MESSAGE FROM THE CEO
Dear Friends,
Happy New Year! DuraSpace
DuraSpace welcomes new leadership to our Board of Directors. After (how many?) years on the Board, and three on the Executive Group, Laura Wood, Associate University Librarian for Research and Education at Harvard Library, is stepping down from her post as Board President. To fill this vacancy the Board has approved the following slate: Tyler Walters, Dean, University Libraries and Professor, Virginia Tech, will serve as President, Tom Cramer, Assistant University Librarian and Director, Digital Library Systems & Services Chief Technology Strategist Stanford University Libraries, and Heather Joseph, Executive Director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), will remain in their current positions as Vice President and Secretary, respectively, and Rob Cartolano, Associate Vice President for Digital Programs and Technology Services for Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, will serve as Treasurer to fill the position vacated by Tyler. Laura will remain on the Board through the spring. (Read announcement here).
This year DuraSpace aims to
Many thanks to our members who renewed their membership for 2017 and to those who have joined DuraSpace for the first time as new members. We look forward to welcoming our members to the DuraSpace Member Summit which will be held April 10-11 in San Diego right before the CNI Spring Member Meeting.We look forward to seeing you there and also at conferences and meetings this spring. See "Where We'll Be" below.
Warm regards,
Debra Hanken Kurtz
CEO
SERVICES
We are pleased to welcome new DSpaceDirect customer
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 THIS SPRING
Durapace Summit, San Diego, April 10-11, Andrew, Carol, David, Debra, Erin, Mic, Mike, Val
CNI Spring Membership Meeting, San Diego, April 12-13 Debra Hanken Kurtz, Erin Tripp, David Wilcox, Andrew Woods
