The pre-conference sessions of Open Repositories 2014 will be held at the University of Helsinki main campus area (see Location), right at the center of the city, on Monday, June 9. In addition to the Developer Challenge, the program will include as many as 19 workshops, tutorials or meetings on a large variety of topics.

The full OR2014 pre-conference program

Since many of these sessions will have a limited number of places available, registration is required. The registration forms for the morning, afternoon and evening sessions are now available. (Please note that you need to be registered for the conference as well to sign up for the workshops!)

Morning sessions (9:00 am – 12:30 pm)

The sessions starting in the morning include two full-day workshops that continue until 5:00 pm:

• WK1A: GIS in Digital Repositories
• WK1B: DataONE Member Node Implementation Workshop

In addition, there are five other sessions, including the committers meetings for two of the major repository platforms:

• WK1C: Altmetrics in practice: How are institutional repositories using altmetrics today? (FULLY BOOKED)
• WK1D: DSpace Committers Meeting (Please note: you can also sign up at the DSpace wiki!)
• WK1E: Fedora Committers Meeting
• WK1F: Getting Started with Islandora
• WK1G: Introduction to Hydra for Developers

Registration form:
https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/51809/lomake.html

Afternoon sessions (1:30 – 5:00 pm)

Please note that the two full-day workshops starting in the morning will continue until 5:00 pm.

• WK2C: Between publication culture and funder mandates – What is the future for disciplinary repositories?
• WK2D: Advanced Islandora Workshop
• WK2E: DevOps for Digital Libraries (FULLY BOOKED!)
• WK2F: Implementing RDF metadata in Hydra
• WK2G: Practical Data Curation and Management for Institutional Repositories (FULLY BOOKED!)

Registration form:
https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/51807/lomake.html

Evening sessions (5:30 pm – 7:00 pm)

• WK3A: Dealing with Funder Mandates: Practical Support for Repository Practitioners
• WK3B: Hydra for Managers
• WK3C: Open Access Button Workshop
• WK3D: OpenAIRE compatibility for DSpace repositories
• WK3E: How to take advantage of ORCID in institutional repositories (FULLY BOOKED!)
• WK3F: Research Data Management in the Cloud
• WK3G: Visual Arts Data Skills for Researchers (VADSAR)

Registration form:
https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/51773/lomake.html