About the Conference

Digital Repositories for Learning: moving from why to how, sponsored by the FIPSE-funded OnCoRe Blueprint Project*, was held August 11, 2009 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in conjunction with the Open Ed 2009 Conference. The full day conference focused on addressing and overcoming challenges faced in creating and sustaining educational repositories. It was attended by individuals representing many states and several foreign countries.

The goals of the conference were:

• To expand the knowledge of and use of the OnCoRe Blueprint, a FIPSE grant project, which provides a framework for the development, implementation, and sustainability of digital educational repositories.
• To expand knowledge and use of Open Educational Resources
• To establish a community of practice whose members will continue to share knowledge and interact with one another after the conference concludes.

*The Online Content Repository (OnCoRe) Blueprint Project is an initiative to create a sustainable national model for the creation of statewide digital repositories. Funded by a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), the OnCoRe Blueprint Project provides state entities with a “how to” manual, resources, and research for developing a standards-based educational repository