In a landscape where open source infrastructure routinely outlasts the funding that created it, the Corporation for Digital Scholarship (also known as Digital Scholar) has spent more than 15 years exploring a different path. Built around flagship tools used by millions of researchers worldwide, and now extending that experience to help other projects find their footing, Digital Scholar offers a model worth understanding. We spoke with Co-CEO Sharon Leon about the organization’s origins, its distinctive approach to sustainability, and what they have learned from years of keeping infrastructure — and the humans behind it — going.
Report: Building Open Infrastructure That Lasts: A Spotlight on Digital Scholar