Balancing Community, Commitment, and Innovation–The 2017 DuraSpace Membership Campaign

April 4, 2017By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized, VIVO No Comments

Austin, TX  The 2017 DuraSpace Membership Campaign gets underway this week. The campaign raises funds to support the continued advancement of DSpace, Fedora and VIVO open source software projects. DuraSpace proudly provides these applications for free for anyone to use. Our projects rely on membership fees to balance paying for staff who provide technical leadership, direct strategic planning, organize community outreach, and … Read More

PARTICIPATE: National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) Digital Preservation Staffing Survey

March 9, 2017By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized No Comments

From The NDSA Staffing Survey Working Group Washington, DC  Does your organization manage and preserve digital content? If so, the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) is interested in hearing from you! NDSA is conducting a survey of institutions with digital preservation responsibilities to gain insight into how organizations worldwide are addressing digital preservation staffing, scoping … Read More

DuraSpace at Your Service

February 13, 2017By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized, VIVO No Comments

Austin, TX  How can we help? That’s what we at DuraSpace hope to learn from you, our valued community. We have developed a 4-question survey that should take you no more than 5 minutes to complete aimed at learning more about how DuraSpace might better serve our community. We have heard directly and indirectly from … Read More

DuraSpace Looks Forward

January 18, 2017By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized, VIVO No Comments

Austin, TX   We at DuraSpace are looking forward to a productive year in partnership with our valued community while also looking back over a decade of community development and action, open source technology advances, and organizational growth.  We took a moment to dream big. Could we better integrate mindshare? What would thoughtful expansion look like? … Read More

ANNOUNCING The 2017 Open Repositories Conference Scholarship Programme

November 29, 2016By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized, VIVO No Comments

From the Open Repositories Conference Steering Committee The Open Repositories Steering Committee invites applications for the Open Repositories 2017 Scholarship Programme. Scholarships provide support for a small number of full registered places for the 2017 conference in Brisbane through a competitive application process. It is open to librarians, repository managers, developers, and researchers in digital … Read More

CALL for Proposals: ALA International Relations Round Table (IRRT) Committee at ALA 2017

November 10, 2016By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized No Comments

From Paromita Biswas, Western Carolina University, Hunter Library Cullowhee, NC  The American Library Association, International Papers and Projects Committee invites proposals for presentations to be made at the next ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois, USA June 22-27, 2017. Presentations will be delivered at the International Papers Session scheduled in June 2017. The International Papers and Projects … Read More

Open Repositories 2017–Now Open for Online Submissions

September 30, 2016By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized, VIVO No Comments

From the organisers of the Twelfth International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2017 Brisbane, Australia  The OR17 Call for Proposals is available on the conference web site: http://or2017.net/call-for-proposals/ The Twelfth International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2017, will be held on June 26th-30th, 2017 in Brisbane, Australia. The organisers are pleased to issue this call for contributions to the program, … Read More

Welcome Heather Greer Klein: Hosted Services Customer Specialist

September 27, 2016By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized No Comments

Austin, TX  DuraSpace is pleased to announce that Heather Greer Klein accepted the position as hosted services customer specialist effective October 26, 2016. In this role, Heather will work closely with the DuraSpace hosted services team to manage the lead to sale process of DuraSpace hosted services (DuraCloud, DSpaceDirect, ArchivesDirect) including customer service, product pricing, … Read More

ONLINE DSpace, Fedora and VIVO Technical Specifications

September 21, 2016By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized, VIVO No Comments

Austin, TX  Get current technical facts about DSpace, Fedora and VIVO in a concise format online, or as a downloadable PDF. Overview technical specifications for each DuraSpace open source project offer a basic description, history, a typical product use case, an architectural overview, key features and more. • DSpace technical specifications here. • Fedora technical … Read More

CALL for Open Repositories Conference 2017 Proposals

September 21, 2016By InfoDSpace, Uncategorized, VIVO No Comments

From the organisers of the Twelfth International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2017 Brisbane, Australia  The Twelfth International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2017, will be held on June 26th-30th, 2017 in Brisbane, Australia. The organisers are pleased to issue this call for contributions to the program, with submissions due by 20 November 2016. In 2017 the Open … Read More