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In the third and fourth quarters our organization undertook strategic planning for the next three years with input from board, staff, and community members. SWOT and PEST analyses helped us understand DuraSpace's organizational strengths, emerging opportunities, and where we can improve service to our community. We will share the strategic plan on the website, pending approval from the Board at our November 30th meeting. I look forward to your feedback as the results of this work are shared widely over the coming months.
Our discussions have led us to consider what DuraSpace's role might be in the growth and diversification of the digital scholarly ecosystem. It is clear that an expanding landscape of projects and initiatives will require various kinds of organizational support. DuraSpace is well-suited to lead and support these new endeavors in the evolving ecosystem. We are in various phases of pursuing potential projects, affiliations, and partnerships with the shared goal of facilitating the acquisition, analysis, organization, and discoverability of digital assets to showcase, share, and preserve scholarly information and research outputs.
Anything about Avalon hosted service or other emerging services; HydraDirect??I look forward to your feedback as the results of our strategic planning work as they are shared widely over the coming months.
Warmest regards,
Debra Hanken Kurtz
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