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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Contributions to the DSpace Development Fund help support features prioritized by DSpace Leadership. The features and functionality we are currently seeking to fund include an accessibility audit of DSpace and paid development to remediate accessibility issues.

New Accessibility Campaign for

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FY 2023-24!

• Accessibility Audit and Remediation

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DSpace continues to grow and evolve to support open repositories because of generous contributions of time and resources by the global DSpace community. Please consider contributing to help us maintain this critical development work and to enhance the software you use.

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Contributing Institutions

DSpace is excited to share that since we launched the DSpace Development Fund,members of the worldwide DSpace community have contributedto supporting continued funded development for DSpace, the software of choice for academic, non-profit, and commercial organizations building open digital repositories.

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

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DSpace Accessibility Champions

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Funding for Enhanced Accessibility in DSpace

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FY 2023-24)

• Community Supported Technologies & Hosting Services (Lyrasis)

• Harvard Libraries

• MIT Libraries 

• Texas Digital Library
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
• Other funding contributors to the accessibility campaign fund will be added here!

Accessibility Audits Contributed for Enhanced Accessibility in DSpace 7 (FY 2023-24)

• Cornell University
• University of Edinburgh
• Other contributors to the accessibility campaign will be added here!

Previous Funding Contributors to the DSpace Development Fund

• 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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