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If you are interested in Performance and Scalability, please join the discussion on the fedora-community mailing list [14] and attend the next meeting [15] on XXmeeting on December 19.

Conferences and events

In an attempt to simplify the task of keeping up with Fedora-related meetings and events, a Fedora calendar is available to the community as HTML [1615] and iCal [1716].

Upcoming Events

CNI

The 2016 CNI Fall Membership Meeting [1817] will take place December 12-13 in Washington, DC. Representatives from CNI member organizations gather twice annually to explore new technologies, content, and applications; to further collaboration; to analyze technology policy issues; and to catalyze the development and deployment of new projects. The meeting will feature several presentations from Fedora community members, including panel discussions on digital preservation and integration with OSF [1918].

South Central States Fedora Users Group Meeting

The South Central States Fedora Users Group will meet January 11-12 in Houston, TX [2019]. The meeting will include presentations on current implementations, discussion for users considering Fedora, workshops led by Fedora experts and developers, and conversations intended to foster collaboration among users and in support of the Fedora project. Space is limited so please register in advance [2120] for the meeting.

IDCC

The 12th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC) [2221] will be held in Edinburgh from February 20-23, 2017 bringing together digital curation professionals and educators with data producers and consumers to consider digital curation in a multi-disciplinary context. David Wilcox, Fedora product manager for DuraSpace, will offer a full-day Fedora workshop, “Curating Digital Content with Fedora,” on Thursday, February 23. The main conference runs from February 21-22. Workshop registration details may be found on the conference website [2322]. There is a  £90 charge for the workshop paid to conference organizers.

Previous Events

DLF

The 2016 DLF Forum [2423] was held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 7-9, 2016. Digital Preservation 2016 [2524] was be held in conjunction with the Forum, from November 9-10. An Introduction to Fedora 4 workshop [2625] was offered on November 8, along with a project update [2726] on November 7.

LITA Forum

The 2016 LITA Forum [2827] took place November 17-20 in Fort Worth, Texas. It is the conference where technology meets the practicality of daily information operations in archives, libraries, and other information services. David Wilcox, Fedora Product Manager, presented an update on the Fedora project [2928].

Fedora Camp

Fedora Camp NYC [3029] was held at Columbia University November 28-30. The camp was attended by 22 participants from institutions across North America and abroad. We would like to thank Columbia University for hosting the event, and our team of instructors for volunteering their time and expertise:

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Presentations and other course materials are available on the wiki [3029].

References

[1]  https://jira.duraspace.org/issues/?filter=13122
[2]  http://www.duraspace.org/become_a_member
[3]  https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Fedora+4.7.0+Release+Notes
[4]  https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FEDORA4x/RESTful+HTTP+API+-+Backup+and+Restore
[5]  https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Fedora+4.6.1+Release+Notes
[6]  https://issues.jboss.org/browse/MODE-2611
[7]  https://issues.jboss.org/browse/MODE-2587
[8]  https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FEDORAAPI/Fedora+Specification
[9]  http://fedora.info/spec/
[10] https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Design+-+Import+-+Export
[11] https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Design+-+Import+-+Export#Design-Import-Export-Requirements
[12] https://gitlab.amherst.edu/acdc/repository-extension-services
[13] https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Performance+and+Scalability+Test+Plans
[14] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/fedora-community
[15] 
[16] https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=fedora-commons.org_8mrecvr3g6s2sm2fduetfor69s%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York
[1716] https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/fedora-commons.org_8mrecvr3g6s2sm2fduetfor69s%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
[1817] https://www.cni.org/events/membership-meetings/upcoming-meeting/fall-2016
[1918] https://osf.io/
[2019] https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/Events/South+Central+States+Fedora+Users+Group+Meeting%3A+11-12+January+2017
[2120] https://goo.gl/forms/7zHMCUZMWO3iJQyw2
[2221] http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc17
[2322] http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc17/workshops
[2423] https://www.diglib.org/forums/2016forum/
[2524] http://ndsa.diglib.org/meetings/
[2625] https://www.conftool.pro/dlf2016/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=36&presentations=show
[2726] https://www.conftool.pro/dlf2016/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=21&presentations=show
[2827] http://forum.lita.org/
[2928] http://forum.lita.org/sessions/fedora-4-project-update/
[3029] https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/Events/Fedora+Camp+NYC+-+28-30+November+2016