[ok-scotland] Fw: Repository Fringe – 4 weeks to go! & request for panelists

RICE Robin R.Rice at ed.ac.uk
Mon Jul 11 15:20:51 UTC 2016


Dear all,


I hope you are planning to come to the Repofringe event in less than a month's time! See below for more information, including registration.


Also - if you are planning to come, AND you have experience sourcing or using research data for teaching, can you please get in touch with me directly? I am seeking panelists for a session.


Thanks,

Robin Rice

R.Rice at ed.ac.uk

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 **Apologies for cross posting**



With just under 4 weeks to go until Repository Fringe takes place in Edinburgh on 1st & 2nd August 2016, registrations are filling up fast and we have a packed programme which will hopefully pique your interest and send you flocking to join the Scottish capital at its most vibrant time of year!



Find out more about some of our programme items below – the full programme<http://rfringe16.blogs.edina.ac.uk/programme/> is available online.



Registration closes on 22nd July – register now!<http://www.epay.ed.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=80&catid=96&prodid=2224>



Programme Hot Pick - Wikidata & Wikisource Showcase



Our Tuesday programme features a mammoth Wikidata & Wikisource Showcase hosted by Histropedia’s Navino Evans and the University of Edinburgh’s own Wikimedian in Residence, Ewan McAndrew.

More information about the Showcase<http://rfringe16.blogs.edina.ac.uk/wikidata-wikisource-showcase/> and what the sessions will cover which is available online now and is summarised here in brief:



Wikisource showcase - “It’s not what you do, it’s what it does to you”

As well as providing lots of examples, this introductory session looks at why Wikisource is receiving increased attention and affection and how it adds value to the collections of libraries and archives. It will also talk about the role Wikisource plays in raising the visibility, accessibility and appreciation of out-of-copyright texts and their authors, and how Wikisource links to its sister projects, Wikipedia, Wikicommons and Wikidata.



Wikidata showcase – The possibilities are endless

During the second session, attendees will get hands-on, learning the nuts and bolts of how to use and edit Wikidata. It will also cover methods for accessing data and showcase some of the most exciting applications and visualisations that have already been built on Wikidata.



Wikidate Advanced Tools workshop

The last slot of the day is a more technical workshop aimed at people who are interested in learning more about advanced methods for accessing Wikidata in an automated way.

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Use EPrints?

Les Carr will be doing a bumper user group session which also looks at brainstorming ‘flavours’ for bespoke repositories, followed up by a second session looking ahead to the future of EPrints in Version 4.0 and the new ideas from the COAR Future Repositories. More information to come shortly…

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Submit a Poster

We are still looking for poster submissions from people who have something to tell the world about. Posters can relate either to one of this year’s conference themes<http://rfringe16.blogs.edina.ac.uk/sample-page/> or to repository management in general.

If you would like to submit a poster, please email your proposed title and an abstract of up to 200 words to explain the aim of your poster to repofringe at gmail.com. <mailto:repofringe at gmail.com> The submission deadline is 15th July 2016.


Kind regards,

On behalf of Repofringe organisers -



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Robin Rice
Data Librarian
EDINA and Data Library
University of Edinburgh

R.Rice at ed.ac.uk
@sparrowbarley (twitter)
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www.coursera.org/learn/data-management
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The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.




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