DuraSpace Plenary at OR14

OR2014 PlenaryHelsinki * OR2014

Jonathan MarkowChief Strategy Officer

Tim DonohueDSpace Technical Lead

David WilcoxFedora Product Manager

Agenda

3:45pm Congress Hall: DuraSpace Update4:15pm Congress Hall: DSpace Overview4:30pm Congress Hall: Fedora Overview4:45pm Room Change5:00pm Congress Hall: “The Future of Dspace”5:00pm Rm 302/303 (upstairs): Fedora Steering Group Panel

“DuraSpace is an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization providing leadership and innovation for open technologies 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.”

DuraSpace Team

Tim DonohueDSpace Tech Lead

Valorie HollisterCommunity Programs

Michele KimptonChief Executive Officer

Jonathan MarkowChief Strategy Officer

Bill BrananDuraCloud Tech Lead

Carissa SmithDuraCloud/DSpaceDirect

Carol Minton MorrisMarketing/Comm

Andrew WoodsFedora Tech Lead

David WilcoxFedora Product Manager

Layne JohnsonVIVO Project Director

How is DuraSpace organized?

Education

ServicesProjects

Funded through community membership & RSP program

Funded through service revenue & grants

…Last year we needed to debunk some myths

• DuraSpace has teams of developers working on DSpace and Fedora

• DuraSpace is still funded by the Moore foundation and others

• “My sponsorship dollars are funding Duracloud?!”

We needed to increase the level of contribution and

engagement for both projects to ensure long

term success

Happy to report• 70% increase in funding to

DSpace/Fedora projects in 2013, $708,870

• Community Governance is being established for all projects

• DuraSpace continues to make progress in building a sustainable model for the organization

Our community is global

Continued adoption around the world, particularly developing Countries

26%

25%23%

10%

7%

4%4% 1%

North America

Western Europe

Asia

South America

Eastern Europe

Australia/New Zealand

Africa

Middle East

Sponsors By Geography(DSpace/Fedora)

76%

6%

9%

3%

6%

Chart Title

USACanadaUKWestern EuropeAust/NZ

Organizational Goals for 2014• Successful rollout of membership• Increased engagement from the community

through project governance• Improved transparency through governance

and communications• Track revenue and costs by project/service• Participation in National and International

initiatives that strategically relate to our mission

• Continued growth of cloud services

Fedora 2014 goals

• Establish community governance model

• Test, validate and deliver Fedora 4.0• Put dedicated Prod Mgr in place• Attract enough funding and developers

to support the work• Create and implement a roadmap that

meets the needs of the community

DSpace 2014 goals

• Engaged, inclusive governance• Develop roadmap that meets the

diverse needs of the community, yet offers “out of the box” functionality

• Get adequate funding to move forward and hire a Prod Mgr

• Plot a technology path to support the vision

VIVO 2014 goals

• Broader community engagement• Increase funding• Increase installed base• Implement aggregated search

services• Recruit service providers to assist

with implementations

• Significantly reduced pricing for storage• Continue to develop new features, particularly

focused on preservation and easy content uploads– Released Archive-It back-up service– Integrated with DSpaceDirect

• Continue to work with strategic partners on providing end-to-end solutions for ingest, access, archiving, and preservation– Digital Preservation Network, Chronopolis, others

• Beginning plans for DuraCloud offering in Europe

• Launched service publicly in March• Subscription plans based on customer’s storage needs

and optional add-ons• Direct integration with DuraCloud

– The only complete hosted repository and preservation software suite

– Provides ongoing full preservation of repository content

– Ensures easy retrievals/restores for accidental deletes

• Current customers include the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Library Association, Bennington College, and Northern Kentucky University

• Info sessions: dspacedirect.org/register

The ecosystem and DuraSpace

DuraSpace’s strategic value includes advocating for our OSS projects and services within the larger ecosystem

DPN DPLA SHARE RDA…

Increasing ownership and participation through Membership

and Governance

Why Membership?

• Membership is consistent with our move towards participatory governance

• Increase community support– For many institutions, “Sponsorship” is a no-

no! (Implies charitable contribution)– More institutions are budgeted for

memberships; fewer for sponsorships

Goals

• Consistent models across projects with room for customization

• Keep administrative costs low• Roll out membership while governance

evolves• Easy transition for current sponsors• Appeal to new members with benefits

and opportunities for participation• Honor commitment, action, and merit!

Two Levels of Benefits

• Institutions receive DuraSpace benefits associated with their membership level.

• If they choose to support a specific project(s) with their membership fees, they also receive project-specific governance benefits appropriate to their level of commitment.

Highlights

• Four levels ($2500 - $20,000+)• Inclusive of developing nations ($250)• New discounted training benefit• Discount on cloud services• All members eligible to vote for one at-

large DuraSpace board director• Each project may nominate

representative to serve on board• We offer DuraSpace-level benefits;

steering groups agree on project governance benefits

Project Governance Template

Project Members – Submit requests, requirements,

recommendations; offer feedback and other input

Leadership Group Approves priorities, budget,

strategic direction

Steering Group Oversees project

operations, provides strategic guidance

Product Manager

Tech Lead

DuraSpace Org

WG

WGWG

Working Groups

Tech Team

Committers

Contributors

Rule of Thumb

• Projects are encouraged to lean towards inclusiveness

Become a Member!