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March 2022; Updated March 2023 and April 2023 to reflect features added via this fund and additional anticipated features; Updated October 2023

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DSpace is pleased to announce the launch of In March 2022, DSpace launched the DSpace Development Fund (DDF) !to build on previous fundraising efforts that directly supported paid development for DSpace.

About the DSpace Development Fund

The DSpace Development Fund builds on Two years ago, DSpace started a successful fundraising campaign that began in 2020 to accelerate development for version 7.0, a major milestone in the history of DSpace.  Largely through generous contributions from member institutions, we were DSpace was able to invest more than $300,000 in targeted development to enable the accelerated release of DSpace 7 in August 2021 and several subsequent point releases. We gratefully recognize the institutions who generously contributed financially to support the DSpace 7 staged release program, and individuals who devoted time to fundraising.   We want to keep the momentum going for DSpace development.

For nearly 20 years, we DSpace relied exclusively on volunteers to contribute code for DSpace.  To ensure our ambitious 7.0 goals could be met, DSpace governance approved a plan to directly fund development work for DSpace 7. By funding the development work, DSpace Governance could more predictably stage releases, and better maintain community oversight of the development outcomes. While contributions from volunteers are very welcome and help tremendously with the development of DSpace, the funded development work brought DSpace to a completely new level.

To build on the success of previous fundraising efforts, we are establishing the DSpace Development Fund to offer members, users, and any other interested parties the opportunity to participate in supporting the future of the DSpace software and its essential role in the global open science and open access infrastructure.

Here’s what the DSpace Development Fund will enable:Features and Functionality Supported by the DSpace Development Fund

Contributions to the DSpace Development Fund help support features prioritized by DSpace Leadership. Upcoming features Features and functionality we are seeking to fund include the following:

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• Advanced Policy management - Added
• Item counts for Communities/Collections - Added
• Primary Bitstream support - Added
• Signposting and other interoperability technologies recommended by COAR's Next Generation Repositories project - Signposting Added

New for Fall 2023

• Accessibility Audit and Remediation
  

And these are just some of the features we planned to include into DSpace. For more details, you can also see our development priorities and track progress via the GitHub boards where you can see all tiers and release boards. 

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DSpace gratefully acknowledges the following organizations for their contributions to the DSpace Development Fund:.

Funding for Enhanced Accessibility in DSpace 7 (Fall 2023)

Previous Contributors

• Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin - Medical Library
• DuraSpace Community Supported Programs (Lyrasis)
• Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
• Georgia Tech Library
• Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
• Indiana University, Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI)
• National Library of Finland
• The Ohio State University Libraries
• Technische Universität Berlin
• Technische Universität Hamburg
• Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
• Universitätsbibliothek Kassel
• Universität Konstanz
• Universität des Saarlandes
• University of Arizona Libraries
• University of Cambridge
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Kansas 
• Virginia Tech University Libraries

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