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: 8th May 2026, 09:09:27pm UTC
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Agenda Overview |
| 11:30 - 18:00 | Online Express Location: Online Express |
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| 12:00 - 15:00 | Workshop: InvenioRDM Workshop Location: Parallel Session 1 Session Chair A: William J. Nixon, Research Libraries UK (RLUK) Session Chair B: Ianthe Sutherland, University of Edinburgh |
Workshop: Automated subject indexing with Annif Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Iryna Kuchma, Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) Session Chair B: Lazarus Matizirofa, University of the Witwatersrand |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | Workshop: DSpace Seed – Creating gigantic repositories with a new python library Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Kimberly Chapman, University of Arizona Libraries Session Chair B: Erin Jerome, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
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| 15:00 - 17:00 | Workshop: OCFL Tutorial: Foundations, Affordances and Implementations Location: Parallel Session 1 Session Chair A: Paul Walk, Antleaf Ltd. Session Chair B: Kathryn Cassidy, Trinity College Dublin |
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| 16:00 - 16:50 | Round Table: Beyond Compliance: Designing Trust-Centred Research Repositories in Low-Resource and High-Risk Contexts Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Allison Sherrick, Metropolitan New York Library Council Session Chair B: Lazarus Matizirofa, University of the Witwatersrand |
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| 17:00 - 17:50 | Round Table: Cross-Community Collaboration: What Could Solidarity Do for Us? Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Kathryn Cassidy, Trinity College Dublin Session Chair B: Torsten Reimer, University of Chicago |
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| 17:00 - 20:00 | Workshop: Introduction to Modern Islandora: Architecture, Metadata, and Discoverability Location: Parallel Session 1 Session Chair A: Joseph Kraus, Colorado School of Mines Session Chair B: Gustavo Durand, Harvard University |
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| 18:00 - 18:50 | Round Table: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: An Open Discussion of Digital Preservation Approaches and Challenges Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Torsten Reimer, University of Chicago Session Chair B: Emily Bongiovanni, Carnegie Mellon University |
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| 19:00 - 19:50 | Round Table: AI and Repository Takedown Requests: Policies, Practices, and Shared Challenges Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Maureen Walsh, The Ohio State University Session Chair B: Torsten Reimer, University of Chicago |
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| 12:00 - 14:00 | Welcome & Opening Keynote Location: Parallel Session 1 Session Chair A: Elizabeth Krznarich, University of Wisconsin Session Chair B: Maureen Walsh, The Ohio State University |
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| 14:00 - 14:50 | Developer Track: DSpace 1 (DSpace 10 and DSpace Merger) Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Maureen Walsh, The Ohio State University Session Chair B: Ianthe Sutherland, University of Edinburgh |
Repository Showdown 1 Location: Parallel Session 1 Session Chair A: Richard Jones, Cottage Labs Session Chair B: Heather Greer Klein, Samvera |
| 15:00 - 15:50 | Presentations: AI & Software Preservation Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Paul Walk, Antleaf Ltd. Session Chair B: Iryna Kuchma, Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) |
Repository Showdown 2 Location: Parallel Session 1 Session Chair A: Heather Greer Klein, Samvera Session Chair B: Richard Jones, Cottage Labs |
| 16:00 - 16:50 | Presentations: Trust Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Allison Sherrick, Metropolitan New York Library Council Session Chair B: Leila Sterman, Montana State University |
Repository Showdown 3 Location: Parallel Session 1 Session Chair A: Erin Jerome, University of Massachusetts Amherst Session Chair B: Maureen Walsh, The Ohio State University |
| 17:00 - 17:50 | Presentations: FAIR Location: Parallel Session 1 Session Chair A: Kimberly Chapman, University of Arizona Libraries Session Chair B: Joseph Kraus, Colorado School of Mines |
Presentations: DSpace Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Leila Sterman, Montana State University Session Chair B: Erin Jerome, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 11:00 - 11:50 | Developer Track: DSpace 2 (Automated Metadata and Full Text Population) Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Jessica Lindholm, Chalmers University of Technology Session Chair B: Erin Jerome, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
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 |
| 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 |
Presentations: Openness & AI Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Leigh Stork, University of Strathclyde Session Chair B: Adrian Ho, American University of Sharjah |
| 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: Isabel Bernal, CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) |
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) |
| 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 |
Presentations: National Repositories Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Emily Bongiovanni, Carnegie Mellon University Session Chair B: Nick Sheppard, University of Leeds |
| 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) |
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 |
| 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 |
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 |
| 12:00 - 12:50 | Panel: When "Open to All" Threatens Sustainability: AI, Bots, and the Future of Open Repositories Location: Parallel Session 1 Session Chair A: Ellen Ramsey, Big Ten Academic Alliance Session Chair B: Richard Jones, Cottage Labs |
Presentations: Building Towards Interoperability & Shared Repository Service in Canada Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Adrian Ho, American University of Sharjah Session Chair B: Nick Sheppard, University of Leeds |
| 13:00 - 13:50 | Developer Track: Dryad and Islandora (Features) Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Kate Blalack, University of Notre Dame Session Chair B: Iryna Kuchma, Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) |
Presentations: Including publishers in PIDs & arXiv Updates Location: Parallel Session 1 Session Chair A: Maureen Walsh, The Ohio State University Session Chair B: Amanda French, Crossref |
| 14:00 - 14:50 | Developer track: OJS and DLCM (Preservation) Location: Parallel Session 2 Session Chair A: Amanda French, Crossref Session Chair B: Kate Blalack, University of Notre Dame |
Presentations: OA Public Health Archive & Platform for OERs Location: Parallel Session 1 Session Chair A: Adrian Ho, American University of Sharjah Session Chair B: Joseph Kraus, Colorado School of Mines |
| 15:00 - 17:00 | Closing Keynote/Wrap up Session Chair A: Elizabeth Krznarich, University of Wisconsin Session Chair B: Ianthe Sutherland, University of Edinburgh |
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