DuraSpace Membership Newsletter
sent by September 14, 2017
MESSAGE FROM THE CEO
Debra to complete
Warm regards,
Debra Hanken Kurtz
CEO
2017 Membership update Val to update with current stats just before publication
Many thanks to our members who have already renewed their membership for 2017 and to those who have joined DuraSpace for the first time as new members. New members include:
- DSpace: ETH Zurich/ETH Library, Naval Postgraduate School and the University of Stirling
- Fedora: University Library Bern and University of Michigan Medical School
- VIVO: German National Library of Science and Technology
- General: Drexel University Libraries
141 members have so far contributed $943,333 and joined 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 $251,667 to raise to reach our annual goal. Here's where we are towards meeting targets by project:
Total: $943,333; 141 unique members; 79% of goal
- DSpace: $212,000; 51 members; 85% of goal
- Fedora: $529,750; 68 members; 91% of goal
- VIVO: $134,083; 18 members; 48% of goal
- General: $67,500; 16 members ; 79% of goal
DSpace
Tim to help complete
Update on North American DSpace User Meeting hosted by Georgetown University Library Aug 22-23. More information here.
Save for October - Update on The DSpace Anwendertreffen 2017 (formally known as German DSpace User Group Meeting) will take place on September 21, 2017 More information here.
Fedora
David to help complete
Update on Fedora and Samvera (formerly Hydra) Camp at Oxford University, Sept 4 - 8, 2017.
VIVO
Mike to help complete
Update on 2017 VIVO Conference to be held in NYC Aug 2-4.
Update on VIVO Community Survey (help in understanding how institutions and organizations use VIVO). Fill out the survey.
SERVICES
We are pleased to welcome new DSpaceDirect customer California Baptist University.
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 customersupport@duraspace.org to learn more about any of the web services DuraSpace offers.
WHERE WE'LL BE
ALL STAFF - Please Update
PASIG, Sept 11-13, Erin Tripp and Michele Mennielli
RDA 10th Plenary Meeting, September 19-21, David Wilcox and Mike Conlon
The DSpace Anwendertreffen, Sept 21, Michele Mennielli
iPRES, September 25-29, David Wilcox
Fedora Camp Texas, Oct 16-18, David Wilcox
DLF Forum, Oct 23-25, Debra Hanken Kurtz and Erin Tripp
