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Updated September 2024March 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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In March 2022, DSpace launched the DSpace Development Fund to build on previous fundraising efforts that directly supported paid development for DSpace. While the best way to support DSpace is still through membership, the DSpace Development Fund provides an alternative path to supporting the critical development work and sustainability of DSpace. The DSpace Development Fund enables contributions to help support features and development work prioritized by the DSpace Leadership Group.

The DSpace Development Fund builds on 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, 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.   

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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.

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Current Accessibility Campaign

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• Accessibility Audit and Remediation Remediation 
  

DSpace 7.x Features and Functionality Completed with DSpace Development Funding

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DSpace Accessibility Champions

Funding for Enhanced DSpace Accessibility

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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
• Virginia Tech University Libraries
• Other funding contributors to the accessibility campaign fund will be added here!

Accessibility Audits Contributed for Enhanced DSpace Accessibility

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(FY 2023-24)

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

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