[Pasig-discuss] Take a Survey to Help Shape the “Hydra in a Box” Repository Solution

[Carol Minton Morris]

July 15, 2015

Read it online: http://bit.ly/1K7w0IX


*PLEASE TAKE A SURVEY to Help Shape the “Hydra in a Box” Repository
Solution*

   - 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>

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), Stanford University, and the
DuraSpace 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!  *
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