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- Rob Catalano--stack of services is not yet clearly defined; still in R&D phases
- We need to understand the ecosystem that DuraSpace lives in
- Dean Krafft--How do I decide which to invest in?
- If we fail to invest as a community we will suffer the tragedy of the Commons
- No reason not to be putting the investment into all the layers but not everyone has to invest
- We need to get the right mix/compliments among efforts on the stack; what is the most effective investment
- The stack helps us winnow/select content for preservation
JH Short overview of Fedora past
Institutions and foundations invested heavily in DSpace and Fedora and it was good. Millions of dollars were spent. Institutions and foundations said they were done. "You must be self-sustaining". There was no spigot with millions of dollars coming out of it. How do we make the organization self-sustaining was a DuraSpace board question. How to sustain community open source projects is a community issue. Revenue was diversified over a number of years with the sponsorship program and grants along with service revenue. This is the moment to take up the question sustainability for open source projects.
Myths and Michele
DuraSpace myths and debinks
Michele and Jonathan Myths and Debunks (see slides)
- "Our Mission is not about software; we are committed to our digital future." MK
- We are here today because we need to work with you and creating sustainable
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- , new investment strategies to reinvigorate DSpace and Fedora
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- developmen
- Fedora needs about a half
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- million dollars per year to move forward toward rapid, cohesive development
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- "Each of you
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- owns the Fedora and DSpace code to the degree in which you participate and utilize the open source software. You all own Fedora and DSpace." JJM
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- How does VIVO fit in? (Dean Krafft)
- VIVO has moved from being a grant-supported project into developing a model for sustainability.
- Large grand from NIH
- More than 100
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- institutions piloting VIVO
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- software
- Signed on as a DuraSpace incubated project because:
- Wanted independent biz administration
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- Wanted help with infrastructure (wiki, code repository)
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- Looking for a model for sponsorship and project support
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- There will be a tech coordinator/lead who will be hired through DuraSpace
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- "VIVO fits into the DuraSpace mission because
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- research institutions like
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- Cornell need to know WHAT the
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- university scholarly output is--that's what VIVO
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- pulls together
What are the interrelationships among our efforts?
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