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<a href="http://www.atmire.com" target="_blank">@mire NV</a>, an international Institutional Repository Service provider
headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, announces its collaboration with Mark
Diggory (San Diego, California). Mark Diggory's activities will have a
strong focus on DSpace oriented projects, providing a U.S. based
service both for @mire's expanding U.S. client base, as well as for
international clients.<br>
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Mark spent the past decade as a Software Project manager and systems
engineer for M.I.T. Libraries and Harvard University. Mark is a member
of the core DSpace 2.0 development team. Together with @mire's Head
of Development, Ben Bosman, in collaboration with the DSpace
Foundation, <b>@mire will continue to contribute to DSpace 2.0 development</b>.<br>
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<b>Mark Diggory</b> comments <br>
"<i>I am enthusiastic about
partnering with @mire's capable development team to bring DSpace
software consultancy services to the U.S. @mire's philosophy of
transparency and collaboration when working with clients has a strong
synergy with the DSpace communities open source initiatives. Our
partnership creates the best vendor solution for organizations around
the globe that need the security and experience of long-term support
for their Institutional Repository services. We mediate the risks that
confront in-house software customization projects by partnering with these organizations throughout the process, from producing detailed
requirements analysis' and quotes, to providing complete and robust
customizations to DSpace.</i>"<br>
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<b>Lieven Droogmans, @mire's CEO</b> said <br>
"<i>Mark's outstanding
reputation speaks for itself. This collaboration will not only enhance
our portfolio of commercial services for new and existing clients, but
also allow us to participate within the DSpace developers group and
assure the success of DSpace as an open source project. We are strongly
invested in the DSpace platform and recognize the benefits of a healthy
open source community as critical to our own companies success.</i>"<br>
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@mire provided DSpace consultancy and custom development services to a
number of U.S. based institutions including, the U.S. National
Evolutionary Synthesis Center, the Abilene Library Consortium and the
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust as well as international institutions such as
the University of Pretoria and the Polytechnic University of Valencia.<br>
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@mire's team has expertise in DSpace introduction and customization
projects, both in the context of research institutions and digital
libraries. The team of competent DSpace developers, which combined with
experienced repository project managers and analysts, provides a
formidable and affordable resource to a broad range of institutions.
@mire's competences in state of the art repository development are
demonstrated in the <a href="http://www.atmire.com/products.php">@mire DSpace add-on modules</a>, which are about to
become publicly available for evaluation purposes through the @mire
Labs platform. </p>
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