Contribute to the DSpace Development Fund
The newly established DSpace Development Fund supports the development of new features prioritized by DSpace Governance. For a list of planned features see the fund wiki page.
- Carol Minton Morris (LYRASIS, co-chair)
- Bram Luyten (Atmire)
- Susanna Mornati (4Science)
- Pascal-Nicolas Becker (The Library Code, co-chair)
- David Corbly
- Jose Carvalho
- Heather Greer Klein (LYRASIS)
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The represents who will be taking notes for a given meeting. It rotates after each meeting to the next person in the attendee list.
Meeting Details
- March 4, 2020 at 9:00 AM EDT
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Background
- Marketing Strategy Report from 2015: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L66WSPTqJZRmTIweTljDq7oeksTL-av4/view?usp=sharing
Discussion items
Item | Who | Notes |
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DSpace 7 Beta 1 PR: Announcement will go out from LYRASIS today; up on DSpace.org and DSpace 7 page now; will be added to LYRASIS Now blog today; social media circulation today. Beta fundraising update; fundraising separate message soon per leadership request. How to best communicate to existing smaller members and non-members, using beta schedule | Carol & Heather | Beta schedule info will go out with Beta 1 release; fundraising message for remainderof beta releases will go out soon after $100K in committed funds has been reached; add thanks to contributing institutions; Heather and Carol will begin working on the fundraising initiative communication. Widely circulated later today. Volunteers from this group will work on text for next Beta release Carol to find out how/if DSpace 7 can be part of 2020 Leaders Forums: 2020 Forums and Cities |
Sponsor endorsement texts | When? include in LYRASIS event materials | |
US Orcid Consortium crossover with DSpace ORCID capabilitis | Carol Minton Morris to reach out and report on any opportunities for messaging | |
Upcoming marketing opportunities, other communications planning, review of marketing goals | All | |
DSpace Camps | Follow Fedora example: member institution hosts establish repeatable curriculum Not an online camp training option yet Heather Greer Klein and Carol Minton Morris to reach out to David Wilcox for information about how he organizes camps. | |
Report from this group to Steering | Susanna | An overview of what this group is working on would be useful |
Webinars? | Limiting factor is finding a person or volunteers from leadership who can demo/instruct/ introduce aspects of DSpace 7. | |
TDL Conference is a good opportunity for DSpace 7 https://www.tdl.org/tdl-events/2020-tcdl/ | Well-attended, 200-300 people, sponsorship opp? |
Action items
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