Ithaca, NY, Boston, MA At the heart of any open source project are the people who come together to create innovative software. Today DuraSpace, a non-profit organization that combines Fedora Commons and DSpace technologies, announced a launch of their Solution Community program to extend participation in open source software development to strategic decision makers.
With over […]

By Thorny Staples, Director of Community Strategy and Alliances and Director of the Fedora Project, DuraSpace
The purpose of the Scholars Workbench group and other solutions community groups is to create opportunities for people who are interested in topics that strongly relate to the DuraSpace mission (everything that relates to the problem of the durability of […]

Ithaca, NY, Boston, MA With pride in the community participation that powers open source repository platform development, DuraSpace and the Fedora Commons Repository Project are pleased to announce that Kai Strnad will serve as Community Release Manager for the upcoming release of Fedora Repository 3.3.
Kai is a Software Engineer with FIZ Karlsruhe, and has been […]

Washington, DC Less than one week from today, more than 200 sites around the globe will mark Open Access Week 2009. The concept of Open Access is based on the simple idea that all research should be freely accessible online, immediately after publication. Research institutes, colleges, universities, and advocacy organizations everywhere will host events or […]

Ithaca, NY, Boston, MA To celebrate the online development and dissemination of diverse, often hidden digital assets, DuraSpace is pleased to announce three winners of the DuraSpace SPARC Open Access Week Contest. The contest solicited examples of repositories that have made significant resources more available to help shape the global knowledge landscape. The winners and […]

DuraSpace and the DSpace Global Outreach Committee are pleased to announce the official launch of the DSpace Ambassador Program.
The Ambassador Program seeks to develop a global network of volunteers who can help new and potential users get started with DSpace and/or help solicit the necessary help for users with questions. While the Ambassador is not […]

Washington, DC, Ithaca, NY, Boston, MA How long is long enough for our collective national digital heritage to be available and accessible? The Library of Congress National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) and DuraSpace have announced that they will launch a one-year pilot program to test the use of cloud technologies to enable […]

Ithaca, NY, Boston, MA — Fedora Commons and the DSpace Foundation, two of the largest providers of open source software for managing and providing access to digital content, have announced today that they will join their organizations to pursue a common mission.  Jointly, they will provide leadership and innovation in open source technologies for global […]