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→Free my DSpace Data! How to get your data out of DSpace 1.7 and restore your content after a disaster.
This talk will describe this new DSpace AIP Backup & Restore feature, provide hints/tips on how it can be used to backup/restore/migrate data. Time permitting, I can also touch on the DSpace Roadmap and other ideas/plans to "free your DSpace data".
== Using cloud-based services to leverage open source software ==
* Erik Mitchell, Wake Forest University, mitcheet at wfu dot edu
Open source software and cloud computing have shown that they are enticing technologies for both IT staff and IT/Academic administrators. The ability to implement open source software or adopt cloud services is often met with resistance however not because of lack of interest but because of lack of technical expertise in smaller organizations or lack of perceived benefit in larger organizations. Although these technologies are not neccesarily related they offer the combined ability to easy to deploy and maintain services without significant organization investment or local expertise[http://cloud.lib.wfu.edu/blog/gazette/2010/11/04/finding-ways-to-combine-cloud-computing-and-open-source-software/]. While there are some large national projects looking at using cloud platforms to deliver new services there is an opportunity for a grassroots effort to deploy pre-configured application servers that are simple to deploy and maintain. These 'disposable' servers would serve the needs of both small and large libraries by enabling them to adopt open source software without taking on the requirement of local infrastructure, configuration, or detailed support.
This presentation will cover the technical details and lessons learned from efforts to create this type of service [http://cloud.lib.wfu.edu/blog/tech/2010/11/01/running-the-zsr-vufind-application-server/] on the Amazon EC2 platform and discuss the impact of this approach on open software adoption and its potential impact on IT support in libraries.
