Atlanta, GA – March 13, 2019 – LYRASIS and DuraSpace are pleased to announce that by July 1, 2019, they will officially merge to create one dynamic organization empowered to help drive scalable change, new technologies and vital services. This merger will create a new model for collaboration, innovation and development in the landscape of academic,… Read more »
VIVO Annual Report This year, for the first time, the VIVO Project has produced a professional annual report. Thanks the community for a fabulous year. And to Julia Trimmer, Violeta Ilik, for putting it together, and toAnna Guillaumet and SIGMA for a beautiful graphic design. The report is a two page PDF with covers that can be printed for… Read more »
The LYRASIS and DuraSpace Boards announced their “Intent to Merge” the two organizations on January 24, 2019. Both the LYRASIS and DuraSpace Boards are currently in the due diligence phase to investigate the merger, and want to include their communities to discuss the future, answer questions and share feedback. Join us for a Town Hall… Read more »
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… Read more »
Help wanted: Wikipedian. VIVO has a Wikipedia page. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIVO_(software). Looks like it was written in 2017. If you were involved, or would like to help expand/maintain the page, that would be great! Please contact Mike Conlon. Thanks! The VIVO Project, 2019. We live in interesting times. Lots of change, lots of challenges. Thankfully, the VIVO community… Read more »
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday break! It’s a time for family, good cheer, for reflecting on the year past, and the year to come. 2018 was an important year for VIVO. Many wonderful things happened as project participation grew and the idea of an open source system for representing scholarship… Read more »
As 2018 draws to a close all of us here at DuraSpace wish our friends and colleagues near and far the happiest of holiday seasons, and extend warm wishes for a prosperous and healthy new year. We are grateful for your continued interest in and support of our shared goal of preserving and providing access… Read more »
Our interest groups and task forces VIVO has interest groups – sort of permanent recurring groups that meet to discuss topics of shared interest, and task forces – time limited groups that meet to create a work product. Anyone can create either. We currently have two interest groups – Development, which meets weekly, and Ontology, which meets every other week. To join… Read more »
Sprint this week! VIVO will be holding a one week sprint to introduce new developers to the project. The print will focus on maintenance tasks. If you’d like to learn about VIVO, how it is developed, and pitch in, this is a great opportunity. You will want to be on VIVO Slack if you are not already. Details… Read more »