2012 DuraSpace Sponsorship Program Update Contact: Valorie Hollister <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Read it online: http://bit.ly/LnbZzO [cid:[log in to unmask]] Ithaca, NY Last month the DuraSpace organization launched its third annual Sponsorship Program, encouraging all institutions using the DSpace and Fedora open source technologies to contribute financially to the not for profit entity which provides leadership and support for these platforms. Our goal for 2012 is to raise $450,000. This funding will pay for DuraSpace staff working directly on DSpace and Fedora, our community programs, our webinar series and the infrastructure to support the technologies. Please help us reach our goal and contribute what you can so we do not have to cut any of our vital programs. Why should your institution become a DuraSpace Sponsor? While the DSpace and Fedora software is available free of charge, DuraSpace does not receive significant funding from government agencies or private foundations. Instead DuraSpace relies on the financial support from those organizations that directly benefit by using its open source software. While there are over 1500 DSpace and Fedora repositories around the world, last year only 63 institutions provided DuraSpace with financial support. This year we must increase the number of organizations participating. While the sponsor program officially has 3 sponsor levels (Gold-$10,000, Silver-$5,000 and Bronze-$2,500) we would welcome new 2012 sponsors joining with any contribution at our “Friends of DuraSpace” level. To find out more about the program or use the Paypal credit card feature to become a sponsor today: http://duraspace.org/sponsors. If you have any questions, please contact Valorie Hollister at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. DuraSpace 2012 Sponsors to Date DuraSpace would like to thank all the institutions that have already renewed their sponsorship as well s those organizations that have joined us for the first time in 2012 (new 2012 sponsors are noted in italics below). Gold Arizona State University Columbia University Cornell University Emory University ICPSR MIT North Carolina State University Texas Digital Library University of Illinois University of Michiga University of Pittsburgh University of Virginia Virginia Tech Silver Monash University Rice University Smithsonian Institution University of Calgary University of Cambridge University of Guelph University of Maryland University of Miami University of New South Wales University of Ottawa University of Prince Edward Island York University Libraries Bronze Brown University Case Western Reserve University Imperial College London New York University State and University Library-Aarhus University Adelaide University of Auckland University of California San Diego University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Technology Sydney University of Tennessee Utrecht University Vrije University Amsterdam Friends of DuraSpace: Kansas State University Massey University University of Delaware ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Dspace-general mailing list [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-general -- Carol Minton Morris DuraSpace Director of Marketing and Communications [log in to unmask] Skype: carolmmorris 607 592-3135<tel:607%20592-3135> Twitter@DuraSpace<http://twitter.com/duraspace> Twitter@DuraCloud<http://twitter.com/duracloud> http://DuraSpace.org ############################ To unsubscribe from the DLF-ANNOUNCE list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://lists.clir.org/scripts/wa-CLIR.exe?SUBED1=DLF-ANNOUNCE&A=1