DuraSpace Membership Newsletter
November 17, 2016
MESSAGE FROM THE CEO (Debra)
As we approach the holidays DuraSpace will conclude work on our strategic plan. As part of the process we have conducted internal and external assessments to position ourselves and you, our community, to meet the challenges in preserving and making accessible our collective digital memory. As we are all aware the digital scholarly research landscape is affected by political, social and technical changes. Our strategic plan aims to evolve the DuraSpace business model to keep pace.
We look forward to sharing this plan with you and discussing opportunities at the DuraSpace Member Summit in the spring. Although our official membership drive draws to a close, we will welcome new members at any time. Please, continue to recruit your peers to participate in our community and let DuraSpace know what we can do to help engage with those not yet involved in community-supported open source software development of the DSpace, Fedora and VIVO platforms.
I wish you all a warm and happy Thanksgiving!
Debra Hanken Kurtz
CEO
2016 Membership update (Val)
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. Our 2016 campaign concluded last month although we welcome new members year-round. We only have another $155,000 to raise to reach our annual goal. Here's where we are towards meeting 2016 targets by project:
Total: $1,098,750; 150 members; 88% of target
- 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 (David)
Fedora 4.6.1; Proposals for Open Repositories 2017 Fedora IG; Fedora API Extension Architecture (API-X) ready for feedback
The Fedora Team is pleased to release the Fedora 4.6.1 patch which resolves two issues: concurrent creation of repository resources may introduce an invalid state and; upgrade to Modeshape 4.6.2. Read more here.
The Fedora track at Open Repositories 2017 will showcase presentations, panels, demonstrations, and project updates. Read the full call for proposals here.
Discoverygarden and DuraSpace are set to host three digital repository-related New York City events: Fedora Camp in New York City, hosted by Columbia University Libraries will take place November 28-30, 2016–single day rates available; Discovery Garden and DuraSpace will co-host an Islandora/Fedora social on the evening of November 29 at 6:30 pm. and; Discovery Garden will host an event on November 30 at the New York Academy of Medicine called “Hello Islandora: Building a Digital Repository. Read more here.
The Fedora API Extension Architecture (API-X) working group has been planning a milestone release and associated demo of the API-X framework and an assortment of extensions. Please participate in evaluation and feedback. Read more here.
DSPACE (Tim)
Proposals for Open Repositories 2017 DSpace IG; DCAT and DSpace 7.0
• DCAT initiatives
• Planning for DSpace 7.0
VIVO (Mike)
VIVO 2017 news; more
• Conference
• New VIVO members
SERVICES (Heather)
Cloud-based web services from DuraSpace are an excellent choice to streamline your institution's digital workflow. These affordable services are built on solid open source software platforms and require very little effort to start up.
DuraSpace web services include ArchivesDirect, DSpaceDirect, and DuraCloud. 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 customersupport@duraspace.org to learn more about any of the web services DuraSpace offers.
