Seems good news for development of open source technology like DSpace etc.
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From: Carol Minton Morris
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 19:30
Subject: [dspace-community] NEWS: LYRASIS and DuraSpace Announce Intent to
Merge
To: DSpace Community
January 24, 2019
Amplifying Impact: LYRASIS and DuraSpace Announce Intent to Merge
LYRASIS and DuraSpace announce their intent to merge, forming a robust new
home for Community-Supported Programs and Services.
LYRASIS, an innovative full-service technology and services nonprofit, and
DuraSpace, which specializes in open source technologies, plan to join
their world-class 501(c)(3) nonprofit teams in 2019. LYRASIS is a
recognized leader in building and delivering solutions to academic and
public libraries, museums and archives. DuraSpace is a best of class team
providing leadership and innovation for open technologies used by academic,
scientific, cultural, technology and research communities.
The combined organization will serve over 1,200 members and 3,500
organizational users across the globe. With a vision of leading community
focused innovation, the increased scale and sustainability of a combined
organization will provide better value and benefits to members of LYRASIS
and DuraSpace.
A new division of LYRASIS, the DuraSpace Community Supported Programs
Division, will be formed to accelerate the pace of development for a
combined 8 global open source technology communities, including DSpace,
Fedora, VIVO, DuraCloud, ArchivesSpace, CollectionsSpace, SimplyE public,
and SimplyE academic. DuraSpace hosted services, DuraCloud, DSpaceDirect, and
ArchivesDirect, will also transition to LYRASIS. In addition, a thought
leadership division will be created that will combine the rich and diverse
memberships of both organizations to collaboratively design and develop
next generation solutions that include migration, integration, analytics,
and hosting.
Robert Miller, LYRASIS CEO says “The DuraSpace contribution and commitment
to openness as it applies to academic communities has always stood out to
me. They have built a phenomenal team, attracted a blue ribbon board, and
earned the support and trust of their prestigious members. We are honored
to join together with DuraSpace. Our collective memberships will benefit
from increased economies of scale and having a bigger seat at the table as
we work together to design and build better end-to-end solutions. We are
eager to add DuraSpace’s voice to ours.”
Erin Tripp, DuraSpace’s Executive Director explains that “While DuraSpace
is in its strongest financial position ever, the synergies of joining our
two organizations will allow us to leverage a larger organization and
member base to amplify our voice. Our missions and memberships are already
converging. Taking this next step to merge our organizations will provide
access to staff and investment dollars to accelerate the pace of global,
community-supported open source software development. Together, we can
steward viable alternatives to proprietary products.”
Following a brief period to complete due diligence, the Boards of the two
non-profit organizations will hold a merger vote. If affirmed, the merger
will proceed at a pace to ensure minimal disruption to members and
customers.
In the proposed merger between DuraSpace and LYRASIS, LYRASIS will remain
the parent organization and legal entity. The DuraSpace brand, stewardship
of DSpace, Fedora, and VIVO, and fiscal sponsorship supports will
transition to the new DuraSpace Community Supported Programs Division of
LYRASIS. DuraSpace hosted services (DuraCloud, DSpaceDirect, and
ArchivesDirect) will also transition to LYRASIS.
For more information, please see the Frequently Asked Questions
https://duraspace.org/faq/ https://duraspace.org/faq/documentation.
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Carol Minton Morris
Communications and Marketing Director
DuraSpace
duraspace.org
607 592-3135
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