@mire and the DSpace Global Outreach Committee with the support and coordination of DuraSpace, invite all DSpace enthusiasts to this half day DSpace user group meeting on Wednesday, November 10 from 8:30am to 1:00pm in Baltimore Maryland, immediately following the SPARC 2010 Digital Repositories Meeting. The meeting will feature sessions on the upcoming DSpace 1.7 release, both addressed to repository managers and developers. In addition, @mire representatives will introduce @mire's unique offering of services and add-on modules, supporting institutions running their own in-house repository. Many thanks to @mire, a Registered DSpace Service Provider, for sponsoring this meeting.
Location
Homeland Room - 5th floor - Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore
Schedule
08.30-08.40: Welcome by Valorie Hollister (Duraspace): SLIDES
08.40-09.15: Update on 1.7 and beyond by Peter Dietz (DSpace 1.7 release Manager): SLIDES
09.15-10.00: Collaborating with a Registered Service Provider for DSpace: An Introduction to @mire's Services and Modules by Bram Luyten / Lieven Droogmans / Mark Diggory (@mire): SLIDES
10.00-10.15: BREAK
10.15-11.00: Batch Metadata Editing Hands-on Workshop by Maureen Walsh: SLIDES
11.15-12.00: Structured Networking for Repository Managers: Challenges and Ambitions for 2011*
*Structured Networking Session
This is a chance for you to hear from other members of the community and learn what they are working on. Depending on your travel plans, you are invited connect with other users to continue networking over lunch. Here are some questions to get the discussion going:
Are you putting a DSpace 1.7 upgrade on your roadmap? Why or why not?
What are your main organizational issues with your repository? (staff time available, boss doesn't want to fund it, researchers don't perceive the value, etc.)
What are your main technical issues with your repository ? (learning curve, staff availability/turnover, working on an older dspace version, etc.)
If there's one thing DuraSpace and/or the community could do for you, that would make YOUR life easier, what would it be?
Meeting Registration
The meeting is being sponsored by @mire and is free to anyone who wishes to participate. For planning purposes, please be sure to register by October 22, 2010. Send an email with your name and institution to vhollister[DSPACE:at]duraspace.org.
Location and Time
The meeting will be held in the Homeland Room at the same hotel as the SPARC Conference (the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore Maryland). The meeting will be on Wednesday, November 10 from 8:30am until 1:00pm. Please see the SPARC Conference site for information on hotel accommodations and other logistical info: http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/dr10/.
Planning Committee
Rea Devakos - University of Toronto
Sarah Shreeves - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Valorie Hollister - DuraSpace
Bram Luyten - @mire
