December 2015
 The DuraSpace Digest highlights recent events, releases and 
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Opportunities to Connect with DuraSpace-en espaņol
Keep up with DuraSpace news, events, opportunities and initiatives in Spanish.  Read more
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Letter From Fedora Camp 
Fedora enthusiasts from around the US and Canada got together to teach, learn and get to know one another at the recent Fedora Camp held at "The Edge", Duke University Libraries' learning commons for research, technology, and collaboration.  Read more 

Success: Fedora Project Exceeds 2015 Fundraising Goal 
As 2015 comes to a close DuraSpace is pleased to announce that the Fedora Project's annual membership campaign total now stands at $563,750, which exceeds the 2015 fundraising goal of $560,000!  Read more 
 
UPDATE: Fedora Community Book Club Kick-off  
An organizing group met recently to discuss and define the logistics for discussions of the Fedora Community Book Club selection: "Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist".  

Telling DSpace Stories at Cornell University Library with David Ruddy 
Carol Minton Morris from DuraSpace interviewed David Ruddy, Director of Scholarly Communication Services at Cornell University Library, to learn about the eCommons DSpace repository.  Read more 

WORKSHOP: Managing Assets as Linked Data with Fedora 4
Traveling to the 20th annual conference of Museums and the Web 2016 (MW2016) April 6-9, 2016 in Los Angeles? If so plan on joining David Wilcox, DuraSpace, and Stefano Cossu, The Art Institute of Chicago for a half-day workshop focused on managing museum assets as linked data with Fedora 4.  Read more

DSpace Use Grows at Top Global Universities 
25 of the top 50 institutions in the 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities run the Open Source DSpace software.  Read more
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Center for Astronomy & Physics Education Research (CAPER) Chooses Open Repository for Hosted Repository Platform
Open Repository is pleased to announce The Center for Astronomy & Physics Education Research (CAPER), as a new client on Open Repository's hosted repository platform.  Read more 
 
 
@mire Challenges Google Books Viewer 
@mire With the new Document Streaming Module, is taking in-browser document access to the next level.  Read more
ETC
CALL for Proposals for Open Repositories 2016: Illuminating the World
The Eleventh International Conference on Open Repositories, will be held on June 13th-16th, 2016 in Dublin, Ireland.  Read more

The Digital Preservation Network (DPN) Explained
The Digital Preservation Network (DPN) is the only large-scale digital preservation service that is built to last beyond the life spans of individuals, technological systems, and organizations.  Read more