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For the past few years, the VuFindŽ community has been growing and looking to the future, in order to ensure that our open source search and discovery software remains feature-rich and sustainable. This year, we are holding our first formal membership drive, offering an opportunity for YOU (or your institution) to directly help us to meet our goals. Your VuFindŽ membership support will help a well-established and thoughtfully-run Open Source project to get even better and bring you in touch with a vibrant community of libraries worldwide using VuFindŽ for a wide range of purposes. It also offers you some direct benefits, including special access to the Project Management Committee and formal acknowledgment for your organization. What is VuFindŽ? * Open source software that helps libraries (and others) flexibly build search and discovery interfaces. * A community with a formal governance model that directs development and planning. * A source of innovation since 2007. How does VuFindŽ improve? * Through code contributions from around the world. * Through the efforts of committed volunteers. * Through financial support of Registered Service Providers<https://vufind.org/vufind/support.html> and members like you! What will your support enable? * Modernization of the interface, including improved accessibility. * Development of new features and system integrations. * Critical maintenance to ensure sustainability. * Development of manuals, training sessions and other documentation. Please visit our Membership Levels and Benefits<https://vufind.org/wiki/community:membership_levels_and_benefits> page for more information on how you can contribute, and what a membership can do for you. You can also go straight to our Membership Form<https://vufind.org/advanced_demo/Feedback/Form/Join> to contribute. You can read more about our history and goals on the Membership Drive 2023<https://vufind.org/wiki/community:membership_drive_2023> page. Thank you for your consideration! Please feel free to reach out to me with comments or questions. Demian Katz, VuFindŽ Community Manager