[Dspace-general] DSpace project staff comings and goings...

[MacKenzie Smith]

Dear DSpace community,

I am writing with an important update on staffing for the DSpace project at 
HP and MIT.

First, after five years and many great contributions to the DSpace project, 
Rob Tansley
is moving on from HP Labs. He is going to Google Labs in New York, and will 
be leaving
us in late April.  Rob says that he hopes to keep a toe in the DSpace 
water, but his
attention will inevitably be diverted to new things so we can expect to 
hear much less
often from him after this month. I think Rob plans to send a personal note 
about his
departure soon.

Second, I would like to welcome a new face to the DSpace technical community,
Mark Diggory has just joined MIT as the lead developer for DSpace at MIT. Mark 
brings
a lot of experience working on open source projects at Harvard University 
and the World
Bank, and he will be an active contributor to the DSpace open source project.

Finally, MIT and HP are continuing to discuss the outcomes of the DSpace 
Federation
Advisory Board meeting a couple of weeks ago, and are making some progress 
with the
new groups that were called for (i.e. the interim steering committee and 
technical working
group). I hope to have an update for you on that quite soon.

If you have questions please feel free to contact either of us directly, 
and best wishes
for the user group meeting in Bergen this week,

MacKenzie Smith
Associate Director for Technology
MIT Libraries

Nick Wainwright
Research Director, Digital Media System Department
HP Labs