Dear Friends,
The October DuraSpace look across the scholarly ecosystem landscape includes several notable highlights:
- We announced a new strategic partnership with OpenAIRE aimed at ensuring that repositories are using up-to-date technologies and adopting international standards and protocols.
- A Fedora and Samvera Camp is happening at the Berlin State Library November 5 – 8, 2018 in collaboration with Data Curation Experts.
- VIVO was recently highlighted at Force 11 in Montreal.
- We welcome Ontocale, our newest participant in the DuraSpace Service Provider (DSP) program. Ontocale is a Certified DuraSpace Contributor offering VIVO services. (link to come)
- As our global community continues to expand DuraSpace is pleased to announce the first Country-specific Webinar Series, offered with the support of Neki IT, focused on DSpace in Brazil. The series will be presented in the Portuguese language.
Thank you for supporting our work on these and other initiatives aimed at providing enduring access to the world’s digital heritage.
Warm regards,
Erin Tripp
Interim CEO
2018 Membership Campaign
Here's where we are towards meeting the 2018 Membership Campaign goals by project:
Total: $1,047,440; 159 unique members ; 92% of goal (pls update)
- DSpace: $291,857; 58 members ; 113% of goal
- Fedora: $482,167; 71 members; 85% of goal
- VIVO: $174,916; 22 members; 84% of goal
General: $98,500; 20 members; 95% of goal
If you have questions about your membership, please contact Valorie Hollister <vhollister@duraspace.org>.
This week: A Members-Only Hot Topics Webinar
As a valued DuraSpace member we invite you to attend our upcoming members-only webinar, “Securing Community-Controlled Infrastructure: SPARC’s plan of action” on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Eastern.
In a recently published article, "Securing community-controlled infrastructure," Heather Joseph, SPARC Executive Director, begins to address a common concern that was raised by the Open community in late 2017: “Everything we have gained by opening content and data will be under threat if we allow the enclosure of scholarly infrastructures.” This is a special opportunity to be among the first to hear from Heather on the results of the survey conducted and an update on what has been done to date to further explore this question. Heather will also discuss the possible paths to an ecosystem that encourages community-controlled infrastructure and answer questions from the audience. We invite you to register today!
