Join the DSpace 7.0 Testathon & Try Out Beta 5! From April 19 – May 7, 2021, we are running a Community Testathon of the DSpace 7.0 Beta 5 Release. As this is the final Beta before the 7.0 release, Testathon is an opportunity for anyone to test the Beta 5 release, and report their … Read More
By Julia Trimmer and Bruce Herbert Since making headlines in 2009 with the award of a $12.2 million NIH grant, the VIVO Project has grown into a platform with multiple applications and scores of community-developed tools. VIVO is a community-supported software program that’s now part of the DuraSpace Community Supported Programs Division, so it might … Read More
Dear DSpace Community, The DSpace Leadership Group, the DSpace Committers and LYRASIS are proud to announce that DSpace 7.0 Beta 4 is now available for download and testing. Beta 4 is the fourth scheduled Beta release provided for community feedback and to introduce the new features of the 7.0 platform. As a Beta release, we … Read More
The VIVO Conference 2020, which took place past June 16-18, was unique in many ways; We have had our first online conference, a form of event that is becoming increasingly common and likely to remain for the duration of the COVID 19 pandemic, and it was a big step to make the VIVO community more inclusive. … Read More
LYRASIS is excited to announce a significant price reduction for storage fees in the DuraCloud Enterprise Chronopolis plan. The annual storage fee is now $300 per TB for up to 19 TB of storage, and $275 per TB for 20 or more TB of storage. DuraCloud is an open source, hosted digital preservation storage service that has been helping institutions preserve 400+ TB of content in … Read More
As the world awaits more information about COVID-19 and the SARS-CoV-2 virus, we look to biomedical research to deliver information, treatments, and an eventual vaccine. Lately, research processes are accelerating, and researchers are collaborating, comparing results, and working together more than ever. To collaborate effectively, researchers need to find each other quickly, but that can … Read More
Dear DSpace Community, The DSpace Leadership Group, the DSpace Committers and LYRASIS are proud to announce that DSpace 7.0 Beta 3 is now available for download and testing. Beta 3 is the third scheduled Beta release provided for community feedback and to introduce the new features of the 7.0 platform. As a Beta release, we … Read More
The VIVO Conference will be held next week, June 16-18 online. The organizers are pleased to invite you to browse this year’s exciting and comprehensive VIVO conference program. The program includes a Keynote and many speakers, workshops, panels, lightning talks and more–all online, easy for everyone to attend, and free of charge! Register Dr. Mathias … Read More
LYRASIS and the DSpace community are presenting an ongoing series of webinars focused on how DSpace is meeting the emerging needs of institutions around the world as they respond to the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinars highlight examples of how DSpace repositories have quickly adapted to provide critical infrastructure required during this crisis: … Read More
Your Invitation to a Free Online Introduction to Fedora WorkshopYou are invited to register for a free online Introduction to Fedora workshop to be held on June 23 from 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET. Attendance is limited but a version of the workshop will be recorded and made available afterward. The workshop will provide an overview … Read More
Are you planning to attend the 11th international VIVO conference? Don’t wait. register now!! We are finishing the review of the many really interesting proposals submitted by the international community. We are proud to have Dr. Mathias Brochhausen as keynote speaker. Dr. Brochhausen is Associate Director of Education Programs and Associate Professor, in the Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics … Read More
Originally posted at www.carl-abrc.ca. The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to announce the availability of a plug-in to support new OpenAIRE guidelines in DSpace 5 & 6. The plug-in, developed by 4Science, a Certified Partner of DSpace, enables institutions using DSpace 5 & 6 to support OpenAIRE Guidelines for Literature Repositories, Version 4. Comprehensive, interoperable metadata … Read More