WEBINAR: LYRASIS and DuraSpace Town Hall Meeting

February 11, 2019By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized, VIVO

The LYRASIS and DuraSpace Boards announced their “Intent to Merge” the two organizations on January 24, 2019. Both the LYRASIS and DuraSpace Boards are currently in the due diligence phase to investigate the merger, and want to include their communities to discuss the future, answer questions and share feedback. Join us for a Town Hall … Read More

Amplifying Impact: LYRASIS and DuraSpace Announce Intent to Merge

January 23, 2019By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized, VIVO

LYRASIS and DuraSpace announce their intent to merge, forming a robust new home for Community-Supported Programs and Services. LYRASIS, an innovative full-service technology and services nonprofit, and DuraSpace, which specializes in open source technologies, plan to join their world-class 501(c)(3) nonprofit teams in 2019. LYRASIS is a recognized leader in building and delivering solutions to … Read More

DSpace Anwendertreffen 2019–Call for Participation

January 21, 2019By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized

From Pascal-Nicolas Becker, The Library Code GmbH (German version below) The DSpace Anwendertreffen 2019 will take place at the University of Bamberg, on Thursday, 11th April 2019 and Friday, 12th April 2019. It is organized by the University Library of Bamberg and The Library Code GmbH. This meeting is about informal exchange between DSpace users, … Read More

DSpace Users Group Meeting and Training Workshop Held in New Delhi, India

January 1, 2019By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized

The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Kalanidhi Division in collaboration with DSquare Technologies (Certified DuraSpace Contributor for DSpace) hosted a “DSpace Users Group Meeting and Training Workshop” on 3-4 December, 2018. Key objectives of the event included bringing the local user community together and enhancing their understanding of DSpace based on experiences of … Read More

Impact of Plan S Implementation Guidelines on DSpace Repositories

December 18, 2018By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized

From Atmire Atmire reflections on the requirements for Plan S compliant Open Access repositories. Coalition S recently released guidance on the implementation of Plan S, an initiative by European funders to make full and immediate Open Access a reality by 2020. Very specifically, this guidance contains section 10.2 – Requirements for Plan S compliant Open Access … Read More

Happy Holidays From DuraSpace

December 17, 2018By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized, VIVO

As 2018 draws to a close all of us here at DuraSpace wish our friends and colleagues near and far the happiest of holiday seasons, and extend warm wishes for a prosperous and healthy new year. We are grateful for your continued interest in and support of our shared goal of preserving and providing access … Read More

Exposing Repository Content to Google Scholar

December 17, 2018By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized

From Atmire DSpace Repositories serving scholarly content generally receive a significant amount of daily download traffic from Google Scholar. In a recent webinar for Atmire clients, Bram Luyten zoomed in on: The basic principles of how Google Scholar indexes your repository Detecting and resolving indexing problems using the free Atmire Analyzer Monitoring traffic originating from Google … Read More

Making DSpace GDPR Compliant

December 17, 2018By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized

From DSquare Technologies DSquare Technologies is pleased to announce GDPR solution for DSpace. Most of us are aware that General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was enacted during May, 2018 resulting in stricter data privacy requirements. It is now more  important than ever to ensure security of Personal Identifiable information. DSquare Technologies developed a GDPR compliance … Read More