Page History
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# | Time | Item | Information | Who |
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1 | 5 min | Welcome | Kristi Park | |
2 | 20 min | DSpace 7 Development Overview and Update | Update on the current status of DSpace 7 development and the forthcoming beta versions.
Overview of DSpace 7 development information available to Leaders and Community members. How you can learn more and track progress. | Tim Donohue |
3 | 5 min | DSpace Community Advisory Team Update | DSpace 7.0 User Documentation Sprints 2021 DSpace 7.0 1 User Documentation Sprints DCAT charge: The DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT) represents the interests of repository managers and administrators across the globe and, indirectly, DSpace end users. DCAT is a permanent Working Group that advises other DSpace project governance and leadership groups (e.g., DSpace Steering Group, DSpace Product Planning Group). The Team solicits feedback through community-wide discussions, surveys, etc. to help ensure future software releases address the needs of the community. DCAT submits an annual report to the DSpace Steering group that makes the report public after review. | Maureen Walsh |
4 | 15 min | Financial and Fundraising Update |
| Laurie Arp and Kristi Park |
5 | 15 min | Marketing Interest Group Update | Marketing IG charge: The main purpose of the Group it is to define the right strategies to highlight the benefits of the open source solutions for the Community, and effectively communicate those to current and potential DSpace users. DSpace Marketing Interest Group wiki section | Jenn Bielewski |
6 | 15 min | ITAV Action Plan Working Group Reports |
Link to ITAV Action Plan | Kristi Park |
7 | 35 min | Breakout discussions: Possibilities and priorities for DSpace integrations and/or interoperabilities | As we look towards the possibilities for the DSpace platform beyond DSpace 7.0, we want to think about high-priority areas of integration and interoperability for DSpace (e.g. ORCID, Open Journal Systems). After a brief introduction, we will break up into 4-5 randomly assigned groups to discuss the question of DSpace integrations. You will have 15 minutes in your group to do the following:
You can take notes in a Google doc that matches your Breakout Room number, linked to here **** Round Robin (15 min): At the end of 15 minutes, we will reconvene and hear reports from each group. | Kristi Park, all |
6 | 10 min | Any other business |
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- new chair: Jenn Bielewski from Lyrasis
- meetings on first and second Wednesday of the month 9AM
- working on:
- new website in 2021 for lyrasis.org and project websites
- still working on deciding architecture for new website
- 4-6 months until building dspace.org
- head of Lyrasis IT will attend marketing meeting to talk about the redesign work
- looking for input in a Google document
- dspace marketing initiatives
- drafting "what is a repository" document
- new video about DSpace for the website
- increase outreach (website, social media, conferences)
- bimonthly newsletter
- updates on working groups, latest news, highlighted member/use case
- there is a template
- new website in 2021 for lyrasis.org and project websites
TEXT from Jenn's slide:
- New Website in 2021!
- Led by LYRASIS IT and Director of Communications
- Will move to a new architecture—considering several options including 2 that are Open Source
- 4-6 months out until we building and design DSpace.org
- We have a google sheet of ongoing collective input of wants/needs in design and content
- General DSpace marketing initiatives
- What is a repository? online downloadable document
- New video for website- overview of DSpace
- More awareness—website, twitter, Conference proposals/presentations and more conference exhibiting
- Bimonthly Newsletter/Digest(every 2 months)
- Summary of the working groups current work
- Latest news on releases and current work
- Highlight member/use case
- How to get involved: join a working group, membership, registry
- Can send the template to you for your feedback
Q: though which channels will the newsletter be distributed
A: mailing list, twitter account, website and subscription button in the newsletter, but still needs to be figured out further
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