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*Do you manage digital collections? Are you interested in the future of
repository solutions? *

*The Digital Public Library of America, Stanford University, and DuraSpace
want to hear from you. *

*Take the Hydra-in-a-Box Survey:
 https://stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bvCv54xcyfb5mo5
<https://stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bvCv54xcyfb5mo5>*

We are partnering to extend the existing Hydra project codebase and its
vibrant and growing community to build, bundle, and promote a feature-rich,
robust, flexible digital repository that is easy to install, configure, and
maintain. This next-generation repository solution -- “Hydra in a Box” --
will work for institutions large and small, incorporating the capabilities
and affordances to support networked resources and services in a shared,
sustainable, nationwide platform. The overall intent is to develop a
digital collections platform that is not just “on the web,” but “of the
web.”


With funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, the
30-month collaborative project launched in May 2015
<http://dp.la/info/2015/04/15/far-reaching-hydra-in-a-box-joint-initiative-funded-by-imls/>
and is currently in the Product Design phase.  We are using the survey
responses to better understand the current landscape of repository
solutions in use by libraries, archives, and museums, and what these
stakeholders need in an "ideal" repository solution.

Institutions of all sizes are invited to respond, including those who have
digital collections not currently managed in a repository as well as those
who manage multiple repositories.

Thank you in advance for your participation!

- The Hydra-in-a-Box team


Mark A. Matienzo, Director of Technology
Digital Public Library of America | http://dp.la/
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