Dear Friends,
As we look forward to progress and new initiatives across our community in the new year I want to take this opportunity to brief members on what I see as key DuraSpace strategic priorities for 2019.
Leaders from across the ecosystem of open source software projects that support the preservation and access of digital collections came together in December at the University of Michigan at the first meeting of Open Community Infrastructure to discuss bringing more coherence to separate communities and projects in order to address a variety of redundancies and inefficiencies. The following institutions were represented: University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Northwestern University, Indiana University, University of Colorado, North Carolina State University, Penn State University, Ohio State University, New York University, Stanford University, Columbia University, University of Iowa, Emory University, University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University, and Princeton University. The group looked carefully at the feasibility of a coherence model for a focused set of open source software projects that we collectively use for digital preservation and access, and to consider what it might take to move the ideal of coherence and interdependence into action. There will be a report issued on the proceedings in February.
In light of our community's recognition of the need for organizational coherence DuraSpace is planning for:
- how to amplify our voice to a larger member base around the world in 2019;
- providing access to staff and investment dollars that will accelerate our work and build our momentum;
- improving benefits to members that will strengthen our products and services;
- increased opportunities for product integration that will bolster our OSS products as viable end-to-end solutions and alternatives to proprietary products;
- providing more flexible support to OSS/community-supported projects/programs based on need and revenue
Thank you for your continued support of our work on these and other initiatives aimed at providing enduring access to the world’s digital heritage.
Warm regards,
Erin Tripp
Executive Director
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