Dear DuraSpace Community, DuraSpace has been accepted as a participant in this year's Google Summer of Code (GSoC) student internship program (http://socghop.appspot.com/)!
Our community has participated in GSoC for the last four years (2007-2010), completing a total of 16 successful student projects over the years. During the last four years, only DSpace software has taken part. This year, we hope to have GSoC projects for all three DuraSpace technologies: DSpace, Fedora and DuraCloud! == Call for DuraSpace Project Ideas & Mentors == The purpose of DuraSpace's participation in GSoC is to: (1) promote involvement of new students as open source developers within the DuraSpace Community, (2) provide opportunities for existing community members to lead within the community as mentors, and (3) make some exciting improvements to DuraSpace technologies along the way. We would like to encourage all community members, potential mentors and students to post their ideas for GSoC 2011 projects on our wiki. We have separate "Project Ideas pages" listed for each DuraSpace technology: * DSpace Ideas: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/GSOC/DSpace+Summer+of+Code * Fedora Ideas: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/GSOC/Fedora+Summer+of+Code+Ideas * DuraCloud Ideas: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/GSOC/DuraCloud+Summer+of+Code+Ideas Project ideas which span multiple technologies (e.g. DSpace & Fedora, or Fedora & DuraCloud) may be listed on either Ideas Page above or cross-listed. We need to get as many ideas posted by MONDAY, MARCH 28TH, as this is when the application period begins for students (student applications are accepted until Fri, April 8, 19:00 UTC). If you would like to be a mentor (or co-mentor) on the project(s) you proposed, please add your name to the 'Mentor Volunteer(s)' column next to the project information. To be a GSoC Mentor, you should be an active developer in the community and keenly interested in leading a student through a software development project. It is not required that you be a Committer, but it is recommended that you try to find a Committer who is willing to "sponsor" or "co-mentor" the project. As necessary, we can help you to find a Committer to work with. The final list of mentors will be selected based on whether we have students interested in your project. If we end up with more mentors than students, you are also welcome to join up and co-mentor a different student project. For more information about DuraSpace GSoC, please see our DuraSpace Summer of Code page: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/GSOC/ INTERESTED STUDENTS: Don't worry, we haven't forgotten you! You are also welcome to suggest projects and take part in this early discussion period. As we get closer to the student application period, we'll send out more information about our GSoC application process this year. Until then, feel free to check out early GSoC details at: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/GSOC/ Get excited and join in the fun! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ Dspace-general mailing list Dspace-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-general
