2017-09-06 DSpace Steering Group Meeting

Date

September 06, 2017

Agenda #1. Discussion points/Presentation on DSpace 7 and CRIS ( 20 mins - Joao)

Joao presented an overview of  RCAAP. And a discussion ensued.

Slides from Joao’s presentation are here.

Agenda #2. Decision discussion on RCAAP request to add "CRIS-like functionality" to DSpace 7 (based on Tim's email to the SC) (15mins - everyone)

Currently for DSpace 7 there are 2 people working FT on the REST API and 2-3 active folks on Angular work.

Maybe the CRIS functionality can be bottom up and does not need to be a fork. It could be a hybrid.

It was suggested to establish a Working Group to look at DSpace’s CRIS data model and come towards a consensus on how to bring this to fruition. Could we get funding for this? Maybe not, but maybe the BePress libraries would be interested? Can it worded in a way where people can understand how they can get more out of this? Andrea Bollini (4Science) has done presentations on DSpace CRIS. Maybe we should ask Andrea/Michelle to do the presentations for us? CRIS as model.

Agenda #3. Other discussions:  Membership Drive, DSpace Users Meeting at Georgetown, DCAT co-chair (15 mins -- all)

Membership Drive: Second round of invoices being sent out. At the next call we could devote some time to materials Valorie has provided to make personalized calls or emails for new membership. Michele is in Europe trying to work out a membership model for Europe. He will update us at the next SC. Maybe a model can be introduced for European and South American countries that has a different benefit structure?

Currently, the membership drive has resulted in $210K of the targeted $250K. $23K is projected to come in the next few weeks. We’ve has $18K from new memberships. If we can find $50-$60K more we can get a FT FTE. This $50-60K would need to be in addition to the $250K.

DSpace Users Meeting at Georgetown: The meeting went very well and was attended at full capacity. There were about 39 attendees from 24 different institutions. We should try to coordinate more users meetings under the umbrella of DuraSpace for branding purposes.

DCAT co-Chair: Maybe Maureen could chair for a while by herself, if that would work, though having a co-chair helps with scheduling and other details. Maureen would be OK if someone else wanted to co-chair.  The SC should look at a term structure going forward. Propose a 1-yr renewable term. For now, Maureen is OK chairing by herself and asking other members to coordinate or lead meetings as appropriate.

Agenda #4. Open forum/Open Q&A (5 mins - all)

DuraSpace Members Summit -- Like to see a greater engagement from the community. Have a greater presence from the members while making location affordable. It also needs to involve library senior administration (Deans etc.) without getting too much in the weeds. It is better to have a location on the east coast as that makes it easier for european members to attend.