[Dspace-general] Please Promote DSpace @ Google Summer of Code to your students and at OR08...

[Mark Diggory]

DSpace Community,

While its not fully official yet, it really looks like we will have  
another week to accept student applications for GSoC.  Its been  
determined that many students were away on vacation during the last  
couple weeks  and the topic is getting allot of response on the  
mentors list.

We have less than 1/4 the applicants we had last year (3), If we  
don't get more proposals, there will not be as good a pool of  
applications to choose the top few from. So "Get the Word Out" while  
your at the Conference and let your community know that now is the  
time for students to sign up!

Proposals do not have to be based on the ideas documented on our page/ 
wiki. If your a university student and you think to have a good idea  
for a software project that involves DSpace, put in an application  
and see where it takes you. Participation in Google Summer of Code  
will look great on your Resume'!

Applications and IDeas can be accessed at the following locations!

http://code.google.com/soc/2008/
http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-announce/web/ 
guide-to-the-gsoc-web-app-for-student-applicants
http://code.google.com/soc/2008/dspace/about.html

Cheers,
Mark

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Mark R. Diggory - DSpace Developer and Systems Manager
MIT Libraries, Systems and Technology Services
Massachusetts Institute of Technology