DuraSpace Digest
Vol. 7, Issue 7 August 2015
The DuraSpace Digest highlights recent events, releases, and opportunities of interest to the DuraSpace community.
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in this issue

- Take a Survey to Help Shape the "Hydra in a Box" Next-generation Repository Solution
- UPDATE: SHARE Research Information Systems Task Group

DSpace 
- Invitation to join the DSpace User Interface (UI) Working Group
- Telling DSpace Stories at University of Manitoba with Carell Jackimiek
- INVITATION: DSpace User Group Meeting in Tübingen, Germany
  
Fedora
- Quarterly Report from Fedora, January - June 2015
- REGISTER: Fedora 4 Workshop and User Group Meeting in Paris
- NOW AVAILABLE: Fedora 4.3.0-Towards Meeting Key Objectives
- Welcome Jared Whiklo, University of Manitoba, to the Fedora Committers

- Welcome Graham Triggs: New Technical Lead for the VIVO Project
- Telling VIVO Stories at Colorado University Boulder with Liz Tomich
- DuraSpace Selects Gunter Media Group, Inc. as a Registered Service Provider for VIVO

- Announcing the ArchivesDirect Price Drop- Affordable Preservation, Evaluation and Workflows Plus DuraCloud Storage
- NOW AVAILABLE: Lower per Terabyte Cost for Additional ArchivesDirect Storage

- Cineca DSpace Service Provider Update
- On the Road with Open Repository at IFLA, WLIC and 2015 Repository Fringe Conference

Community   
- Major Repository Networks Agree to Collaborate on Data Exchange, Technological Development, and Metadata
- 2016 DLF eResearch Network
DSNews DURASPACE NEWS 
Take a Survey to Help Shape the "Hydra in a Box" Next-generation Repository Solution  
Do you manage digital collections? Are you interested in the future of repository solutions?  The Digital Public Library of America, Stanford University, and DuraSpace want to hear from you.  Take the Hydra-in-a-Box Survey. 

UPDATE: SHARE Research Information Systems Task Group 
The SHARE Research Information Systems Task Group led by DuraSpace CEO Debra Hanken Kurtz will write a brief white paper that surfaces key considerations concerning the quality and completeness of research activity administrative data. 

Visit the DuraSpace Community Calendar or our recent Event Blog Posts 
for a comprehensive online view of upcoming community events.
DSProjects
DURASPACE PROJECTS
DSpace 
Invitation to join the DSpace User Interface (UI) Working Group 
Based on the recently approved Roadmap, a new working group to oversee the DSpace User Interface (UI) replacement project is underway. We are extending an invitation to any interested community members to join this working group or take part in UI pilots. 

Telling DSpace Stories at University of Manitoba with Carell Jackimiek 
Telling DSpace Stories" is a community-led initiative aimed at introducing project leaders and their ideas to one another while providing details about DSpace implementations for the community and beyond. 

INVITATION: DSpace User Group Meeting in Tübingen, Germany 
The German DSpace User Group was reconstituted in October of 2014. The DSpace German-speaking community now has the opportunity to talk about DSpace topics face-to-face. 
Fedora
Quarterly Report from Fedora, January - June 2015 
The Fedora Leadership Group presents Fedora activities for the first six months of 2015.
REGISTER: Fedora 4 Workshop and User Group Meeting in Paris 
A one-day Fedora 4 Workshop and User Group Meeting will be held on Sept. 25, 2015 in Paris, France. 
Related link: Registration

NOW AVAILABLE: Fedora 4.3.0-Towards Meeting Key Objectives 
On July 24, 2015 Fedora 4.3.0  was released by the Fedora team. 

Welcome Jared Whiklo, University of Manitoba, to the Fedora Committers 
The Fedora Committers and Leadership Teams are pleased to welcome Jared Whiklo, Web Application Developer at the University of Manitoba, to the Fedora Committers team. 
VIVO
Welcome Graham Triggs: New Technical Lead for the VIVO Project 
The DuraSpace organization is pleased to announce that Graham Triggs has accepted a position with DuraSpace as the Technical Lead for the VIVO Project effective September 21, 2015. 
Related link: http://vivoweb.org/

Telling VIVO Stories at Colorado University Boulder with Liz Tomich 
Telling VIVO Stories" is a community-led initiative aimed at introducing project leaders and their ideas to one another while providing VIVO implementation details for the VIVO community and beyond. 

DuraSpace Selects Gunter Media Group, Inc. as a Registered Service Provider for VIVO 
Gunter Media Group, Inc., an executive management consulting firm that helps libraries, publishers and companies leverage key operational, technical, business and human assets, has become a DuraSpace Registered Service Provider for the VIVO Project. 
DSServices
DURASPACE SERVICES   
Interested in learning more about how DuraCloud, DSpaceDirect, or both may be a good fit for you? Simply submit your information and we will get back to you shortly!
For more information about DuraCloud, please visit: http://duracloud.org/account-inquiry
To request details about DSpaceDirect, simply to go: http://dspacedirect.org/inquiry
Announcing the ArchivesDirect Price Drop- Affordable Preservation, Evaluation and Workflows Plus DuraCloud Storage 
The ArchivesDirect hosted service offers a perfect combination of Artefactual Systems digital preservation expertise plus dependable storage in DuraCloud-AND this soup-to-nuts hosted service is now even more affordable.
Read the post: http://duraspace.org/articles/2638
Related link: http://www.archivesdirect.org/

NOW AVAILABLE: Lower per Terabyte Cost for Additional ArchivesDirect Storage ArchivesDirect has lowered the per terabyte cost of additional storage to make using the service more cost effective for organizations and institutions seeking to meet institutional demands for ensuring that their digital footprint is safe and accessible for future generations.  
Read the post: http://duraspace.org/articles/2641 
Related link: http://archivesdirect.org/pricing
RSP 
DURASPACE CORPORATE SPONSORS & REGISTERED SERVICE PROVIDER (RSP) HIGHLIGHTS
This section highlights the work of DuraSpace Corporate Sponsors and Registered Service Providers.

Cineca DSpace Service Provider Update 
It has been a hot and productive summer here in Cineca,  we have carried out several DSpace activities together with the go live of the National ORCID Hub to support the adoption of ORCID in Italy. 
Related link:  http://www.cineca.it/en

Open Repository,  a hosted DSpace-based repository solution from BioMed Central, was very pleased to attend and present at recent International conferences including the Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) held in Cape Town, South Africa.
Community
COMMUNITY
Major Repository Networks Agree to Collaborate on Data Exchange, Technological Development, and Metadata 
On July 9 and 10, 2015, three major regional open access repository networks and aggregators (OpenAire, LA Referencia, and SHARE), along with the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and Center for Open Science (COS) met in Charlottesville, Virginia, to discuss synergies and potential areas of collaboration.
Read the post: http://duraspace.org/articles/2635 
Related link: https://www.coar-repositories.org/

2016 DLF eResearch Network 
We are now accepting expressions of interest in the 2016 DLF eResearch Network cohort, a cohort-based learning experience focused on research data management services.
Read the post: http://duraspace.org/articles/2643 
Related link: http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diglib.org%2Fgroups%2Fe-research-network%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHLFE57uGvjrH3JDpjBr9xFzzEfXw
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