<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sept. 1, 2016</font><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Read it online: </font><a href="https://t.co/YvyH3mNlf8" target="_blank" class="gmail-url-ext" rel="url" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">bit.ly/2ctdwfw</a></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><b><font color="#000000">NOW AVAILABLE: TRAC Certified Long-term Digital Preservation–DuraCloud and Chronopolis for Institutional Treasures<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font></b></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">An institution’s identity is often formed by what it saves for current and future access. Digital collections curated by the academy can include research data, images, texts, reports, artworks, books, and historic documents help define an academic institution’s identity. Trustworthy Repositories Audit and Certification (</span><a href="https://www.crl.edu/sites/default/files/d6/attachments/pages/trac_0.pdf" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:inherit">TRAC</a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">)  certification was developed by OCLC, CRL and NARA to provide universities and colleges with an understanding of which repositories could be trusted to host and preserve their academic digital treasures.</span><br></font></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">In collaboration with the University of California at San Diego’s <a href="https://libraries.ucsd.edu/chronopolis/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit">Chronopolis</a> service, DuraSpace is pleased to announce the availability of the DuraCloud Enterprise Chronopolis subscription plan which provides DuraCloud customers with the following benefits:</font></p><ul style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.2em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:inherit;list-style-position:initial"><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Content stored in the<a href="https://library.ucsd.edu/chronopolis/trac/index.html" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"> TRAC-certified</a> Chronopolis network, which consists of three non-profit research organizations</font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Geographic replication and synchronization of content between three diverse Chronopolis storage locations</font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Web-based administrative dashboard with deposit workflow</font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Access to deposit transaction information</font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">End-to-end content integrity monitoring in a dark storage option</font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Included bandwidth (up and down)</font></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">To learn more about the new DuraCloud Enterprise Chronopolis subscription plan visit the pricing page on our web site: <a href="http://duracloud.org/pricing" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit">http://duracloud.org/pricing</a> or contact &lt;<a href="mailto:info@duracloud.org" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit">info@duracloud.org</a>&gt;.</font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">About DuraCloud</font></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">DuraCloud (<a href="http://duracloud.org/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit">http://duracloud.org</a>) is a hosted service and open technology developed by DuraSpace to help organizations take advantage of cloud services. DuraCloud uses existing commercial cloud infrastructure to enable long-term access to digital content. It is particularly focused on providing preservation support services and access services for academic libraries, academic research centers, and other cultural heritage organizations. The service offers cloud storage across multiple commercial and non-commercial providers, as well as smart preservation tools that enable security, data access, transformation, and sharing.</font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">About Chronopolis</font></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">The Chronopolis (<a href="https://library.ucsd.edu/chronopolis/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit">https://library.ucsd.edu/chronopolis/</a>) digital preservation network at the University of California San Diego Library has the capacity to preserve hundreds of terabytes of digital data of any type or size, with minimal requirements on the data provider. Chronopolis comprises partner organizations that provide a wide range of services. The partners include:</font></p><ul style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.2em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:inherit;list-style-position:initial"><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><a href="http://libraries.ucsd.edu/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">UC San Diego Library (UCSDL)</font></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><a href="http://ncar.ucar.edu/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)</font></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><a href="http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS)</font></a></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:inherit"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The project leverages high-speed networks, mass-scale storage capabilities, and the expertise of the partners in order to provide a geographically distributed, heterogeneous, and highly redundant archive system.</font></p></div></div>