<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">FYI.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font face="monospace, monospace">Hilton Gibson</font></b></div><div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Stellenbosch University Library</span><br></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"><font color="#0000ee"><u><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X" target="_blank">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X</a></u></font><br></font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Carol Minton Morris</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cmmorris@duraspace.org">cmmorris@duraspace.org</a>></span><br>Date: 21 October 2015 at 15:58<br>Subject: [dspace-community] JOIN DuraSpace in 2015<br>To: DSpace Community <<a href="mailto:dspace-community@googlegroups.com">dspace-community@googlegroups.com</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</b><br></font></div><div style="font-size:13px"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Oct. 21, 2015<br><br>Read it online: </font><a href="http://bit.ly/1M8iqcH" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1M8iqcH</a><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>Contact: Valorie Hollister <<a href="mailto:vhollister@duraspace.org" target="_blank">vhollister@duraspace.org</a>></font></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20.006303787231445px"><span style="line-height:normal"><b>Become a Member of DuraSpace in 2015</b></span></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20.006303787231445px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Winchester, MA </em> The 2015 annual DuraSpace Membership Campaign that raises funds to support the continued advancement of the DSpace, Fedora and VIVO open source software will come to a close at the end of the year. While Duraspace projects proudly provide these applications for free for anyone to use, we rely on membership fees to pay for staff who provide technical leadership, strategic planning, and community outreach coordination, and facilitate timely software releases. Meeting our 2015 campaign financial goals will ensure that our open source projects have the crucial funds they need to advance and maintain the open source software our communities rely on.</font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20.006303787231445px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Here’s where we stand:</font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20.006303787231445px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><img height="316" width="432" src="http://duraspace.org/sites/duraspace.org/files/media/mem%20graph%2010_20.png" alt="" title="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20.006303787231445px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20.006303787231445px"><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">*VIVO membership year is offset from other projects, most renewals on calendar year basis  </font></em></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20.006303787231445px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">For a complete listing of members visit: all DuraSpace members </font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20.006303787231445px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">• <a href="http://duraspace.org/all_members" target="_blank">DSpace members</a> (<a href="http://duraspace.org/all_members/dspace" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">http://duraspace.org/all_members/dspace</a> )</font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20.006303787231445px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">• <a href="http://fedorarepository.org/membership" target="_blank">Fedora members</a> </font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20.006303787231445px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">• <a href="http://vivoweb.org/sponsorship" target="_blank">VIVO members</a> </font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20.006303787231445px"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Here’s what’s at stake:</font></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20.006303787231445px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Each open source community has some ambitious plans. By project they include:</font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20.006303787231445px"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">DSpace</font></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20.006303787231445px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">With participation from the DSpace community, the DSpace Steering Group has laid out plans to modernize DSpace software to meet the community’s needs of the next 5-10 years. This major revamp of DSpace will be a large undertaking, but there has been a great deal of progress already. A <a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/RoadMap" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">detailed roadmap</a> has been approved and includes the following:</font></p><ul style="margin:0.25em 0px 0.25em 1.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:initial;line-height:20.006303787231445px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Efforts to increase global input</font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">New and improved single user interface</font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Single search and browse system</font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Single built-in statistical engine</font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Admin user interface for configurations</font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Simplified Community and Collection hierarchy</font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Lowered effort for content deposit</font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Hierarchical metadata support</font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Relationships between objects</font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Enhanced statistical reporting</font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Enhanced basic preservation</font></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20.006303787231445px"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.538em"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Fedora</font></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20.006303787231445px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Re-vamping Fedora over the last few years was an enormous undertaking and the work is still on-going. Current efforts include:</font></p><ul style="margin:0.25em 0px 0.25em 1.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:initial;line-he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" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/H86N4MQ9hEA</a>.</font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20.006303787231445px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Become a DuraSpace member by simply completing the on-line membership form: <a href="http://duraspace.org/become_a_member" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">http://duraspace.org/become_a_member</a>. If you have any questions or need more information about membership, please contact Valorie Hollister <<a href="mailto:vhollister@duraspace.org" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">vhollister@duraspace.org</a>>.</font></p></div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">

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