It Takes a Village: OSS Models of Sustainability - Themes & Future Directions by Laurie Arp - EuropeanaTech Conference 2018

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The document summarizes the It Takes a Village (ITAV) project, which was funded by IMLS to study models of open source software sustainability. ITAV conducted a survey of 27 open source programs and held a two-day forum. Key findings were that sustainability has many facets that programs move through in cyclical phases. ITAV developed a guidebook of best practices to help programs at different stages. The guidebook has been useful for projects in evaluating their sustainability. Next steps discussed include continuing the annual forum and potential new services to further support open source communities.

It Takes a Village: OSS
Models of Sustainability –
Themes & Future Directions
Laurie Gemmill Arp, Director, Collections Services & Community Supported Software
www.lyrasis.org/itav

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• Working with members
• Identify issues, provide solutions
• Concerns around open source sustainability
• IMLS funded It Takes a Village, 2017
• Intended grant outcomes
• Survey, 2 day forum, and roadmap/resource
allocation guidelines
• 27 programs; 49 participants
• Opportunities for joint projects &
collaborations
ITAV OSS Sustainability: Why and What
www.lyrasis.org/itav

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LYRASIS Co Directors
• Laurie Gemmill Arp
• Director, CSCSS
• Megan Forbes
• Program Manager, CollectionSpace
Advisory Group
• Rob Cartolano
• Associate VP for Technology & Preservation - Columbia Libraries
• Tom Cramer
• Assistant UL and Director - Digital Library Systems & Services
Stanford University
• Michele Kimpton
• Director of Business Development, Senior Strategist - DPLA
• Katherine Skinner
• Executive Director - Educopia Institute
• Ann Baird Whiteside
• Librarian/Asst Dean for IS - Harvard Grad School of Design
ITAV Background: Who

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• Survey
• Questions for all 27 participating programs
• Governance, audience, releases, roadmap, code committers, implementers,
staff, RSPs, budget, competition, stage, etc.
• Expected
• Find commonalities that we could draw conclusions from, e.g. project of
certain size, funding type, license etc. – more likely sustainable – not what
we found
• Forum
• Dynamic small groups to answer:
• What are the components of sustainability?
• Where would you place your own project along various axis?
• Do you know how to move ahead or stay successful?
• What do you do when things take a hard turn?
ITAV Background: Survey and Forum

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• Sustainability is not one thing,
nor is it a straight line
• Sustainable programs grow from
community needs
• Sustainability has facets that
move in cyclical phases -
together and separately
• Gathered information from
survey and forum to develop a
Guidebook to serve as a
practical reference source for
OSS programs
ITAV: Major Findings

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• Getting Started
• Growing
• Stable, but not Static
ITAV: Phases

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Forum Feedback
“It gave me valuable insights into how we might do things better”
Will discussions at the forum be considered as you plans for the future?
100% said yes
Guidebook Use Cases
"ITAV guidebook is an invaluable tool for institutions understanding
OSS Development...It has been very useful and highly informative to…
SimplyE in their efforts." – James English, SimplyE
“The VIVO project has been exploring ways to engage our governance group
…and the ITAV guidebook came along at exactly the right time for our project
…I know we’ll benefit from the collective wisdom and best practices provided.”
- Julia Trimmer, VIVO
Valuable language for grant proposals – IMLS
Useful as overall structure to evaluate overall program sustainability
(outside of open source)
ITAV: Impact

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Potential Next Steps
• OSS Bootcamp
• Annual Forum
• Mentoring/Incubation
• Funding
• PSA for open source
• Benchmarking
• Services
Interest in these?
Questions?
ITAV: Next Steps – Value in Harnessing the Larger Community
Guidebook and project info at:
www.lyrasis.org/itav

please contact us for more info
Laurie.Arp@lyrasis.org
wearelyrasis lyrasis
Guidebook and project info at: www.lyrasis.org/itav

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