A new issue of NewSpace, the DSpace newsletter, is available. Contents:
DSpace Sponsorship Program Update
DSpace/Fedora Collaboration
Maintenance Support Services
Jira - Issue/Feature Tracker
Update on 1.5.2
Update on 2.0
DSpace Reaches 500 Instances
DSpace Global Outreach Committee
DSpace Repository Manager Meeting
Conferences and Events
Upcoming Training
See especially the update on DuraSpace:
DSpace Foundation and Fedora Commons have been working closely together over the last month to kick off plans to develop DuraSpace. DuraSpace is a potential service that would provide trusted and reliable asset management in the cloud. The organizations received a joint planning grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to explore the concept over the next six months. Both teams have been meeting jointly with service providers, members of our community, and other interested parties that are managing cultural heritage material to analyze the need, business model, technical feasability and use cases. There will be a joint web cast on DuraSpace in the early part of next year. For more information on ongoing efforts and projects please visit the collaboration's wiki.
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 1/07/2009 03:47:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
