Because good research needs good data

Repository Fringe 2017

03-04 August 2017 |

Repository Fringe is a gathering for repository managers and others interested in research data repositories and publication repositories. It is organised by the Digital Curation Centre, EDINA, and Edinburgh University Library at the University of Edinburgh. The conference attracts attendees from all over the UK - this year we anticipate an audience of about 150.

2017 marks the 10th Repo Fringe where we will be celebrating progress we have made over the last 10 years in sharing content beyond borders, and debating future trends and challenges.

Programme

Thursday 3rd – Pentland Suite

0900-0930	Registration and Coffee
0930-0945	Welcome – Janet Roberts, Director of Edina
0945-1045	Opening Keynote – Kathleen Shearer, Executive Director COAR Raising our game – repositioning repositories as the foundation for sustainable scholarly communication
1045-1100	Coffee Break
1100-1140	Chris Banks, Director of Library Services, Imperial College Focusing upstream: supporting scholarly communication by academics
1140-1230	10×10 presentations
1230-1330	Lunch
1330-1500	Impact and the REF panel session, chaired by Scottish Funding Council
1500-1515	Coffee break
1515-1700	10×10 presentations
1710-1930	Drinks Reception, Salisbury Arms – supported by Figshare

Thursday 3rd

Salisbury Room

Holyrood Room

Duddingston Room

1330-1500

Birds of feather roundtable discussion

1330-1500

Birds of feather roundtable discussion

1330-1500

PURE User Group (TBC)

1515-1700

Birds of feather roundtable discussion

1515-1700

Birds of feather roundtable discussion

1515-1700

Birds of feather roundtable discussion

Friday 4th – Pentland Suite

0915-0930	Registration and Coffee
0930-1000	TBC
1000-1030	Andrea Wallace, PhD Candidate in Cultural Heritage Law with CREATe, University of Glasgow OpenGLAM and Open Access: How open is open?
1030-1045	Coffee Break
1045-1135	Keynote – Paul Ayris, Pro-Vice-Provost, UCL The Empires of the Future are the Empires of the Mind’ [Winston Churchill]: Defining the Role of Libraries in the Open Science Landscape
1135-1215	Heather Joseph, Executive Director, SPARC The Politics of Open
1215-1300	Lunch
1300-1430	Wikidata Hackathon, Ewan McAndrew, University of Edinburgh & Pauline Ward, EDINA & Navino Evans, Histropedia
1430-1515	Wikimedia, Ewan McAndrew, University of Edinburgh & Navino Evans, Histropedia
1515-1530	Coffee break
1530-1600	Closing keynote – Kevin Ashley

Friday 4th

Salisbury Room	Holyrood Room	Duddingston Room
0930-1030 Sparql workshop, Ewan McAndrew and Navino Evans
1300-1430 outputs of the CASRAI year 1 programme, Valerie McCutcheon, University of Glasgow	1300-1430 OJS & support for OA publishing breakout session	1300-1430 Fedora User Group
1430-1530 Eprints User Group	1430-1530 DSpace User Group

Wikidata Hackathon

Using Wikidata to achieve impact from research data by linking it and increasing its visibility to the public. Facilitated by Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh, and Pauline Ward of the Research Data Service at the University of Edinburgh.

Stay tuned for more programme announcements in the coming weeks.

Support Repository Fringe 2017

Below are suggested ways in which you can support Repository Fringe 2017, though we would welcome any contribution of support, however small. Please contact info@dcc.ac.uk to discuss other ways to support the event.

These options represent the main opportunities for support but there are many other ways in which you can support the conference e.g. support of specific sessions, provision of a demo or awards for best 10 x 10 etc.

Support Package	Requested Contribution	Number Available
Poster Session	£200	1
Conference Refreshment Break	£300 or £400	1 and 4
Conference Lunch	£1,500	2
The Pentland Suite Conference Rooms	£1,000	4
Early career researchers/travel support	£250	10

Costs and Registration

Registration for Repository Fringe 2017 is now open!

Fees

Category	Fee (£)
Delegate (Including paper and poster presenters)	40

Given our move to a venue more appropriate for the scope of what the event wishes to achieve, and in order to help towards managing the resulting costs, the delegate fee this year is £40. With a bigger, more flexible venue, we can offer you a wider and more diverse programme to make your trip to Edinburgh even more worthwhile!

How to register for the conference

To book a place at the conference you will have to use the ePay system. You will first have to register for an ePay account, then complete registration for the conference. Those who have attended DCC events before may already have an account on the ePay system, please double-check.

Please note that the booking system allows 5 delegates to register in one transaction by using the ‘add delegate’ button after adding an item to your basket, but before the checkout process.

Please take care to click through all the ‘Delivery & Payment’ and ‘Review & complete’ screens until you see the confirmation that your order is complete. If you leave the ePay page before completing your registration you might need to start over.

If you have any queries relating to the registration process please email alexandra.delipalta@ed.ac.uk or call (+44) (0)131 650 8391.