DuraSpace Membership Newsletter
August 18September 20, 2016
MESSAGE FROM THE CEO
DEBRA PLEASE EDIT
I'm looking I look forward to seeing many of you at upcoming events and meetings this fall to share information about our activities and to learn more about how DuraSpace can continue to meet your needs. We are investigating several new opportunities for partnerships with organizations nationally and internationally worldwide to provide our members with access to new types of technologies and user communities. I look forward to sharing will share details about these exciting initiatives as they emerge.
Our 2016 financial goals are within reach as our annual membership campaign winds down. We deeply appreciate your support! If you have any questions about DuraSpace Membership, and specifically how it benefits the DSpace, Fedora, or VIVO open source projects please feel free to please contact me.
This month the DuraSpace hosted services team launched the DuraCloud Enterprise Chronopolis subscription plan offering customers a new level of TRAC-Certified long-term digital preservation in trusted academic repositories. DuraCloud Enterprise Chronopolis is the result of a collaboration with the University of California at San Diego’s Chronopolis service. Read more here.
Our work as a partner with DPLA (The Digital Public Library of America) and Stanford University on the Hydra-In-A-Box project has resulted in significant progress over the summer. Through November our efforts will be focused on repository product development based on results of an extensive design process. This development phase will culminate in a MVP (minimum viable product) for locally installed product testing. Initial MVP repository features will include batch editing of metadata, a new UI, administrative sets, mediated deposit, an administrative dashboard, and complex object support. A playlist of video updates on Hydra-In-A-Box technical progress is available on YouTube.
Warm Warmest regards,
Debra Hanken Kurtz
CEO
2016 Membership updatePLEASE VERIFY VAL - done, can refresh on 9/15 if necessary
We appreciate everyone's support. 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. Members have so far contributed $1,078,750; 143 members joining DuraSpace in the vital effort to provide technical leadership, sustainability planning, fundraising, community development, marketing and communications, collaborations and strategic partnerships and administration to the DSpace, Fedora and VIVO projects. We are winding down the campaign and only have another $175,334 to raise to reach our annual goal. Here's where we are towards meeting targets by project:
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- DSpace: $228,250; 85% of target
- Fedora: $522,250; 90% of target
- VIVO: $245,750; 76% of target
- General: $82,500; 100% of target
PROJECTS
DAVID PLEASE EDIT
FEDORA
NYC Camp; Fedora 4.6.0 available; New Fedora Repository web site; Reuse of Fedora resources; How far does Fedora scale?
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Release notes and downloads are available on the wiki. Read more here.
• A new Fedora Repository web site was designed in consultation with members of the Fedora Leadership Group and reflects a modern, mobile-friendly approach that makes it easy to find key items first. Read more here.
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• If you are interested in testing to determine the current upper-limits of Fedora performance and scalability, please join the discussion on the fedora-community mailing list and attend the next meeting on September 26. (add links here)
• Thank you to Princeton University for upgrading their annual membership from Bronze to Platinum in support of Fedora this year. JONATHAN PLEASE EDIT
DSPACE
Right around the corner: DSpace 6.0; DSpace data model discussion
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• Welcome new members The University of Idaho and The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, and new VIVOs.
BILL PLEASE EDIT
SERVICES
Introducing DuraCloud Enterprise Chronopolis
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DuraSpace Web Services include ArchivesDirect, DSpaceDirect, and DuraCloud. Learn more about any of the hosted services DuraSpace offers, please visit their web sites or contact info@duracloudcustomerservice@duraspace.org.