EaaSI Software Development: Considerations, Priorities, and Commitments
What are the guiding considerations for EaaSI development? EaaSI is a management system for emulated computer environments, software, and content, enabling users to create, discover, administer, and share these resources for access and reuse. Our development priorities are informed by …Continue EaaSI Software Development: Considerations, Priorities, and Commitments
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EaaSI Update September 2021
Somehow we are already roughly halfway through the EaaSI program of work’s second round of grant funding from the Mellon and Sloan foundations – which means the team is hard at work planning for 2022 and beyond. Our daily progress …Continue EaaSI Update September 2021
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EaaSI Update October – November 2020
EaaSI Virtual Conference Appearances #WeMissiPRES (International Conference on Digital Preservation) Kat Thornton and our collaborator Ross Spencer presented “Siegfried and Wikidata, together at last!” at the #WeMissiPRES virtual event, a lightning talk on their efforts to integrate a Wikidata harvester …Continue EaaSI Update October – November 2020
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FCoP Update June – July 2020
Wrap Up and Release of Workflows, Templates, Teaching Materials, Research Outcomes, Priorities for Action, and More! Now that the Fostering Communities of Practice (FCoP) project has officially wrapped, we are proud to present the rich suite of resources and documentation …Continue FCoP Update June – July 2020
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EaaSI Update April – May 2020
Project Updates The next major release of the EaaSI platform is out!!! EaaSI “v2020.03” (forgive us the delay, but we’re sure everyone understands) incorporates PortalMedia’s beautiful new UI design on top of the nodes’ familiar Emulation-as-a-Service functionality, and went out …Continue EaaSI Update April – May 2020
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FCoP Update April – May 2020
Capstone meeting On April 27th, the FCoP cohort leads, research fellow (Amelia Acker, PhD), and project staff convened for the culminating final meeting of the project to share lessons-learned and begin exploring an agenda for future work within the broad …Continue FCoP Update April – May 2020
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FCoP Update February – March 2020
Outreach and Advocacy International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC) We initially announced acceptance of FCoP cohort proposals to IDCC and Code4Lib 2020 in our November – October 2019 update and both events took place in the last two months. IDCC took …Continue FCoP Update February – March 2020
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EaaSI Update February – March 2020
EaaSI at Home EaaSI staff have had to adjust as we, our home institutions, and our project partners all look to put the safety of our communities above all. We are fortunate that our distributed team very quickly transitioned to …Continue EaaSI Update February – March 2020
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FCoP Update December 2019 – January 2020
Where to connect with FCoP Cohort members? A friendly reminder that you can find members of the FCoP cohort at IDCC in February facilitating the “Preparation and Process: Software Preservation and Emulation for Research Data” workshop (Tracy Popp @ University …Continue FCoP Update December 2019 – January 2020
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EaaSI Update December 2019 – January 2020
Dotting the I’s and Crossing the T’s The beta release of the updated EaaSI UI is due for release in the coming month. As we approach this deadline, the teams at OpenSLX and PortalMedia are busy putting the final touches …Continue EaaSI Update December 2019 – January 2020
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EaaSI Update October-November 2019
The Future of EaaSI October 3, 2020 marked the first time every member of the EaaSI team was gathered in the same place. Team members came to New Haven came from Germany, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin to present the achievements …Continue EaaSI Update October-November 2019
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FCoP Update October-November 2019
FCoP Reflections Blog Post Series: Continuing our FCoP Reflections Blog Post Series, we are happy to share posts from Georgia Tech and University of Illinois: Wendy Hagenmaier of Georgia Tech writes about skunkworks in the library, building bridges between data …Continue FCoP Update October-November 2019
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FCoP Update August-September 2019
FCoP Reflections Blog Post Series: In our last STACKTRACE update, we announced the kick-off of the FCoP Reflections Blog Post Series running August through May 2020 (the end of the FCoP grant). We are excited to share our first two …Continue FCoP Update August-September 2019
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EaaSI Update August – September 2019
Spreading the Word Multithreading Software Preservation and Emulation August began with the day-long Multithreading Software Preservation and Emulation workshop at the Austin Public Library during the 2019 SAA Conference. The event included introductions to the Fostering Communities of Practice cohort …Continue EaaSI Update August – September 2019
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FCoP Update June – July 2019
New Reflections Blog Post Series: From August through May 2020 (the end of the FCoP grant), we’ll feature 1-2 blog posts per month from different cohort members. These posts are reflections on their experience so far and will address questions …Continue FCoP Update June – July 2019
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EaaSI Update June-July 2019
EaaSI Open Source Software Sandbox We were thrilled to release the EaaSI Open Source Software Sandbox on July 17!. The Sandbox is open to the public and includes sample emulation environments with open source operating systems and applications. We wanted …Continue EaaSI Update June-July 2019
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EaaSI Update April-May 2019
Introducing PortalMedia! In the first week of April, the EaaSI project team convened (in-person and virtually) with its newest member, PortalMedia, to kickoff planning for updates to the EaaSI system’s user experience and interface. PortalMedia comes to us from the great …Continue EaaSI Update April-May 2019
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FCoP Update February – March 2019
FCoP Cohort Activity Cohort Documentation In February, the FCoP cohort participants compiled a list of external resources they have used, consulted, or otherwise employed in their course of their individual FCoP projects. FCoP External Resources reflects the wide range of tasks and …Continue FCoP Update February – March 2019
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EaaSI Update February-March 2019
EaaSI Beta Release During the months of February and March, the EaaSI Project Team put the finishing touches on the beta release of the EaaSI software. In February, team members conducted internal testing of the system. Tests focused on new …Continue EaaSI Update February-March 2019
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EaaSI Update November 2018 – January 2019
New EaaSI Website As you may have noticed – EaaSI now has an extensible program subsite within the redesigned SPN website. As an affiliated program of SPN, EaaSI (thanks to support from the Sloan and Mellon Foundations) provided financial support …Continue EaaSI Update November 2018 – January 2019