4th Repository Fringe

(Photograph courtesy of Nicola Osborne)

The 4th Repository Fringe event took place in the Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh on 3-5 August. The theme for this year’s event was ‘Building Bridges and Social Innovation’, and in keeping with previous years offered a range of pecha kucha and formal presentations, and round table discussions.

In front of a record number of delegates (c.110) the opening keynote this year was given by Eloy Rodrigues (Director of the University of Minho Documentation Services) who presented on repository hosting and portal initiatives in Portugal. The closing keynote by Gary Hall (Professor of Media and Performing Arts, Coventry University) showcased radical open initiatives in the humanities including liquid books, open humanities press, media gifts, and P2P pirate philosophy!

This year also included for the first time a ‘hackathon’ supported by the JISC-funded DevCSI project where , in answer to a range of challenges, developers produced a working prototype with awards going to those judged most innovative and useful.

Repository Fringe also hosted a well attended all day CETIS workshop on Friday 5 August.

For further information including blog posts and photographs of the event please visit the Fringe website: