In case you haven't seen the news at the DuraSpace blog
(http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/duraspace/2010/10/20/duraspace-community-outreach-update/)
I wanted to let you all know that I will be leaving DuraSpace on November 5th.
I have accepted a position in the CIO's office at the Smithsonian Institution
as the Director of Research and Scientific Data Management.
I really don't see this as leaving the Fedora community, more as moving to
another seat at the table. We will be using Fedora at the Smithsonian to begin
to get a grip on all of the born digital information that is gushing out of
their research activities. For those of you who think of the Smithsonian as a
bunch of museums (19 and counting), you should know that there are many other
research institutes, libraries, archives and a zoo that are all included, all
of which are hemorrhaging digital information at an alarming rate. I am very
interested in using the fruits of all of our labor to try to do something about
that.
I am proud to say that I am leaving the Fedora project and the DuraSpace
organization at a point where they are both very strong, with tight,
well-developed communities behind them. It has been a very interesting 10
years, that is for sure! The opportunity that the opening at the Smithsonian
offered represents a chance to start over one more time before I retire. I am
really interested in getting back to where I think that I am most useful,
translating between researchers and techies.
You certainly haven't seen the last of me. I intend to show up at many of the
usual places, including Open Repositories in Austin, Texas next spring.
Thorny
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