Microsoft Research will be hosting a half-day workshop at the SPARC Digital Repositories 2010 meeting in Baltimore, MD on from 1:00 – 5:30pm on Sunday, November 7th. We hope you will join us!
Microsoft External Research supports the process of research and its role in the innovation ecosystem, including developing and supporting efforts in open access, open tools, open technology, and interoperability. Microsoft External Research partners with universities, national libraries, publishers, and governmental organizations to help develop tools and services to evolve the scholarly information lifecycle. These projects demonstrate our ongoing work towards producing next-generation documents that increase productivity and empower authors to increase the discoverability and appropriate re-use of their work. This workshop will provide a deep dive into several freely available tools from Microsoft External Research, and will demonstrate how these can help supplement and enhance current repository offerings. Come learn more about how the Microsoft Research tools can help extend the reach and utility of your repository efforts. The session will include demos and will be interactive so attendees can gain a deeper technical understanding of the available toolset, which includes the following resources:
More information on each of these tools can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/scholarlycomm
| 1:00 - 1:15 pm |
Welcome & Overview |
| 1:15 - 2:30 pm |
Zentity 2.0—a research-output repository platform, featuring Pivot, ODATA, PowerShell, Excel/Power Pivot |
| 2:30 - 2:45 pm | Break |
| 2:45 - 3:30 pm |
Research Information Centre (RIC)—a virtual research environment |
| 3:30 - 4:15 pm | Add-ins for Microsoft Office—tools for authors and researchers Alex Wade, Director, Scholarly Communication, Microsoft Research |
| 4:15 - 4:30 pm | Wrap-up & Futures Discussion Lee Dirks |
| 4:30 - 5:30 pm | Wine & Cheese Reception |