LYRASIS receives $100,000 IMLS grant for open source sustainability forum

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Summary:

"he Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) recently awarded LYRASIS a $100,000 National Leadership Grant for Libraries award for the project 'It Takes a Village: Open Source Software Models of Collaboration and Sustainability.'

In the last several years, there has been a significant increase in the adoption of open source solutions for archives, libraries, museums and other cultural heritage organizations. LYRASIS is currently the organizational home for two open source communities, ArchivesSpace and CollectionSpace, and there are also a plethora of other open source solutions thriving in the field. These solutions help with the collection, organization, description, preservation, dissemination, and management of content and information in its many analog and digital formats. However, the issue of sustainability has remained a major topic for those using and considering open source solutions.

The one year grant will allow for a convening of stakeholders from open source software initiatives that serve cultural heritage organizations to elucidate characteristics and forms of sustainability models as well as factors affecting sustainability. The forum will contribute to the creation of a roadmap and resource allocation guidelines for new and existing open source initiatives to strengthen planning for and promote ongoing assessment of sustainability. The forum will have lasting impact by raising awareness of the requirements for open source sustainability, the variety of potential models, and factors that influence sustainability at different stages of a software's lifecycle.

This sustainability forum will be held in the fall of 2017. Event location and details to follow."

Link:

https://librarytechnology.org/news/pr.pl?id=22566

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Date tagged:

05/07/2017, 19:54

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05/07/2017, 15:54