The DL.org Workshop on Digital Libraries & Open Access. Interoperability Strategies in Lodnon on 4 February 2011 brought together professionals and decision makers from the digital library and repository space to explore the value-add of open access and interoperability to broaden choice and open up new opportunities. The workshop placed strong emphasis on the DL.org Reference Model, Cookbook and the surveys conducted by the Policy and Quality Working Groups bringing valuable feedback from key stakeholders. The Virtual Goody Bag contains talks, agenda, position statements, participant list and the main DL.org outputs.
The Workshop on Theory and Practice in Digital Libraries: A European Approach facilitated a clear understanding of Digital Library Modelling, current DL challenges, and solutions proposed by European initiaitves, such as Europeana’s approach to metadata. Talks illustrated how top-level challenges like interoperability are being addressed by DL.org through its Reference Model and Technology & Methodology Cookbook. The Demo Session delivered insights into real-world challenges for researchers to draw on and offer practitioners an opportunity to understand how to adopt proposed modelling solutions. Discussions and networking opportunities ensured knowledge exchange with other members of the Greek DL community with the ultimate goal of bridging the divide between theory and practice. The Virtual Goody Bag contains the talks, demos, agenda, Reference Model, Cookbook, participant position statements and recent interviews by DL.org.
The DL.org Autumn School, 3-8 October 2010 brought together a group of enthusiastic students (pictured with lecturers) to gain insights into digital libraries and digital repositories along the perspectives of content, functionality, users, policy, quality and architecture, the six core domains captured in the DL.org DL Reference Model, which is being taken forward from DELOS. The DL.org Autumn School Virtual Reading List contains selected pre-reading recommendations, including DL.org outputs, such as the Reference Model, the state-of-the-art survey coupled with key external contributions in the field. The List also includes the lectures delivered by internationally renowned experts.