Debra Hanken Kurtz, CEO of DuraSpace, and Robert Miller, CEO of LYRASIS, held a community town hall meeting in which they reviewed how the two organizations came together to investigate a merger that would build a more robust, inclusive, and truly global community with multiple benefits for members and users.
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DuraSpace and LYRASIS CEO Town Hall Meeting -- April 29, 2016
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LYRASIS + DuraSpace
Empowering Communities
with Open Technologies, Content Services
and Digital Solutions
Robert Miller, CEO LYRASIS
Debra Hanken Kurtz, CEO DuraSpace
2. lyrasis.org | duraspace.org
+DuraSpace Strengths
• International reputation for
trusted open source
leadership
• Proven track record for
strong project management
• Community building
• Innovation
3. lyrasis.org | duraspace.org
+LYRASIS Strengths
• Wide reach to large
membership audience
• Trusted fiscal agent
• Strong partnerships among
and across libraries, archives
and museums communities
• Internal capacity for support,
service, training
4. lyrasis.org
LYRASIS/DuraSpace
supports enduring access
to our shared academic,
scientific and cultural
heritage through
leadership in open
technologies, content
services, digital
solutions, and
collaboration with public
and private knowledge
communities worldwide.
Draft Joint Mission Statement
6. lyrasis.org | duraspace.org
+Your Needs
• ENGAGEMENT A vibrant, global community of 6,000+ members, users, developers and
consumers
• ACCESS/SUPPORT to 6 community supported technologies focused on access to and
preservation of digital scientific and scholarly records
• HOSTED SERVICES for any size institution with engagement, consulting, training and
customer support
• CONTENT ACQUISTION 1,000s of institutions will increase eresources purchasing power
MORE opportunities
to advance community interests
and meet your needs
7. lyrasis.org | duraspace.org
+End-to-EndAsset ManagementServices
• A merged organization brings together a broader participant base for community
supported open source projects which will promote greater adoption and provide a
larger pool of technical expertise to grow the projects.
• The combined services provide a diverse suite of tools for each step in the digital
asset management process paired with professional expertise and consulting at
every step.
• Together, the organizations can pool expertise and participate in ecosystem
activities to lead national preservation, curation, and data management efforts for the
benefit of their members and the broader academic community.
Plan
• Consulting
• Training
• Digitization
Describe
• ASpace
• CSpace
• DSpace
• VIVO
Manage/Access
• DSpace
• Hydra/Fedora
• Islandora
Preserve
• ArchivesDirect
• DuraCloud
• Fedora
8. lyrasis.org | duraspace.org
+MORE Organizational Strength
• SUSTAINABILITY economies of scale, new grant opportunities and increased sales
potential of existing and new products
• BRAND FOOTPRINT ADVANTAGE two well-known, longstanding, organizations with a
reputation for excellence
• LEVERAGING GLOBAL PRESENCE users, developers and potential customers in
countries all over the world
• LEVERAGING CAPACITY to develop new technical and content services
MORE Organizational Strength
to Support Our Communities
9. lyrasis.org | duraspace.org
+Town Hall meetings
• Friday, April 29 11 am – 12 pm ET
• https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=
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• Wednesday, May 4
• 4 pm – 5 pm ET
• https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=
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Next steps and summary
Robert Miller, CEO LYRASIS
Debra Hanken Kurtz, CEO DuraSpace
please contact us for more info
Phone 415.640.1092
Email robert.miller(at)lyrasis.org
Phone 919.604.2100
Email dkurtz(at)duraspace.org
Hinweis der Redaktion
This we will use to introduce the Why, What we will look like, Benefit to our communities and then move into the How.
Reasaon f
Top line: a) if you think of LYR as having great expertise and a strong reputation in services and outreach.
b) If you think of DuraSpace as having great experience and a trusted brand reputation in managing programs and projects in the software area.
Combined, you blend two great models/teams and communities together that can punch well above their combined weight.
Let’s see what each Org looks like in a little more detail
And what is not on this list:
1. A great team of talented, mission driven group of 12 people
2. And a powerhouse of top tier institutions; a veritable ‘who’s who of institutions.
Debra
Robert
And what is not on this list:
1. A great team of talented, mission driven group of 53 people
2. And a broad well-represented swath of institutions that represent; a veritable ‘who’s who of the global community.
Robert
Robert
Sprints - Following what we do in software – 2 week increments
Accomplish what we did in a Sprint – draft mission statement
Why important and looking for input or feedback
Combined Mission statement – this statement represents a nice framing by both teams of the shared vision they see as part of this merger. We would like your feedback to this draft mission statement.
What will follow will be case studies for each key sector of the content community, ranging from benefits that academics to public libraries will enjoy.
Not-for-profits engaged in active service to academic, scientific and cultural heritage communities
Talented, passionate workforces engaged in moving organizational missions forward
Commitment to hosted technical and content services as a sustainable solution for small to mid-sized institutions
Strong, long-standing brand recognition
“Open” organizational cultures–open communications, open access, open source
Sustainable, proven business models
Debra
How will the two organizations match up? What will we look like?
Overlap?
Unique skills?
Software and Services
Programs
Note: that we are testing out the naming – LYRASIS as the parent org, DuraSpace is the division
Broader organizational support and security for each open source project and community program
Shared direct labor and program resources offers broader sustainability for projects
Broader and more connected communities
Stronger executive support for projects, programs and services
Improved fiscal support, ability to generate additional funding and better fiscal stability
Indirect support for outreach activities such as training and documentation available to serve members and wider communities
Expanded technological footprint with ancillary service support
Debra -
Some of the “Why”
Engagement - We have 140 top tiers orgs with DuraSpace, over 2,000 users of DSs software solutions, over 1,200 members from LYR and another 3,000 users of LYR services that represent all levels of GLAMs. How can we leverage this fiscal commitment to key programs and projects.
Access – to support the 6 CSS/OSS will be 14 technical people. Think of the synergies and creativity that will be gained.
Hosted Services –
To support the 7 DTS will be 8 direct. Think of the opportunity to deliver end-to-end solutions.
And to aid both of these areas, there will be 19 indirect staff who can help identify, support and engage users.
Content - Combined there will be a purchasing power of over $5 billion dollars. What can we do to leverage this to the benefit of our members and communities?
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Broader organizational support and security for each open source project and community program
Shared direct labor and program resources offers broader sustainability for projects
Broader and more connected communities
Stronger executive support for projects, programs and services
Improved fiscal support, ability to generate additional funding and better fiscal stability
Indirect support for outreach activities such as training and documentation available to serve members and wider communities
Expanded technological footprint with ancillary service support
Services – we go from 3 DTS and 5 LYR to a combined 8 for both communities.
DTS operations = 3 (Mark, Blake, Brian); DTS outreach = 1 (Maddie), myself, 3 from DuraSpace (Carissa, Bill, and Danny) So the total for hosting services would be 8, 5 from LYR and 3 from DS
CSS/OSS – 14 total LYR – 6, LYR 2 FTE Development; DS 6
Support – 19 total Training – 2, Member Services (10), Member Outreach ( 5), fiscal (2)
Robert
More on the ‘why”
Combined organization provides a way to begin to thinking of the entire work flow listed above.
Following a traditional model of end-to-end Asset management services, here is how the Software and Digital Services line up and can be viewed.
Robert
While you might not see it at first blush,
Sustainability ensures that the engagement with institutions both large and small will be consistent and professional while also being nimble and responsive.
Brand footprint – Recognizable and trusted within respective communities. Vivo community sought out DS as an example. LYR has over $6mm it holds as a fiscal agent and over $70mm from over 80 best-of-field vendors representing over 800 vetted projects; including e resources
Leveraging Global – Over 28 countries are represented with this merger. International languages represented at various levels at the Management level include German, Spanish, Chinese. Technical Perl, PHP, shell scripts, XSLT/XPath/XQuery, Ruby, html, SQL, Bash, Drupal, Javascript, Java, jquery, C#. Perl, PHP, shell scripts, XSLT/XPath/XQuery, Ruby, html, SQL, Bash, Drupal, Javascript, Java, jquery, C, C#, Objective-C, Python, Swift
Leveraging Capacity – International Digitization programs, Software programs, scientific libraries, cultural heritage initiatives are just a few of the examples of leverage at scale.
At the moment we are responding to ongoing feedback from governing boards, members, staffs and communities
We are providing regular updates for all stakeholders on our process and progress
We are on behalf of our memberships, conducting due diligence in such areas as Legal, fiscal and contractural
As mentioned, we are looking for your feedback around our draft organizational mission
We are working on the our combined membership model to ensure you realize the highest value possible.