Google Summer of Code

(GSoC)

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2015 is here and its

the eleventh year of Google Summer of Code!

For specific deadlines and registration information, please visit the Google Summer of Code website.

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DuraSpace Technology

DuraSpace is a an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that provides providing leadership and innovation in for open source and cloud-based technologies primarily for libraries, universities, research centers, and cultural heritage organizations. DuraSpace software and services are used worldwide as solutions for institutional repositories, open access publishing, digital libraries, digital archives, digital collections, data curation, virtual research environments, and more. DuraSpace is committed to serving the creators and stewards of our scholarly, scientific, and cultural heritage by providing technologies and services that help to ensure that digital content is accessible over the long term. Accordingly, the DuraSpace technology portfolio inherently addresses the issue of durability of digital contenttechnologies that promote durable, persistent access to digital data. We collaborate with academic, scientific, cultural, and technology communities by supporting projects and creating services to help ensure that current and future generations have access to our collective digital heritage.

The DuraSpace organization provides leadership and innovation around these open technology platforms:

• DSpace - a turnkey institutional repository web application
• Fedora Commons - a framework for building digital repository systems
• VIVO - a semantic web platform enabling research discovery.
• DuraCloud- a hosted (yet open source) service for managing your digital content in the cloud
  
  

Not all of these platforms may provide projects for a given Google Summer of Code.  It all depends on whether or not mentors are available during that given year. See below the GSoC Ideas List for information about which DuraSpace open technologies have projects available for this year's Google Summer of Code.

GSoC 2011 Projects Available

For Google Summer of Code 2011, the following DuraSpace open technologies have projects available:

Additional Technology Resources

If you are unfamiliar with any of our supported open technology platforms, these resources may help to get you started.

• DSpace Resources (http://www.dspace.org)
  • Introducing DSpace
  • DSpace 4.x Documentation
  • DSpace Resources List
• Fedora Commons Resources (http://www.fedora-commons.org)
  • Getting Started with Fedora
  • Fedora Documentation
• DuraCloud Resources (http://www.duracloud.org)
  • DuraCloud Documentation
  • DuraCloud Resources / Press Releases / Presentations

Obviously, if you have questions, feel free to contact the appropriate technology team via their developer's mailing list (see GSoC Projects Available section above for links to technology mailing lists).

GSoC Project Ideas List

A summary of all GSoC ideas for all DuraSpace technologies is available at: Google Summer of Code Ideas

Student Application Process

The determination of appropriate projects is a collaborative effort between those community members (preferably developers) and students (preferably computer science students or adepts). We highly recommend that prospective students join the appropriate IRC channel and mailing lists and discuss project ideas with the community prior to submitting a proposal.  See the GSoC Information page (in "GSoC Project Available" section above) for a given DuraSpace technology for links to that technology's IRC channel(s) and mailing list(s).

The order of your proposal submission is irrelevant in the decision making process for selection. What is more important is that the mentors for your project have a strong interest in supporting it during the evaluation process.

Review the existing project ideas (see "GSoC Projects Project Available" section above) or suggest your own and place your student proposal at the GSoC Site: http://socghop.appspot.com

A word of warning, in past years, bulk applications have been immediately rejected seen as "insincere". If you are truly interested in multiple project ideas, you are welcome to apply multiple times. But, your applications should be different for each project you apply for (as you will need to write up separate proposals for how you would implement each project).

All proposals should effectively outline:

1. who you are (i.e. your academic background)
2. why you want to participate
3. what you propose to do (and with which DuraSpace technology or technologies)how you propose to do it
4. a clearly defined general timeline/project plan (may obviously overlap with "detailing how you propose to do it" above)plan to implement the project. Please add information about how you would organize your project work over the span of a summer, and what stages or general timeline you feel may be necessary.
5. a code sample (preferably Java) or reference to a project you've worked on in the past (can be a student project or class project)
6. and finally your general contact information (email, Skype, IM, etc.)

Good luck!   We look forward to seeing your project ideas!

GSoC Hints & Tips (For Students, Mentors, Admins)

• Hints / Tips for Participating Students:
  • The DOs and DON’Ts of Google Summer of Code: Student Edition
  • GSoC Student Guide

• Hints / Tips for Participating Mentors & Administrators:
  • GSoC Mentoring/Admin Manual
  • The DOs and DON’Ts of Google Summer of Code: Organization Administrator Edition

Past DuraSpace GSoC Projects

Below is a listing of past Google Summer of Code projects, listed supported by DuraSpace technologyor one of its technologies:

• 2011: DuraSpace GSoC 2011 Projects
• Prior to 2011: Past DSpace DSpace Past Google Summer of Code Projects