[Netarchivesuite-announce] NetarchiveSuite: Release 3.6.0 and Tutorials in September

[Kåre Fiedler Christiansen]

Dear all,

Apologies if you have already received this.



We would like to make a few announcements in the NetarchiveSuite
software suite, software for havesting, archiving and preserving
websites, see http://netarchive.dk/suite



The NetarchiveSuite team was happy to release the next version of the
NetarchiveSuite web
preservation software, 3.6.0, some time ago.

This release includes among other the following new features:
 * Improvement of bit preservation in archive component
 * Support for running externally submitted batch jobs on the archive
 * Stability and performance improvements on harvests
and lots more.

Also a host of minor bugs and features have been implemented, and we are
happy to have received improvements from Lars Clausen on behalf of the
Scottish National Library.

See the release notes for further details:
http://netarkivet.dk/suite/ReleaseNotes3_6_0

And download the new software:
http://netarkivet.dk/suite/Get_NetarchiveSuite


ALSO


The NetarchiveSuite has two tutorials at the coming ECDL 2008 conference
14-19 September in Aarhus, Denmark
The tutorials are programmed to morning and afternoon on 14th of
September 2008.   The Summaries of the Tutorials (from EDCL Tutorial
overview) are given below:   


Preserving Websites on a National Scale, with Demonstration in
NetarchiveSuite - morning session 

        Preservation of the World Wide Web is of increasing importance
for digital libraries. Requirements ranging from preservation of online
publication by agreement to Legal Deposit laws require libraries to have
a strategy for collecting, preserving and giving access to material
published on the web. NetarchiveSuite provides a librarian-friendly
interface for setting up and managing scheduled harvests of well-defined
parts of the Internet, as well as preserving and giving access to the
harvested material. This tutorial will cover collection strategies of
websites, quality assurance of your harvested material, and end-user
access, using NetarchiveSuite as the tool for managing the harvests.
        
        
and 

Installing, Maintaining and Running the NetarchiveSuite software -
afternoon session

        Experience shows, that after evaluating and identifying your
needs for web harvesting, getting software up and running on your
institution is a major task requiring planning, knowledge and skill.
This tutorial will aim at presenting an overview of what is needed for
an institution to implement and maintain the NetarchiveSuite software in
a setup relevant to the institution. It will cover needed hardware and
software setup and investments, needed training for system maintainers
and web curators, and how to maintain the system once it is running.
        
You can find more information on this on: http://www.ecdl2008.org/


Thank you for reading,

Best
  Kåre Fiedler Christiansen
  NetarchiveSuite developer