Open Repositories 2026
Online | 8 - 11 June 2026
Conference Agenda
Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).
Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 29th May 2026, 03:25:50pm UTC
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Daily Overview |
| 11:00 - 11:50 | Developer Track: DSpace 2 (Automated Metadata and Full Text Population) Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Iryna Kuchma, Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) Session Chair B: Erin Jerome, University of Massachusetts Amherst Fill The Gap – Automated retrieval of full text from emerging open APIs 1: University of Galway, Ireland; 2: Atmire Reducing Barriers: Automating Metadata Extraction in Submission Forms for DSpace Repositories KEEP Solutions, Portugal |
Presentations: Presenting Metadata Differently Location: Parallel Session 1 Session Chair A: Ianthe Sutherland, University of Edinburgh Session Chair B: Richard William Fyson, CoSector, University of London Beyond FAIR: Designing Cognitive Accessibility in Data-Rich Repositories Cottage Labs, United Kingdom Public Health Data in Context: Publishing the RKI research graph 1: Robert Koch Institute, Germany; 2: Cottage Labs, United Kingdom |
| 12:00 - 12:50 | Panel: Connecting Research Assets: RAiD (Research Activity Identifier) and Repositories Location: Parallel Session 1 Session Chair A: Isabel Bernal, CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Session Chair B: Nick Sheppard, University of Leeds Connecting Research Assets: RAiD (Research Activity Identifier) and Repositories 1: Lyrasis, United States of America; 2: Australian Research Data Commons, Australia; 3: University of Texas at Austin, United States of America; 4: Louisiana State University, United States of America |
Presentations: Openness & AI Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Leigh Stork, University of Strathclyde Session Chair B: Adrian Ho, American University of Sharjah When Openness Meets a Breaking Point: Perspectives on capacity, responsibility and stewardship under the threat of AI-driven harvesting. 1: Fedora; 2: Metropolitan New York Library Council Repository Practices for the Dark Arts: When Openness Conflicts with Safety Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom |
| 13:00 - 13:50 | Developer Track: DSpace 3 (Performance and AI Enhancement) Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Iryna Kuchma, Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) Session Chair B: Ianthe Sutherland, University of Edinburgh DSpace Reimagined: AI-Powered Search and Accessibility PCG Academia, Poland Challenges and solutions for reliable and performant DSpace repositories 4Science, Italy |
Presentations: Cultural Heritage Location: Parallel Session 1 Session Chair A: Nick Sheppard, University of Leeds Session Chair B: William J. Nixon, Research Libraries UK (RLUK) Historica: Exploring Cultural Heritage Through Space and Time with DSpace-GLAM 1: 4Science, Italy; 2: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - Università di Bologna, Italy Open to All? Repository Workflows for Ethical Access, FAIRness, and Cultural Heritage Data University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| 14:00 - 14:50 | Panel: Repository Responses on the Frontline of the Artificial Intelligence Revolution Location: Parallel Session 1 Session Chair A: Richard Jones, Cottage Labs Session Chair B: Leigh Stork, University of Strathclyde Repository Responses on the Frontline of the Artificial Intelligence Revolution 1: The Ohio State University, United States of America; 2: CoSector, University of London, United Kingdom; 3: arXiv, United States; 4: University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
Presentations: National Repositories Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Emily Bongiovanni, Carnegie Mellon University Session Chair B: Nick Sheppard, University of Leeds Developing a national aggregator of open access repositories in Algeria: project proposal University of Tamanghasset, Algeria Reducing regional asymmetries in Brazil through digital repositories: the RBRD experience 1: Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (Ibict), Brazil; 2: State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC); Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (Ibict), Brazil |
| 15:00 - 15:50 | Developer Track: DSpace 4 and Hyku (Upgrades and Customizations) Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Paul Walk, Antleaf Ltd. Session Chair B: William J. Nixon, Research Libraries UK (RLUK) Why harvest your own DSpace? Benefits of separating repository and search University of Jyväskylä, Finland Unpacking Hyku Knapsack: Sustainable Customization With Less Upgrade Pain Notch8, United States of America |
Presentations: Scaling Agile Practices & APTrust Roadmap Location: Parallel Session 1 Session Chair A: Joseph Kraus, Colorado School of Mines Session Chair B: Erin Jerome, University of Massachusetts Amherst TigerData’s Big Year: Scaling Agile Practices Across Diverse Teams to Support Research Activity Princeton University, United States of America New Horizons: How APTrust Developed a Community-Centered Technical Roadmap Process for Digital Preservation APTrust, United States of America |
| 16:00 - 16:50 | Panel: Balancing Act: Achieving Accessible and Sustainable Repositories Location: Parallel Session 1 Session Chair A: Heather Greer Klein, Samvera Session Chair B: Kimberly Chapman, University of Arizona Libraries Balancing Act: Achieving Accessible and Sustainable Repositories 1: University of Nevada, Reno, United States of America; 2: Montana State University, United States of America; 3: Indiana University Indianapolis, United States of America |
Presentations: Metadata Workflows & Service Design Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Richard William Fyson, CoSector, University of London Session Chair B: Allison Sherrick, Metropolitan New York Library Council Open research information in repositories - modelling repository metadata workflows 1: Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information; 2: University of Maribor Library Institutional repository service design at NYU Libraries New York University, United States of America |