[BOAI] NEWS RELEASE: DuraSpace to Bring Cloud-Based Platform Direct-to-Researchers

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from Carol Minton Morris of DuraSpace, via the AmSci Forum.
 --Peter Suber.]


*NEWS RELEASE*

July 26, 2011

Contact: Carol Minton Morris <cmmorris at duraspace.org> <
cmmorris at duraspace.org>
Online: http://bit.ly/ozKnRW



*DuraSpace to Bring Cloud-Based Platform “Direct-to-Researchers”**
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*Grant from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation will fund expansion of popular cloud
storage service*



*Ithaca, NY* The not-for-profit DuraSpace organization announced that it
will develop a hosted, cloud-based data storage and management service aimed
at meeting the specific needs of working scientists and researchers.  The
new service, an expansion of DuraSpace’s popular DuraCloud data management
and archiving service, is being funded through a grant from the Alfred P.
Sloan Foundation.



“Scientists and researchers are under increasing pressure to archive and
provide access to their data well beyond the grant funding period. The
currently available commercial cloud services do not fully meet their needs
and have no ties back to the research organization”, said Michele Kimpton,
CEO of DuraSpace.  “We’re committed to providing a solution for managing
research data that’s safe, secure, flexible, and most of all, easy-to-use
for the scientist who does not have IT staff on hand to help tackle data
management issues.” With “Direct-to-Researcher, “catching” the results of
research at the source means that scientists and researchers have the
ability to meet granting agency requirements for accountability in
preserving and creating access to data.



Software development and user testing for the new service is being provided
through a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.  “DuraSpace has a
proven record of working successfully with universities to meet their data
management needs,” said Joshua M. Greenberg, Program Director of the Alfred
P. Sloan Foundation’s Digital Information Technology program.  “Expanding on
that success to reach scientists directly is a very exciting project that
could revolutionize how research data gets stored and shared.”



“The DuraCloud Direct-to-Researcher model is compelling since it can bridge
the researcher’s need for an easy solution for storing data with the
institution’s interest in managing and preserving research data for the long
term. The DuraCloud Direct-To-Researcher service has the potential to make a
valuable contribution to scientists by providing an easy cloud-based
platform for research data.”  Said Mary Marlino, NCAR Director of e-Science.



Development will begin by soliciting input directly from scientists,
university administrators, and other stakeholders in a workshop scheduled
for the fall. Results of the workshop will help inform the first set of
requirements for building a platform specific to the needs of researchers.
The new service is expected to launch sometime in 2013.
About the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Established in 1934 by Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr., then-President and Chief
Executive Officer of the General Motors Corporation, the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation is a philanthropic, not-for-profit grant making institution that
supports original research and broad-based education in science, technology,
engineering, mathematics and economic performance. http://www.sloan.org/.
About DuraSpace

DuraSpace is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.  DuraSpace provides
leadership and innovation in the use of open source and cloud-based
technologies to serve libraries, universities, and research centers, for
managing and preserving digital content.  The organization’s open source
technology portfolio includes the DSpace open access repository application
and the Fedora open repository platform. DuraSpace is the home of DuraCloud,
an emerging cloud-based service that leverages existing cloud infrastructure
to ensure durability and enable access to digital content.
http://duraspace.org/.


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Carol Minton Morris
DuraSpace
Director of Marketing and Communications
cmmorris at DuraSpace.org
Skype: carolmintonmorris
607 592-3135
Twitter at DuraSpace <http://twitter.com/duraspace>
Twitter at DuraCloud <http://twitter.com/duracloud>
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