2009-11-02, The DC-2009 conference, held in Seoul, Korea, 12-16 October 2009, featured high quality tutorials, keynotes, conference papers and workshop sessions. The event was attended by around 100 participants from 18 countries and territories who engaged in lively discussions around the theme of Semantic Interoperability of Linked Data. The conference proceedings are available in the DCMI Conference Paper Repository and many of the presentations are linked from the program page on the conference Web site. DCMI wishes to thank the National Library of Korea and the Korean Library Association for the splendid organization of the event.

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Agenda Overview & Serving the Academic Community in the Future: Ithaka and JSTOR unite; Bruce Heterick and Kevin Guthrie

Trust, Value, and Partnership: Lessons from JSTOR’s first decade as foundation for the future; Bruce Heterick

Innovative Publishing: UC Press and JSTOR, Deepening Ties; Rebecca Simon and Michael Spinella

Next Generation Preservation: A case study in collaboration; Ivy Anderson, Eileen Fenton, and Perry Willett

Data for Research: Using JSTOR hosted data to advance UC research and services; Ronald Snyder and Lisa Schiff

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Kevin Guthrie, President of Ithaka, opened the meeting with a brief discussion of our organizational mission, current work, and future plans.

Sayeed Choudhury, Associate Dean for Library Digital Programs and Hodson Director of the Digital Research and Curation Center at the Sheridan Libraries of Johns Hopkins University, provided a perspective on what the obligation to preserve longevity of scholarly materials and future access across a wide range of digital and print materials means today and for the future.

Bruce Heterick, VP of Outreach & Participation Services, gave an update on Portico’s growth and glimpse into our plans for working with new content.

Evan Owens, VP of Content Management, discussed the range of technical approaches now being used at Portico to ensure the future accessibility of multiple content types.

Ken DiFiore, Associate Director of Outreach & Participation Services, provided an update on our study to evaluate the needs, approaches, and challenges for preserving digitized collections created at libraries or academic institutions.

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JSTOR: New Directions

Deepening Ties: The University of California Press and JSTOR

JSTOR Platform and Access Updates

On September 23rd, ITHAKA held a day-long meeting focused on the sustainability of scholarly communications. We were joined by leaders from libraries, presses, publishers, and learned societies, as well as editors, digital project leaders, and funders working in higher education

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Daniel Greenstein, Vice Provost for Academic Planning, Programs, and Coordination, University of California

Daniel Greenstein provides strategic leadership for system-wide academic planning and initiatives at the University of California, including oversight of the UC digital library, publishing, and broadcast services. He is a leader among university administrators responsible for thinking systematically about the values that our system of scholarly communication should reflect and how to define and achieve sustainability from the creation of new scholarship through to its long-term preservation and accessibility. Daniel shares his vision for scholarly communication for UC, how this fits into our broader ecosystem, and what forces and factors will impact success.

Suzanne Thorin, Dean of Libraries and University Librarian, Syracuse University

The economic downturn is impacting many organizations vital to the scholarly enterprise. Speakers from two libraries, a press, and a society provide an inside look at how the current economic crisis is affecting their organizations and the innovative strategies they are employing to ensure they continue to thrive and deliver sustainable value to our community.

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