Dear Friends,
As you may be aware CEO Debra Hanken Kurtz is returning to academic librarianship at Arizona State University to serve as the Associate University Librarian for Technology Services where she will have the opportunity work more closely with the creators and users of repository and research outputs and to help preserve content and make it more easily accessible for scholars of every stripe. Erin Tripp, Business Development Manager at DuraSpace, will serve as the Interim Chief Executive Officer. Valorie Hollister, Director of Membership and Finance at DuraSpace, and Bill Branan, Services Technical Director, will assist Ms. Tripp with the transition.
Many new developments
- New web site?
- Adding strategic partners
- DSpace and Fedora at OR, DSpace at EuroCRIS Conference, other
- Report outs--webinars--for members on os projects?
- entities work as part of DSpace 7 (waiting on DSpace Steering communication coming soon)
DSpace users met on June 13 in Umeå, Sweden to identify existing examples of integration between DSpace and CRIS systems and to discuss functionalities that DSpace could implement in the future to support workflows traditionally associated with Research Information Systems more effectively.
With many thanks for your support and participation.
Warm regards,
Erin Tripp
Interim CEO
2018 Membership Campaign (pls update Val)
Our 2018-19 Membership Campaign is off to a great start! Thank you to each of our renewing DuraSpace members for your continued support. A special thanks to the members who increased their membership level this year including, McMaster University, and the University of Hong Kong. And finally, a warm welcome to our brand new members this year, SIGMA, the University of Tampa, and ZHAW University Library. If you have questions about your membership, please contact Valorie Hollister <vhollister@duraspace.org>.
Leadership Group Elections (pls update or cut)
Earlier this month we launched the nomination phase of our Leadership Group election process. Each DuraSpace project has representative, community-based governance model that includes several governing groups with various levels of responsibility. Eligibility to serve in project governance is determined by participation in the DuraSpace Membership Program. Individuals sitting on the Leadership Group for each project play a key role in setting the strategic direction and priorities of the project through the approval of the annual budget allocation and project roadmap and establishing the annual community direction. Leaders also nominate the members of the project Steering Group. Nominations are made by the appointed Community Liaison at each member institution. Their role includes both the nomination of a candidate from your institution (if there is an open Leadership Group seat) and voting in the election on behalf of your institution which will take place later this month. If you have any questions about the Leadership Group election process please contact Kristi Searle.
SERVICES (pls update Heather)
Webinar recording: DuraCloud in 2018: What’s New? What’s Next for the Software & the Service?
On Thursday, May 24 Heather Greer Klein presented a one-hour webinar we’ll discuss DuraCloud’s features, storage options, and hosted service options in the United States and Europe. Participants will also learn more about DuraCloud as open source software, the development roadmap, and the new pricing options for storing over 20 TB.
New Customers
We are excited to welcome new ArchivesDirect customer CUNY Graduate Center and new DSpaceDirect customer Engineering World Health.
ArchivesDirect, DSpaceDirect, and DuraCloud services from DuraSpace are built on solid open source software platforms and require very little effort to start up. DuraSpace staff experts work directly with service customers to provide personalized on-boarding processes and superb customer support. Our services can provide open access to institutional resources, preservation of treasured collections, and simplified data management tools. Contact Heather Greer Klein to learn more about any of the web services DuraSpace offers, and to learn about special discounts for new DuraCloud subscribers who are DuraSpace members at the Silver level and above.
DuraSpace-euroCRIS Interoperability Event
We’d like to invite you to the first DuraSpace-euroCRIS Interoperability Event with our Strategic Partner euroCRIS.
The DSpace and CRIS Systems one-day Workshop will focus on interoperability between DSpace repositories and CRIS systems iprior to the CRIS 2018 Conference in Umeå, Sweden - on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
During the DSpace and CRIS systems workshop, DSpace users will have a great opportunity to meet to identify existing examples of integration between DSpace and CRIS systems and to discuss functionalities that DSpace could implement in the future in order to support workflows traditionally associated with Research Information Systems more effectively.
The workshop agenda is now available: http://www.cris2018.se/schedule/ if you’re interested in participating please let us know using this form.
WHERE WE'LL BE THIS SPRING (All Please UPDATE)
CASRAI-CA Reconnect18, Ottawa, Canada, May 23/24 - David Baker
CASRAI-UK Reconnect18, Glasgow, UK, June 25/26 - David Baker
CASRAI-EU Reconnect18, Porto, Portugal, June 29 - David Baker, Michele Mennielli
