Dear DSpace Community: Thank you to those institutions <https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSPACE/Announcement%3A+DSpace+Development+Fund#Announcement:DSpaceDevelopmentFund-accessibility> that have already contributed funds towards an accessibility audit and software development work to ensure that DSpace 7 is compliant with web accessibility guidelines.
*We are making progress towards our goal, but there is still opportunity and need for more institutions to contribute.* Please consider supporting this effort before the end of the year, either through a new membership in DSpace, an increase in your membership level, or a one-time contribution. If you have questions and/or would like to contribute to the DSpace Development Fund, please contact us at [email protected]. You can also visit the DSpace wiki <https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSPACE/Announcement%3A+DSpace+Development+Fund> for more information about the Fund. Sincerely, Kristi *** *KRISTI L. PARK*, she/her DSpace Steering Group Member Executive Director, Texas Digital Library | tdl.org <https://www.tdl.org/> <https://www.tdl.org/> On Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 9:18:27 AM UTC-5 Maureen P. Walsh wrote: > > As the DSpace Community plans for the next phase of development, we want > to ensure that DSpace lives up to its promise as the software of choice for > open access digital repositories by making it open to all, including > users with disabilities. > > Between now and December 31, 2023, funds donated to the DSpace Development > Fund can be dedicated to ensuring compliance with web accessibility > guidelines in DSpace, starting with remediation of the latest DSpace 7 > release. > > By giving to the DSpace Development Fund, your institution will facilitate > an accessibility audit of DSpace, as well as paid development to remediate > accessibility issues. Donors will be recognized as DSpace Accessibility > Champions in the DSpace wiki > <https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSPACE/Announcement%3A+DSpace+Development+Fund> > and > in the DSpace newsletter. > > Here are some ways you or your institution can support this DSpace > Development Fund priority: > > - > > The best way to support DSpace is through membership > <https://duraspace.org/dspace/community/members/>. If your > organization is not a member yet, please join us, and if you like, we can > dedicate this year’s membership dues towards the DSpace Development Fund > priority of ensuring web accessibility compliance. > - > > If your organization is already a member, increase your membership fee > one time only, or on a recurring basis. We'll count the increase in this > year’s fee toward the DSpace Development Fund. > - > > If your organization can't commit to membership or would just like to > contribute outside of the membership program in support of DSpace > development, you can make a one-time contribution of any size to the > DSpace > Development Fund. > > Would your organization like to contribute to this DSpace development > priority in some other way? Contact us to discuss some options. > > If you would like to know more and/or contribute to the DSpace Development > Fund, please contact us at > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://groups.google.com/__;!!KGKeukY!x-T8M9qq8z5-tugpTvfjTE7QGX0wZdoTH9QYLrkU9wlHqXXoVeYHWEK701AY_UJiFrTStDsOnLroVBmW8kr5ag$> > [email protected]. You can also visit the DSpace wiki > <https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSPACE/Announcement%3A+DSpace+Development+Fund> > for > more information about the DSpace Development Fund and see a list of > institutions that have already contributed. > > DSpace continues to grow and evolve to sustain open repositories because > of generous contributions of time and resources by the global DSpace > community. Thank you for your continued support. > > > Thank you, > > Maureen Walsh > > Chair, DSpace Leadership and Steering Groups > -- All messages to this mailing list should adhere to the Code of Conduct: https://www.lyrasis.org/about/Pages/Code-of-Conduct.aspx --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dspace-community/9b3171e2-03f4-447f-a2b6-763061f81f78n%40googlegroups.com.
