Announcements from Afghanistan Digital Libraries:

• March 1, 2010: Loading new unique Afghanistan materials to our collections. check now from "Digital Collections". 
• Feb 25, 2010: Cloud Computing rocks! Rebuilding a node will now only take a few minutes from EC2 images. We currently licensed 100G storage, but can grow the storage if needed.
  
• Feb 24, 2010: Success! Completed loading Linux OS and other software packages using Amazon EC2. Created Amazon EC2 EBS-based image. All Afghan digital collections will be moved to new DSpace system. Search and browse functions will be available soon.
• Feb 16, 2010: Licensing Amazon EC2 as the Cloud Computing provider.
  
• Feb, 2010: working with Kabul University Faculty of Engineering for MARC records and Patron IDs.
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• January 9, 2009:  Testing of the cloud computing for better management of all the systems as well as cost-effectiveness is being conducted. New installation include Linux (Debian 4), Apache 2, MySQL, and Tomcat.
• January 20, 2009:  Registration of a new permanent domain completed <afghanresource.org> for the site. 
• January 23, 2009:  Completed the migration of this website from the library's server to a commerical vendor.
• February, 2009:  Migration of the Integrated Library Systems to the virtual environment. 
• March, 2009: We prepared unique Afghanistan materials and loaded them to The University of Arizona Institutional Repository. More will be loaded after passing quality control

• June, 2009:  Several subject areas have been updated with new resources .

• July, 2009:  Newdomain name registered <afghandigitallibraries.org>. Old domain will be still accessible.