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[padg] ALA/LITS Preconference: Datagrid Technologies and Libraries
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ALA/LITA Preconference---Anaheim, CA
Datagrid Technologies and Libraries
Friday, June 27, 2008, 9:00 am- 5:00 pm
This pre-conference will be a panel presentation featuring librarians and storage administrators from the UC San Diego Libraries, the San Diego Supercomputer Center, and the Texas Advanced Computer Center that will cover various aspects of datagrid technologies for use in libraries.
The group will cover the overall benefits of utilizing datagrid technologies with institutional repositories, digital libraries, and digital preservation systems within libraries and will look specifically at case studies of the UCSD Libraries and the SDSC based Chronopolis digital preservation data-grid.
Most of the tools for these systems are open source and can become an important collaborative network for use with academic bandwidth such as the Internet2 and the National Lambda Rail networks for sharing large collections of born-digital material and escaping proprietary hardware lock-in on large-scale or mass digitization initiatives.
Speakers:
Ardys Kozbial, UCSD Libraries
Declan Fleming, UCSD Libraries
David Minor, SDSC
Robert McDonald, SDSC
Chris Jordan, Grid Infrastructure Group, Texas Advanced Computing Center
The preconference will be held in Frontier Room of the Disneyland Hotel.
Register at the ALA Annual Conference website. http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/2008a/registration.cfm
The preconference is included in the list of "other events requiring registration." The time for preference is incorrect on the ALA registration website. The preconference begins at 9 a.m., not 1 p.m. as reported on the ALA registration website.
Additional information can be found on Robert McDonald's Educause website:
http://connect.educause.edu/blog/rmcdonal/alalitapreconferenceondat/46769