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Is VIVO important to you? Has VIVO helped your institution? Please join us to brainstorm how to translate the VIVO value proposition into support for the VIVO project. If you have thoughts, comments or ideas for growing the VIVO membership in order to make the project stronger and more sustainable.
Your membership will help VIVO:
- Support the development of VIVO 1.9, including additional performance enhancements, visualizations, and simplified data loading
- Continue to develop the VIVO-ISF ontology to represent additional detail in scholarship
- Add vitae, reports and additional visualizations to VIVO
- Develop training in support and use of VIVO
- Further integrate with institutional repositories and metadata
Duraspace Provides:
- Technical leadership
- Sustainability planning
- Fundraising
- Community development
- Marketing and communications
- Collaborations and strategic partnerships
- Administration
VIVO Membership levels
BRONZE $2,500
Organizations will receive advanced news of project announcements and activities
Project Member logo for member use
Institution name and link on the DuraSpace and Project web sites
Eligible to vote on an at-large Member representative to the DuraSpace board
Annual membership summit / strategic forum for DuraSpace projects; presentations and networking with leaders from prominent institutions and community projects
SILVER $5,000
All the above benefits, plus:
Institution name, logo and link on the DuraSpace and Project web sites
10% discount to new members on first year of either DSpaceDirect or DuraCloud for 1st year of membership
Discounted registration at project training events
GOLD $10,000
Preferred access (advance registration) to DuraSpace professional development opportunities and annual DuraSpace Summit
Two seats at the annual membership summit / strategic forum for DuraSpace projects
Eligible to play a role in project governance, as defined by each project’s governance policy
PLATINUM
$20,000 or more
All the above benefits, plus:
Eligible for one seat on Project Leadership Group***
Helpful Links:
More information on membership: http://duraspace.org/about_membership
Current Member List: http://duraspace.org/all_members
Online membership form: http://duraspace.org/become_a_member
Membership brochure: http://bit.ly/mem_brochure
Intent to Merge announcement: http://duraspace.org/articles/2775
