The 2021 North American User Meeting will be held on on January 19, 2021, 12:00 to 3:00 EST. We want our current and prospective users in Canada and the U.S. to meet each other and hear what’s happening with their VIVO implementations. This virtual event is open to anyone, anywhere in the world, but will be most convenient for those in the American time zones.
In this meeting, we’ll show each other our VIVO sites (or work in progress) and discuss any challenges with the software, implementation, or sustainability. You’ll hear how others approach these issues, and maybe you’ll find a solution, meet someone nearby, or get inspired. If you’re new to VIVO, we’ll point you to the communication channels, mailing lists, and ways to learn more about implementing VIVO.
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This meeting is not only for developers. We’ll be talking about all aspects of managing VIVO, such as policy decisions, situating VIVO in the academic environment, and outreach to faculty, and we welcome all voices.
Agenda
| 12:00 - 12:10 | Welcome and intro to VIVO | Julia Trimmer | 10 minutes |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | VIVO current status | Bruce Herbert | 20 minutes |
| 12:30 - 12:50 | VIVO developments at UQAM | Alexander Jerabek | 20 minutes |
| 12:50 - 1:00 | Break | 10 minutes | |
| 1:00 - 1:20 | VIVO Ontology Development -- why, what, and how | Michael Conlon | 20 minutes |
| 1:20 - 1:25 | Scholars@FIU: Engaging Strategic Planning & External Relations at Florida International University | Bryan Cooper, David Driesbach | 5 minutes |
| 1:25 - 1:30 | Smithsonian Institution Update | Alvin Hutchinson | 5 minutes |
| 1:30 - 1:35 | VIVO Scholar Implementation at Duke University | Damaris Murry | 5 minutes |
| 1:35 - 1:55 | Lessons Learned | Ralph O'Flinn | 20 minutes |
| 1:55 - 2:05 | Break | 10 minutes | |
| 2:05 - 2:25 | Overview of Texas A&M University Library VIVO | Douglas Hahn | 20 minutes |
| 2:25 - 2:30 | Congratulations! You are now a VIVO owner! | Anthony Helm | 5 minutes |
| 2:30 - 2:35 | CU Experts Direct: The Innovation Buffs Experiment | Don Elsborg | 5 minutes |
| 2:35 - 2:40 | Interdisciplinary Research Dashboard at TAMU | Bruce Herbert | 5 minutes |
| 2:40 - 3:00 | Next steps: where do we go from here? Zoom poll | Julia Trimmer | 20 minutes |
VIVO implementers: how's it going?
We’d like each NA VIVO site to give us an update either as a 5-minute lightning talk or a 20-minute presentation. Lightning talks might touch on any of these topics:
What are the primary use cases and goals of VIVO at your institution?
How’s adoption going, by both profile owners and site visitors?
What works well for users, and what are they asking for?
Longer, 20-minute presentations might include the following:
A tour of your VIVO site
Demo of new functionality or data
Challenges to VIVO at your institution due to shifting resources or other issues
A conversation with the VIVO Project
For over a decade, the VIVO community has been vibrant, creative, and devoted to helping each other and sustaining VIVO. We believe in open source, open science, and open data.
This meeting will give you a chance to talk directly to leaders about the direction of the VIVO Project. Our community is strong and growing, but like many open source communities, we’re struggling too. To face what’s ahead, we need your ideas, energy, and contributions of all kinds.
Spanish-language user event in the works
The VIVO Project is also planning an event for Spanish users in Europe, Central America, and South America to be held in early 2021. Please contact the VIVO Membership and Community Engagement Interest Group if you’d like to help with this event, or if you’d like to propose additional regional or language-based VIVO user groups.
