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Fedora is funded entirely through the contributions of DuraSpace members that allocate their annual funding to Fedora. We will be kicking off our 2018 membership campaign in the Spring but it's never to early to join or upgrade your membership! If your institution is not yet a member of DuraSpace in support of Fedora, please join us today!
Fedora Camp at NASA
You are invited to join experienced trainers at Fedora Camp to be held May 16-18 at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. Fedora Camp offers everyone a chance to dive in and learn all about the latest version of Fedora. Training will begin with the basics and build toward more advanced concepts–no prior Fedora experience is required. Participants can expect to come away with a deep dive Fedora learning experience coupled with multiple opportunities for applying hands-on techniques working with experienced trainers.
Previous Fedora Camps include the inaugural camp held at Duke University, the West Coast camp at CalTech, NYC camp held at Columbia University, and the most recent, Texas camp co-hosted by by Texas Digital Library and the University of Texas Libraries. The camp curriculum will provide a comprehensive overview of Fedora by exploring such topics as:
- Core & Integrated features
- Data modeling and linked data
- Samvera and Islandora
- Migrating to Fedora 4
- Deploying Fedora 4 in production
- Preservation Services
Register today and take advantage of an early bird discount available until March 16. Attendance is limited to the first 30 registrants.
Getting Started with Fedora Webinar
Join us on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. ET (US) for a 1-hour Fedora webinar that will provide an overview of the software and basic concepts, examples of deployments, and an overview and demonstration of the core and extended features. We'll also discuss the Fedora community, ways to get involved, and how Fedora can help your organization access and preserve your digital content.
Space are limited so register today! A recording will be made available following the live webinar.
Software development
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Community-driven Activity
4.7.5 Release Candidate
A second Fedora 4.7.5 release candidate is now available for testing. The full release is planned for February 12.
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Research Data Alliance 11th Plenary Meeting
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The 11th RDA Plenary Meeting will take place from the 21st to the 23rd March 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Under the theme "From Data to Knowledge", the Plenary meeting welcomes the participation of all data scientists, experts and practitioners engaged in the advancement of data-driven science and economy. Fedora-related initiatives include the work being done by the Research Data Repository Interoperability working group to leverage the import/export utility for research data packaging and transmission between repository platforms, and the Repository Platforms for Research Data interest group.