DuraSpace Membership Newsletter
October 2425, 2016
MESSAGE FROM THE CEO (DONE - kept it brief = little extra bandwidth this month. 
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This month we welcome Heather Greer Klein as our hosted services customer specialist and bid a fond farewell to chief strategy officer Jonathan Markow who is retiring to resume a performing career as a jazz pianist.
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CEO
2016 Membership update (DONE)
Many thanks to our members who have already renewed their membership for 2016, and to those who have joined DuraSpace for the first time as new members. This is the final month of our 2016 campaign. We only have another $155,000 to raise to reach our annual goal. Here's where we are towards meeting targets by project:
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- DSpace: $230,750; 85% of target
- Fedora: $537,250; 93% of target
- VIVO: $245,750; 76% of target
General: $85,000; 106% of target
PROJECTS
FEDORA (please review David)FEDORA
NYC Camp; Fedora 4.7.0 release candidate; API Extension Architecture Demo
The Fedora project continues to engage committers and new users by reaching out nationally and internationally with with workshops for beginners and those interested in gaining a deeper understanding of Fedora's unique strengths. Whether you are in interested in the a deep dive or overview look at Fedora these upcoming events may be of interest:
- An overview of what will be covered on each day of the upcoming Fedora Camp NYC, along with details regarding instructors and the content that will be presented on each day is now available (http://duraspace.org/articles/3015).Register today and join us in New York!
- An Introduction to Fedora Workshop at the 2016 DLF ForumMilwaukee, Wisconsin, November 7-9, 2016. Digital Preservation 2016 will be held in conjunction with the Forum, from November 9-10. An Introduction to Fedora 4 workshop will be offered on November 8, along with a project update on November 7.
Fedora 4.7.0 is now available as a release candidate–your candidate–your feedback is welcome: In addition the API Extension Architecture working group (API-X) is set to release a demonstration of the framework for a round of evaluation and feedback. An overview and evaluation guide for this demo is in development with an initial skeleton available on the wiki: https://wiki.duraspace.org/x/QpioB. Please place your name as an evaluator on the page if you are interested in evaluating the demo when it is released to provide this valuable feedback.
DSPACE (please review Jonathan)
DSpace 6.0 in the house; A look at DSpace in Finland
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DSpace at the National Library of Finland
The DSpace Committer team is pleased to announce ------------
Samu Viita shares his insights into how DSpace is being used at the National Library of Finland to power more than 50 customer
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organizations–5 universities, 26 universities of applied science, state research institutes, all Finnish ministries and other public sector
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organizations–in this "DSpace Story": http://duraspace.org/articles/3014
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VIVO (please review Mike)
Save the dates for VIVO 2017; VIVO 1.9.1 is available; VIVO 1.10 Planning
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VIVO 1.10 is in the planning stages. Get involved with key community design issues such as user interface, internationalization, and technical documentation:
SERVICES
Welcome new customers, other?? (Bill or Kristi please add new customers) FROM VAL: Not sure the format you want they new customers in - but we had 2 new ones for Sept/Oct: Culpeper County Library-DSpaceDirect, The Five Colleges of Ohio-DuraCloud
While not supported directly by our members DuraSpace Hosted Services provide our community with cost effective, simple and direct solutions for high quality digital preservation services that include ArchivesDirect, DSpaceDirect, and DuraCloud. To learn more about any of the hosted services DuraSpace offers, please visit their web sites or contact customerservice@duraspace.org.
We are pleased to welcome new DSpaceDirect customer Culpeper County Library and new DuraCloud customer The Five Colleges of Ohio.