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Session Overview
Date: Tuesday, 17/June/2025
08:00 - 17:00 Registration
Location: Rogers Lobby
09:00 - 10:30 Presentations- Advocacy and the Human Touch
Location: Griffin Auditorium
Convener: Jenny Evans, University of Westminster
 

Our Common Cause: Advocating for Human Labor for Outreach, Technical Expertise, and the future of Institutional Repositories

Grace Swinnerton, Dylan Mohr

Syracuse University Libraries, United States of America



Better Together: Growing Digital Repositories through Community-building and Collaboration

Carmen Mitchell1, David Walker2, Andrew Weiss3, Michaela Bettez4, Dana Ospina5

1: California State University San Marcos, United States of America; 2: California State University Office of the Chancellor; 3: California State University Northridge; 4: California State University Fullerton; 5: California State University Dominguez Hills



Automating depositing research to the institutional repository and reshaping the ‘call to action’ for authors

Ruth Mallalieu, Jason Partridge

University of Oxford, United Kingdom



Empowering Community Voices

Kyle Morgan

Cal Poly Humboldt, United States of America

Presentations- Repository challenges and opportunities
Location: N110- Orchestra Room
Convener: Richard William Fyson, CoSector, University of London
 

Towards a Plan S compliant repository: Building a safe and sustainable haven for scholarly content.

Frank Diepmaat1, Maarten Leenders1, Bram Luyten2

1: Tilburg University; 2: Atmire



Towards a National CRIS: Building and Perspectives for Open Science in the Dominican Republic

Manuel Made, Elsi Jimenez

Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), Dominican Republic, Open Science Caribbean (OSCaribbean)



404 not found – Approaches for Ensuring the Sustainable Management of Living Resources apart from Data Repositories in the Digital Humanities

Patrick Helling

Data Center for the Humanities (DCH), University of Cologne, Germany



Conundrums of Open Repositories: Challenges in Establishing a Collaborative Framework for Digitizing Medieval Manuscript Collections Across the Midwestern United States

Michelle Dalmau, Julie Hardesty, Sudha Anand

Indiana University Bloomington, United States of America

Lightning (24x7)- Communities
Location: N112- Band Room
Convener: Chinwe Veronica Anunobi, National Library of Nigeria
Convener: Lazarus Matizirofa, University of the Witwatersrand
 

You Can’t Force a Community: Trusting Your Instinct in Digital Collection Partnerships

Pamela Pierce

Oregon Health & Science University, United States of America



Longitudinal growth and use of Open Repositories in the U.S. since 2015

Jimmy S Ghaphery

Virginia Commonwealth University, United States of America



From Open Archive to Multifaceted Platform: Reconciling the Diverse Stakeholders Needs in HAL

Nathalie Fargier, Bénédicte Kuntziger

CNRS-CCSD, France



Why and how the TRUST Principles for digital repositories are used

Meredith P. Goins1,2

1: World Data System, United States of America; 2: University of Tennessee, Knoxville



Cost-benefit of open research infrastructures: the case of the Portuguese repositories network RCAAP

Pedro Príncipe1, Antónia Correia1, Paulo Lopes2, Louis Colnot3, Jessica Catalano3

1: University of Minho, Portugal; 2: FCT-FCCN; 3: CSIL



Preserving Our Past, Securing Our Future for Inclusivity: A Nigerian Perspective on Route To Digital Contents Sustainability

Chinwe Anunobi, Chukwuemeka Udoji

National Library of Nigeria, Nigeria

Panel- Managing Access to Open Repositories in the Age of Generative AI
Location: C116- Community Gathering Room
Convener: Torsten Reimer, University of Chicago
 

Managing Access to Open Repositories in the Age of Generative AI

Matteo Cancellieri1, Martin Klein2, George Macgregor3, Kathleen Shearer4, Allison Sherrick5, Petr Knoth1

1: CORE, The Open University, United Kingdom; 2: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL); 3: The University of Glasgow; 4: Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR); 5: Metropolitan New York Library Council

Developer Track Session 2
Location: C119&121- Classrooms
Convener: Kathryn Cassidy, Trinity College Dublin
 

The IRD: Improving knowledge about the state of the repository system landscape through automated curation processes

Paul Walk

Antleaf Ltd., United Kingdom



Repository Insights with OpenSearch

Terrence W Brady

California Digital Library, United States of America



Integrating Digital Repositories and Learning Management Systems using EduLink

Corey Halpin

University of Wisconsin - Madison, United States of America



Automated Data Analytics: A Statistical Dashboard Built with GitLab CI/CD for a Data Repository Based on CKAN

Li Fang Wang1, Cheng-Jen Lee2, Tyng-Ruey Chuang2

1: National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan; 2: Academia Sinica, Taiwan

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
Location: Rogers Lobby
11:00 - 12:30 Presentations- Software: repositories, metadata and citations
Location: Griffin Auditorium
Convener: Joseph Kraus, Colorado School of Mines
 

Exploring global academic repositories for software.

Domhnall Carlin

Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom



A Repository for Preserving and Managing Running Applications

Raman Ganguly

University of Vienna, Austria



Enhancing Metadata Workflows and Long-Term Preservation of Research Outputs: Adopting FAIR Principles with Dagstuhl Publishing

Saadet Bozaci, Michael Didas, Michael Wagner

Schloss Dagstuhl Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik GmbH, Germany



Promoting Visibility into Collections through Object Analysis

Eric Lopatin

California Digital Library, United States of America

Presentations- Sharing Repositories and Resources
Location: N110- Orchestra Room
Convener: Adrian Ho, University of Chicago
 

Building a Sustainable Open Repository Network: The Launch of Open Repositories Ireland (ORI)

Christopher Loughnane1, Cillian Joy1, Caleb Derven2

1: University of Galway, Ireland; 2: University of Limerick



The Big Picture: Visualizing Networks in the Shared Research Repository

Nora Ramsey

British Library, United Kingdom



The Expanding and Overlapping Roles of Institutional and Generalist Repositories: Building an Interoperable Data Repository Ecosystem Together

Matthew Carson1, Lisa Curtin2, Aaron Doran3, Pearl Go4, Sara Gonzales5, Ben Gorham6, Maria Guerreiro7, Clarke Iakovakis8, Matthew Mariner9, Kristi Holmes10, Marcy Vana11, Julie Wood12

1: Northwestern University; 2: Figshare; 3: Elsevier - Mendeley Data; 4: Northwestern University; 5: Northwestern University; 6: Case Western Reserve University; 7: Dryad; 8: Oklahoma State University; 9: University of Rochester; 10: Northwestern University; 11: Washington University in St. Louis; 12: Vivli



Ensuring the Future of Digital Repositories in West and Central Africa: A Case Study on BAOBAB and Sustainable Repository Development

Wisdom Sefakor Ankora

West And Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN), Ghana

Repository Showdown 2
Location: C116- Community Gathering Room
Convener: Leigh Stork, University of Strathclyde
 

Hyku

Heather Greer Klein1, Nic Don Stanton-Roark2

1: Samvera, United States of America; 2: Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI),



Towards EPrints 3.5: repository developments, roadmap, and governance improvements

Justin Bradley1, Will Fyson2, George Macgregor3, Rory McNicholl1, Tomasz Neugebauer4, Kate Petherbridge5, Edward Oakley1, John Salter6

1: EPrints Services, University of Southampton, UK; 2: CoSector, University of London, UK; 3: University of Glasgow, UK; 4: Concordia University, Canada; 5: University of York, UK; 6: University of Leeds, UK



Repository Showdown: Islandora

Noah Smith, Aubrey Shanahan

Islandora Foundation, United States of America



Hyrax

Nicholas Homenda

Tufts University, United States of America



Open Science Framework (OSF)

Gretchen Gueguen

Center for Open Science, United States of America



Avalon Media System

Jon Brandon Cameron

Indiana University Libraries, United States of America

Presentations- DSpace 1
Location: C119&121- Classrooms
Convener: Ianthe Sutherland, University of Edinburgh
 

Towards enriched open scholarly information: integrating DSpace repositories and OpenAlex

Agustina Martínez García1, Andrea Bollini2, Susanna Mornati2

1: University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; 2: 4Science



Deep Integration of GND with DSpace’s External Sources Framework: A Case Study of Authority Data Utilization

Pascal-Nicolas Becker, Kim Michael Shepherd

The Library Code, Germany



Bridging Communities: Vireo and DSpace Integration for Open Knowledge Sharing

Alexa Hight1, Christopher Starcher2, Colleen Lyon3, Emily Johnson4

1: Texas State University; 2: Texas Tech University; 3: University of Texas; 4: University of Texas at San Antonio



DSpace 9.0 and Beyond: What’s next for DSpace

Tim Donohue, Holger Lenz

Lyrasis, United States of America

 
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
Location: Rogers Lobby
13:30 - 14:30 Panel- Software dies, data should be forever: OCFL as a software agnostic storage approach
Location: N112- Band Room
Convener: Rachael Kotarski, University of Chicago
 

Software dies, data should be forever: OCFL as a software agnostic storage approach

Simeon Warner1, Rosalyn Metz2, Neil Jefferies3, Becky Andresen4, Dustin Slater5, Andrew Woods6, Tom Wrobel3

1: Cornell University; 2: Emory University; 3: University of Oxford; 4: University of Wisconsin - Madison; 5: University of Texas at Austin; 6: Harvard University

13:30 - 15:00 Presentations- AI and Repositories
Location: Griffin Auditorium
Convener: Lazarus Matizirofa, University of the Witwatersrand
 

A Data Curation, Interrogation, and Access System for the Texas Robotics DataVerse

Xingru Zhou, Zhiyun Deng, Yao-Cheng Chan, Sadanand Modak, Maria Esteva

University of Texas at Austin, United States of America



Can this robot query my Linked Data Store? Exploring retrieval-augmented models for Repository Search & Discovery

Kirsta Stapelfeldt, Bennett Steinburg, Natkeeran Ledchumykanthan, Kyle Huynh

University of Toronto



Integrating Machine Actionable Data Management and Sharing Plans (maDMSP) into Campus-Based Open Research and Repository Workflows: A Case Study from the University of Colorado Boulder

Aditya N. Ranganath, Andrew M. Johnson

University of Colorado Boulder, United States of America



We Need to Chat: A presentation about real-world AI use cases

Michael Klein

Northwestern University Libraries, United States of America

Lightning (24x7)- Repository tools and developments
Location: N110- Orchestra Room
Convener: Aileen O'Carroll, Digital Repository of Ireland
 

Implementing UN SDG Auto-Tagging: A Practical Guide for Librarians

Kyle Morgan

Cal Poly Humboldt, United States of America



A Flexible Workspace: Using the Cloud to Stage & Ingest New Content

Eric Lopatin

California Digital Library, United States of America



Integrating IIIF annotations in DSpace

Andrea Bollini, Claudio Cortese

4Science, Italy



Sustainable Development Goals in EPrints: Updates, Failures, and Experiments

Eleanor Dumbill

CoSector, University of London, United Kingdom



AI as a Responsible Partner in FAIR Metadata Creation: Lessons Learned

Jenny Li

University of Michigan Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, United States of America



How do you describe software in record metadata?

Matteo Cancellieri, Petr Knoth

Open University, United Kingdom

Presentations- Provider Communities
Location: C116- Community Gathering Room
Convener: Maureen Walsh, The Ohio State University
 

The Fedora Community finds its future path by learning from the past and bringing others together.

Arran Griffith, Dan Field

Fedora/Lyrasis, Canada



Balancing the Global and the Local at the Research Organization Registry (ROR)

Amanda French

Crossref, United States of America



USRN Discovery Pilot: Increasing the Discoverability of Open Access Content Through a National Network

Petr Knoth1, Paul Walk2, Matteo Cancellieri1, Michael Upshall1, Halyna Torchylo1, Jennifer Beamer3, Kathleen Shearer4, Heather Joseph3

1: CORE, The Open University; 2: Antleaf; 3: Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR); 4: SPARC

Presentations- Data Repositories 2
Location: C119&121- Classrooms
Convener: Emily Bongiovanni, Carnegie Mellon University
 

Development Of An Integrated Lifecycle Of RDM Tools For Data Publication: Looking Back And Forward @ KU Leuven

Dieuwertje Bloemen, Ingrid Barcena Roig

KU Leuven, Belgium



Scaling Up: Expanding Data Repository Support for Growth in Large Datasets

Michael Shensky1, Courtney Mumma2, Laura Sare3, Robert Kalescky4, Millicent Weber5, Bryan Gee1

1: University of Texas at Austin, United States of America; 2: Texas Digital Library; 3: Texas A&M University; 4: Southern Methodist University; 5: Baylor University



Toward a Comprehensive Research Data Catalog at Texas A&M University

James Creel

Texas A&M University, United States of America

 
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
Location: Rogers Lobby
15:30 - 16:30 Panel- Recognizing Software as a Critical Component in Open Science: Advancing an Interoperable, Community-Driven Vision for Infrastructures
Location: N112- Band Room
Convener: Richard David Jones, Cottage Labs
 

Recognizing Software as a Critical Component in Open Science: Advancing an Interoperable, Community-Driven Vision for Infrastructures

Morane Gruenpeter1, Yannick Barborini2, Saadet Bozacci3, Raphaël Tournoy2, Daniel S. Katz4

1: Software Heritage, Inria; 2: CCSD / CNRS; 3: Schloss Dagstuhl – LZI, Publishing; 4: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

15:30 - 17:00 Presentations- DSpace 2
Location: Griffin Auditorium
Convener: Ianthe Sutherland, University of Edinburgh
 

From Load Times to Bot Traffic: A Comprehensive Approach to DSpace Performance

Ignace Deroost, Art Lowel, Yura Bondarenko, Lieven Droogmans

Atmire, Belgium



Transitioning Repositories: From EPrints to DSpace CRIS – The Case of the Zurich Open Repository and Archive (ZORA)

Martin Brändle1, Łukasz Nowak2, Piotr Masalski2, Łukasz Wawer2, Mateusz Adamiak2

1: University of Zurich, Switzerland; 2: PCG Academia, Poland



DASH Stories: Implementing a qualitative feedback service in DSpace 8

Colin Lukens1, Grace Dunbar1, Andrea Bollini2

1: Harvard University, United States of America; 2: 4Science, Italy



Reimagining a trusted institutional repository: transforming EPFL’s Infoscience with DSpace-CRIS  

Jorge Rodrigues de Matos, Julien Sicot

EPFL, Digital repositories and archives - Library, Switzerland

Presentations- Repository Retrospectives
Location: N110- Orchestra Room
Convener: Ilkay Holt, British Library
 

17 years of PHAIDRA at the University of Vienna. Opportunities and challenges of managing an open repository at a large and heterogeneous university.

Susanne Blumesberger

University of Vienna, Austria



Three Repositories Walk into a Library: recapping 30 years of repository development at Duke University Libraries

Jennifer Jordan, Maggie Dickson

Duke University Libraries, United States of America



Advancing Open Science: Transforming UFPR’S Digital Repository Infrastructure

Karolayne Costa Rodrigues de Lima, Paula Carina de Araújo, Marcos Sfair Sunye

Federal University of Paraná, Brazil



Going deeper: the case for multiple repositories at UChicago

Rachael Kotarski

University of Chicago, United States of America

Presentations- Repository Governance, Ethics and Curation
Location: C116- Community Gathering Room
Convener: Kristi Park, Texas Digital Library, USA
 

The Governance of Open Repository Programs: Progress and Possibilities

Maureen Walsh

The Ohio State University Libraries, United States of America



An Integrated Open Ecosystem: Whose Responsibility Is it?

Bridget Almas1, Sheila Rabun1, Michele Mennielli1, Paolo Gujilde1, Jennifer Beamer2, Sarala Wimalaratne3, Jon Dunn4, Kate Dohe5, Agustina Martinez Garcia6

1: Lyrasis; 2: California State University San Bernardino; 3: DataCite; 4: Indiana University; 5: University of Maryland; 6: University of Cambridge, United Kingdom



The Case for a National Repository of Policing Data in the United States

Cheryl Danton1, Christopher Graziul1, Elliott Ramos2

1: University of Chicago, United States of America; 2: CBS News



Scenarios Motivating Integration and Re-Curation

Martin Halbert1, Ted Habermann2, Jamaica Jones3

1: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, United States of America; 2: Metadata Game Changers, United States of America; 3: University of Pittsburgh, United States of America

Presentations- PIDs and Harvesting
Location: C119&121- Classrooms
Convener: Adrian Ho, University of Chicago
 

The Decentralized Archival Resource Key (dARK) - from a Proof of Concept to a Service Implementation in the Brazilian Open Science Ecosystem

Washington Luís Ribeiro de Carvalho Segundo1, Lautaro Julian Matas2, J. Edilson Filho1, Márcio Gurgel do Amaral1, Gabriel Marques1, Thiago Nóbrega3

1: Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (IBICT), Brazil; 2: Red Latinoamericana para la Ciencia Abierta (LA Referencia), Spain; 3: Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG), Brazil



The Utility of PIDs in Harvesting Open Data Repositories: Challenges in Operating a National Data Discovery Service

Tristan K Kuehn

Digital Research Alliance of Canada, Canada



Analysis of Requirements and Solutions for Issuing Persistent Identifiers (DOIs) in the Brazilian Repository of Biodiversity - SiBBr

Laura Vilela Rodrigues Rezende1, Geisa Muller de Campos Ribeiro1, Maria das Graças Monteiro Castro1, Cassia Oliveira1, Fabiano Couto Corrêa da Silva2, Carolina Howard Felicissimo3

1: Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil; 2: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; 3: Rede Nacional de Pesquisa, Brazil

 
17:30 - 22:00 Conference Dinner on the Spirit of Chicago- prior registration required

 
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