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</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-family:arial;line-height:normal">March 3, 2014</span></span></p>
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</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-family:arial;line-height:normal">Contact: Carol Minton Morris <<a href="mailto:cmmorris@duraspace.og" target="_blank">cmmorris@duraspace.og</a>></span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-family:arial;line-height:normal">Read it online: </span></span><span style="font-family:arial;line-height:normal"><a href="http://bit.ly/1c1duEV" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1c1duEV</a></span></p>
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</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-family:arial;line-height:normal"><b><font size="4">DuraSpace Launches DSpaceDirect: Low-cost Discovery and Long-term Access to Digital Assets Now Within Reach of Institutions of Any Size</font></b></span></span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><i>Winchester, MA</i> Today the DuraSpace organization is pleased to announce the public launch of DSpaceDirect–the only hosted repository solution for low-cost discovery, access, archiving, and preservation. </span><a href="http://dspacedirect.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DSpaceDirect</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> is now available with convenient features that include fast start-up, you-pick customization, no-cost upgrades, content preservation options, anytime data access and all-the-time data control–all at a price that puts solutions for long-term access to digital scholarly assets within reach of institutions of any size.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Get DSpaceDirect details: </span><a href="http://dspacedirect.org/benefits" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://dspacedirect.org/benefits</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></b></p>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Get a DSpaceDirect quote right away: </span><a href="http://dspacedirect.org/inquiry" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://dspacedirect.org/inquiry</span></a></b><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p>
</li></ul><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Built on </span><a href="http://dspace.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DSpace</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, the most widely-used repository application in the world with more than 1,500 installed instances, DSpaceDirect was inspired by the idea that the past creates the future as each generation builds knowledge on the scholarship that came before. DSpaceDirect is a managed DSpace repository service that allows institutions of any size to afford to keep their digital content safe and accessible over time. Small institutions are able to get a repository up and running right away that can be made available to patrons as well as to new users worldwide. Users say that the DSpaceDirect easy start-up accelerates discussions about digital content stewardship and preservation best practices at their institutions.</span></p>
<br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Robbie Bolton, Library Director, White Library, Spring Arbor University explains, “DSpaceDirect has made it possible for smaller academic libraries, like Spring Arbor's White Library, to provide online digital repositories to promote faculty publications and student research.” </span></p>
<br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The ability to provide long-term access to and archiving of digital assets is the cornerstone of a scholarly culture of openness. DSpaceDirect is a launchpad for accessing the past to create the future, with no institutions left behind. With annual subscriptions starting at less than $4,000 affordable long-term access is now within reach. <b>Find out more on the DSpaceDirect pricing page: </b></span><span style="text-decoration:underline;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><a href="http://dspacedirect.org/pricing" target="_blank">http://dspacedirect.org/pricing</a>.</b></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"></span></p>
<br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold">About DuraSpace</span></p>
<br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">DuraSpace </span><a href="http://duraspace.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://duraspace.org</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> is an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization providing leadership and innovation for open technologies that promote durable, persistent access to digital data. We collaborate with academic, scientific, cultural, and technology communities by supporting projects (</span><a href="http://dspace.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DSpace</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, </span><a href="http://fedorarepository.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fedora</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">) and creating services (</span><a href="http://duracloud.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DuraCloud</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, </span><a href="http://dspacedirect.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DSpaceDirect)</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> to help ensure that current and future generations have access to our collective digital heritage. Our values are expressed in our organizational byline, "Committed to our digital future."</span></font></span><br clear="all">
</font><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><font color="#000000">-- <br>Carol Minton Morris<br>DuraSpace<br>Director of Marketing and Communications<br>cmmorris@DuraSpace.org<br>Skype: carolmintonmorris<br>607 592-3135<br>
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