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News / announcements / events, etc.

• DSpace Futures - meeting notes and initiative sign up  for 1) REST API and 2) DSpace and Hydra calls
• Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL 2013) inIndianapolis on Apr 10-13th
  
  • DSpace booth on the exhibition (Duraspace & @mire)
  • DSpace in the program: Using Data Visualization web widgets to Improve the Institutional Repository User Experience - Andrew Weiss 
• European Library Automation Group - Inside Out Library (ELAG) in Ghent, Belgium, May 29-31st
  
  • Manakin XMLUI Customization Bootcamp (6 hours - aimed at aspiring developers): May 28th
• CERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI 8) inGeneva, Switzerland
  
  • Free DSpace User Group: June 18th
  • Main conference: June 19-21st 
  • ORCID has confirmed for one of the two invited speaker slots in the morning
• Open Repositories 2013 (OR13) on Prince Edward Island, Canada on July 8-12
  
  • 19 DSUG proposals
  • likely a committer / DCAT mtg on Mon July 8
  • make plans early - flights very limited, registration now open

• Open Repositories 2013 - July 8-12, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
  
  • DSpace User Group Chairperson - Hilde Colenbrander, University of British Columbia
  • Proposals for general conference and DSpace user group mtg are due Feb 22
  • Make plans early - flights very limited, registration now open

• European DSpace User Group Mtg - June 18th at the OAI8 conference, Geneva - @mire and DuraSpace

• ACRL - April 10-13, Indianapolis - @mire and DuraSpace will have a booth
• DSpace 3.1 released - bug fix release
• DSpace Futures call summary 

• Other?

Val

Metadata improvements project:

• Review summary for committers revisions to Proposal to Update QDC Registry and Add DCTERMS Registry
• Next steps:
  
  • meeting with Committers and community - March 20 at 20:00 UTC/4pm Eastern
  • meeting with broader community some time after March 20

Metadata Sub-Team: Sarah P., Amy, Maureen

Proposed tweaks on how DCAT works together

• establish discret DCAT/cmtr mtgs - maybe 4x a year
• how DCAT can maximize new JIRA workflow will help identify places we can help: https://jira.duraspace.org/browse/DS#selectedTab=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.project%3Aissues-panel
  
  • "Needs More Detail" - 21
  • "Volunteer Needed" - 122

Val/Tim