SPARC DSpace Repository Manager Meeting Notes - November 19, 2008
ANYONE WHO ATTENDED THE MEETING IS WELCOME TO MAKE ADDITIONS OR COMMENTS TO THE NOTES BELOW. DSPACE FOUNDATION AND THE DSPACE GLOBAL OUTREACH COMMITTEE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON ADDRESSING SOME OF THE NEEDS IDENTIFIED DURING THE MEETING. IF YOU DID NOT ATTEND THE MEETING, BUT WISH TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK OR LEARN MORE, PLEASE CONTACT VALORE HOLLISTER AT val at dspace.org.
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DSpace instance list with over 500 instances worldwide: http://www.dspace.org/index.php/DSpace-Repositories/Repositories-Alphabetical.html
DSpace website forums: http://www.dspace.org/index.php/Forum/
Training: http://www.dspace.org/index.php/Training-Materials/DSpace-Training-Materials.html
The DSpace LIVE CD (allows you to download a version of DSpace to play with - for example, you use it to play w/Manakin) is under the "Overall DSpace" section.
1) Manakin Training - Eric Jansson from NITLE (http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/Image:Manakin_Session_after_SPARC.pdf) - video will be posted shortly
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a. A Successful Failure (http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/Image:A_Successful_Failure.pdf)
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i. Active, respectful participation from developer pool |
b. Question raised: Where are the repository managers? How or why aren't they participating in discussions targeted for them and intended to give them voice? What could work better and how can DSpace Foundation help to facilitate such discussions? Discussion continued later in the meeting - some observations/suggestions:
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