(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-05-20)
Payette, Sandy; Kimpton, Michele
In this session, the Executive Directors of the DSpace Foundation and Fedora Commons will join together to discuss their successful strategic partnership and the future directions for their non-profit organizations. The two organizations have been aligning on a common mission and have developed strategies for better serving their collective communities. In this session Michele and Sandy will focus on future directions for open repositories, synergistic opportunities, and sustainability strategies for their organizations. They will also provide an update on the new DuraSpace project, a joint endeavor focused on the providing trust and value in the cloud. After providing their shared strategic report, each will provide an update on activities in their respective DSpace and Fedora communities. They will discuss some of the most exciting developments in DSpace and Fedora since the last Open Repositories conference. Finally they will provide a forecast of their joint strategic milestones.