and Tim Ribaric (Brock) \nSession 2 – Wednesday 10 July\nArticle: COAR Task Force on Supporting Multilingualism and non-English Content in Repositories. October 2023. Good Practice Advice for Managing Multilingual and non-English Language Content in Repositories\, Version 2. Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10053918\nFacilitators: Priscilla Carmini (Waterloo) and Emily Hopkins (Saskatchewan) \nSession 3 – Wednesday 14 August\nArticle: Doro\, N. (2021). “The IR is a nice thing but…”: Attitudes and perceptions of the institutional repository. Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship\, 7\, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v7.32145\nFacilitators: Robyn Hall (MacEwan) and Nailisa Turner (McGill)
URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-canadian-repositories-community-of-practice-summer-article-club-3/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Repositories
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SUMMARY:CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice Summer Article Club
DESCRIPTION:Dates: Wednesdays June 12\, July 10\, August 14\, 2024 \nTime: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET \nRegister  \nThe CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice invites you to join our Summer Article Club\, a series of engaging discussions centered on institutional repositories. \nThree sessions will be offered throughout the summer\, each featuring a different article or report chosen by our working group. Participants are encouraged to read the selected material before each meeting to facilitate lively discussions. This is an excellent opportunity to stay current with developments in digital repositories\, pose questions\, and network with colleagues in the field. \nA single registration form is available for all three sessions. You are welcome to attend any or all of the sessions at your convenience. We look forward to your participation! \nSession 1 – Wednesday 12 June\nArticle: Formanek\, M. (2023). DSpace 7 Benefits: Is It Worth Upgrading?. Information Technology and Libraries\, 42(3). https://doi.org/10.5860/ital.v42i3.16209\nFacilitators: Pascal Calarco (Windsor) and Tim Ribaric (Brock) \nSession 2 – Wednesday 10 July\nArticle: COAR Task Force on Supporting Multilingualism and non-English Content in Repositories. October 2023. Good Practice Advice for Managing Multilingual and non-English Language Content in Repositories\, Version 2. Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10053918\nFacilitators: Priscilla Carmini (Waterloo) and Emily Hopkins (Saskatchewan) \nSession 3 – Wednesday 14 August\nArticle: Doro\, N. (2021). “The IR is a nice thing but…”: Attitudes and perceptions of the institutional repository. Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship\, 7\, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v7.32145\nFacilitators: Robyn Hall (MacEwan) and Nailisa Turner (McGill)
URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-canadian-repositories-community-of-practice-summer-article-club-2/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Repositories
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SUMMARY:CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice Summer Article Club
DESCRIPTION:Dates: Wednesdays June 12\, July 10\, August 14\, 2024 \nTime: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET \nRegister  \nThe CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice invites you to join our Summer Article Club\, a series of engaging discussions centered on institutional repositories. \nThree sessions will be offered throughout the summer\, each featuring a different article or report chosen by our working group. Participants are encouraged to read the selected material before each meeting to facilitate lively discussions. This is an excellent opportunity to stay current with developments in digital repositories\, pose questions\, and network with colleagues in the field. \nA single registration form is available for all three sessions. You are welcome to attend any or all of the sessions at your convenience. We look forward to your participation! \nSession 1 – Wednesday 12 June\nArticle: Formanek\, M. (2023). DSpace 7 Benefits: Is It Worth Upgrading?. Information Technology and Libraries\, 42(3). https://doi.org/10.5860/ital.v42i3.16209\nFacilitators: Pascal Calarco (Windsor) and Tim Ribaric (Brock) \nSession 2 – Wednesday 10 July\nArticle: COAR Task Force on Supporting Multilingualism and non-English Content in Repositories. October 2023. Good Practice Advice for Managing Multilingual and non-English Language Content in Repositories\, Version 2. Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10053918\nFacilitators: Priscilla Carmini (Waterloo) and Emily Hopkins (Saskatchewan) \nSession 3 – Wednesday 14 August\nArticle: Doro\, N. (2021). “The IR is a nice thing but…”: Attitudes and perceptions of the institutional repository. Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship\, 7\, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v7.32145\nFacilitators: Robyn Hall (MacEwan) and Nailisa Turner (McGill)
URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-canadian-repositories-community-of-practice-summer-article-club/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Repositories
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SUMMARY:CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice May Call – A Practical Guide to Open Infrastructure for Institutional Repository Managers
DESCRIPTION:Date: May 1st\, 2024 \nTime: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm (Eastern) \nEvent Registration \nDescription: \nThe goal of the panel is to help bridge the gap between the broader world of open infrastructure\, standards\, and movements (e.g.\, OpenAIRE\, CORE\, COAR\, and more)\, and the day-to-day work of a repository manager. Gabriela Mircea (CARL Visiting Program Officer–Metadata Strategies & Scholaris) will help frame the panel discussion and start with a CARL-centric overview for the Canadian repository context. Panelists will help provide a practical approach to questions such as: if one day I realize I have a spare hour to work towards bringing my repository better in line with these standards and movements\, what is a first step I can take? What about if I have a whole week? Or perhaps the opportunity to pursue a bigger project? This panel aims to start to lay out a pathway from wherever your repository is today to participation in broader open infrastructure and the future of scholarly communication. \nPanelists: \nKathleen Shearer – Executive Director\, Confederation of Open Access Repositories\nPaul Walk – Owner and Director of Antleaf\nGabriela Mircea – Visiting Program Officer – OpenAIRE at CARL\nKyle Demes – Vice President\, Research Intelligence at OurResearch (OpenAlex)
URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-canadian-repositories-community-of-practice-may-call-a-practical-guide-to-open-infrastructure-for-institutional-repository-managers/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Repositories
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SUMMARY:CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice February Call –  Metadata Misery
DESCRIPTION:Date: February 7th\, 2024 \nTime: 12:00 – 1:30 pm EST \nEvent Registration \nWhether you love it or hate it\, dealing with metadata is part of working with repositories. Given so many competing demands and limited resources\, some degree of metadata misery is inevitable! In a digital landscape that is constantly transforming\, it can often feel challenging to stay up to date with current metadata standards and keep local demands in sync with harvesting and interoperability requirements. \nIn this practice-based meeting\, we invite repository managers and support staff to share metadata issues they have faced or discuss current issues that they would like to brainstorm together as a community. Presentations can be very informal – problems\, solutions\, calls for help and commiseration are all welcome! \nWe ask that participants interested in providing an informal presentation during this event also add their name and presentation topic in the shared event document linked below. All participants are also invited to share questions in the document which can be answered by the community during the event. \nSign-up for presenters and to add questions \nPlease note that you are not required to present in order to participate in this event. All are welcome! \nAbout the Steering Committee:\nThe CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice Steering Committee\, established in April 2023\, seeks to bring librarians supporting institutional repositories together so we can support each other\, share resources\, and build community. Members Include: \n\nPascal Calarco\, University of Windsor (co-chair)\nEmily Hopkins\, University of Saskatchewan (co-chair)\nPriscilla Carmini\, University of Waterloo\nRobyn Hall\, MacEwan University\nTim Ribaric\, Brock University\nNailisa Tanner\, McGill University
URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-canadian-repositories-community-of-practice-february-call-metadata-misery/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Repositories
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SUMMARY:CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice November Call – Going Beyond Articles: What Else Belongs in Institutional Repositories?
DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, November 21\, 2023  \nTime: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET \nEvent Registration \nThis year’s Open Access Week theme\, “Community Over Commercialization\,” asked us to consider how open scholarship can serve the needs and the interests of the academic community and the public. Institutional repositories have an important role to play in this. As community-owned infrastructure\, repositories are capable of sharing and preserving a diverse range of research outputs that are often absent from conventional academic publications but that can contribute to current and future scholarship in meaningful and enduring ways. During this session\, panelists from across Canada will discuss their perspectives and experiences with institutional repositories used to host a range of scholarly outputs\, including grey literature\, community-based research products\, creative works\, open education resources\, and more. Participants will be asked to consider the scope of content housed in their own institutions’ repositories and the challenges and opportunities that this presents. \nPanelists:  \n\nRoger Gillis\, Dalhousie University\nRobyn Hall\, MacEwan University\nChristie Hurrell\, University of Calgary\nAleha McCauley\, University of British Columbia\nCarolyn Sullivan\, University of Ottawa\n\nAbout the Steering Committee:\nThe CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice Steering Committee\, established in April 2023\, seeks to bring librarians supporting institutional repositories together so we can support each other\, share resources\, and build community. Members Include: \n\nPascal Calarco\, University of Windsor (co-chair)\nEmily Hopkins\, University of Saskatchewan (co-chair)\nPriscilla Carmini\, York University\nRobyn Hall\, MacEwan University\nTim Ribaric\, Brock University\nNailisa Tanner\, Memorial University of Newfoundland
URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-canadian-repositories-community-of-practice-november-call-going-beyond-articles-what-else-belongs-in-institutional-repositories/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Repositories
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SUMMARY:Canadian Repositories Community of Practice Event – DSpace 7: How's it going?
DESCRIPTION:Date: September 27\nTime: 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET \nThe race to migrate to DSpace 7 has been keenly felt by many academic institutions with institutional repositories across Canada. DSpace 7 presents a steep learning curve for institutional repository managers and developers\, due to extensive changes to the User Interface and new backend features. \nFor this event\, we invite institutional repository managers and developers to discuss the opportunities and challenges faced when migrating to DSpace 7 through five-minute presentations. What’s going well? What’s really not working? What have you had to change? Presentations can be very informal – problems\, solutions\, calls for help and commiseration are all welcome! \nEvent Registration \nAdditionally\, we ask that all participants interested in providing an informal presentation during this event also add their name and presentation topic in the shared event document linked below. Regardless of where you are in your DSpace 7 migration\, we invite you to share feedback\, provide advice\, and learn from others facing similar DSpace challenges. We welcome presentations in English or French. \nSign-up for Presenters \nPlease note that you are not required to present in order to participate in this event. All are welcome! \nAbout the Steering Committee\nThe CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice Steering Committee\, established in April 2023\, seeks to bring librarians supporting institutional repositories together so we can support each other\, share resources\, and build community. Members Include: \n\nPascal Calarco\, University of Windsor (co-chair)\nEmily Hopkins\, University of Saskatchewan (co-chair)\nPriscilla Carmini\, York University\nRobyn Hall\, MacEwan University\nTim Ribaric\, Brock University\nNailisa Tanner\, Memorial University of Newfoundland
URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/canadian-repositories-community-of-practice-event-dspace-7-hows-it-going/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Repositories
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SUMMARY:CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice June Call – Community Conversations: Shared Infrastructure for Repositories
DESCRIPTION:Date: June 29\, 2023\n \nTime: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET  \nRegistration \nInvited speaker: Geoff Harder\, Associate University Librarian (University of Alberta) and CARL Project Director for National Shared Repository Infrastructure  \nInstitutional repositories have become increasingly vital to the digital scholarship landscape at Canadian post-secondary institutions. Over the last twenty years\, we’ve gained a lot of experience and knowledge\, but also face challenges working in isolation at our institutions. Geoff Harder\, Associate University Librarian at the University of Alberta\, was appointed as the Project Director to begin initial planning and development of a National Shared Repository Infrastructure in September 2022. Join us for the inaugural Canadian Repositories Community of Practice event\, where Geoff will discuss his work with us. We’ll hear from Geoff and then the rest of the steering committee will lead further discussion with topics for the community and opportunities to share experiences and ask questions.  \nAbout the Steering Committee:  \nThe CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice Steering Committee\, established in April 2023\, seeks to bring librarians supporting institutional repositories together so we can support each other\, share resources\, and build community.  \nMembers Include:  \n\nPascal Calarco\, University of Windsor (co-chair) \nEmily Hopkins\, University of Saskatchewan (co-chair) \nPriscilla Carmini\, York University \nRobyn Hall\, MacEwan University \nTim Ribaric\, Brock University \nNailisa Tanner\, Memorial University of Newfoundland 
URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-canadian-repositories-community-of-practice-june-call-community-conversations-shared-infrastructure-for-repositories-2/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Repositories
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