VIVO Membership is administered through DuraSpace. DuraSpace defines member levels of academic institutions and offers DuraSpace membership benefits at each level. In addition to the member levels, VIVO also maintains Corporate Membership to partner with companies that can deliver their expertise to VIVO project.
VIVO offers VIVO governance benefits to Member organizations that allocate their membership fees or other resources to the project (See below for a more detailed discussion of DuraSpace Membership and Governance policies).
Benefit | Academic Institution Membership | Corporate Membership | |||||
Supporter ($500) | Copper ($1000) | Bronze ($2,500) | Silver ($5,000) | Gold ($10,000) | Platinum ($20,000 or above) | Corporate ($25,000 and above) | |
Promotion on DuraSpace and VIVO website | Name, Link | Name, Link | Name, Link | Name, Link and Logo | Name, Link and Logo | Name, Link and Logo | Name, Link and Logo |
Eligibility to DuraSpace Board of Directors and participate in voting every three years |
| x | x | x | x | x | x |
Annual DuraSpace Summit |
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| One invitation | One invitation | Two invitations | Two invitations | Two invitations |
Discount on either DSpaceDirect or DuraCloud (only for the first year) |
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| 5% | 7% | 10% | 10% |
Project Governance: Steering Group |
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| Eligible to serve on Steering Group if nominated and elected by Leadership Group | Eligible to serve on Steering Group if nominated and elected by Leadership Group | Eligible to serve on Steering Group if nominated and elected by Leadership Group | Eligible to serve on Steering Group if nominated and elected by Leadership Group |
Project Governance: Leadership Group |
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| Eligible to nominate and elect one representative to VIVO Leadership Group from the Bronze members | Eligible to nominate and elect two representatives to VIVO Leadership Group from the Silver members | Eligible to nominate and elect four representatives to VIVO Leadership Group from the Gold members | Eligible for one seat on VIVO Leadership Group | Eligible for one seat on VIVO Leadership Group |
