Colleagues, May 27-29 will feature the third meeting of PASIG, Sun's Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group, in San Francisco. http://sun-pasig.org/ As someone who has been tracking the agenda as it has taken shape, I am looking forward to the strong line up of presentations & speakers-- some from among DLF, and some from beyond. https://events-at-sun.com/pasig_spring/agenda.html Attendance is free for higher education members. Registration is online at: https://events-at-sun.com/pasig_spring/registration.php - Tom | Tom Cramer | Associate Director, Digital Library Systems & Services | Stanford University LIbraries & Academic Information Resources | Stanford University | [log in to unmask] | (650) 723-5270 About PASIG: PASIG meetings provide attendees with an interactive forum for * Comparison of high-level OAIS architectures, services-oriented architecture work, and use cases * Sharing of best practices and software code * Cooperation on standard, open, 'in-a-box' solutions around repository technologies * Review of storage architectures and trends and their relation to preservation and archiving architectures and eResearch data set management * Discussion of the uses of commercial third party and community- developed solutions