9am:
Jim
Alvin
Ronee
Rea
Elin
Val
3pm:
Sara
Beth
Mike
Leonie
Val
1) Joining of DSpace Foundation & Fedora Commons
-See press release on dspace.org website and/or duraspace.org website
-FAQs available on the duraspace.org website
-positive feedback on the 'joining' so far
2) Quick review of community networking survey (Jim, Val)
-Jim published analysis of open ended questions (http://dspace-global-outreach-committee.googlegroups.com/web/dsgoc-survey_summary.txt?gda=28rCDEoAAABfWSynQ_ea31HvN2oWv1qgSKmwVD6nMzH4zFQI7fbkwfdCJ9BoEqM-Vm362c2JWiG5gmp32RtFM4VHiVqkkU-o_e3Wg0GnqfdKOwDqUih1tA&gsc=CDOEHQsAAAD3UNi-Mo8T8izRdkRCYxV1) - more training and better documentation seemed to be the dominant needs
-Val published analysis of other results (see "Files" section or news archive on dspace.org website)
-Elin forwarded the developer focused responses to Stuart Lewis in case they are useful to him for 1.6
3) Yes, there will be a DSpace 1.6 (Val)
-Stuart Lewis (1.6 release manager) has solicited feature requests pro-actively from the community, results were: statistics, embargo and batch metadata editing
-Stuart has also identified work groups and leaders for each feature request, all community members are encouraged to participate in the work groups
4) Update on OR2009 DSpace User Group Meeting (Rea/Julie)
-good balance of presentations/panels/discussion will be offered
-trying to solidify live webcast of the entire user group mtg, Val to notify the community if the mtg will be webcast
-DuraSpace reception at OR09 on Monday May 18 to celebrate the communities coming together
5) Update on Addon List (Ronee/Alvin)
-down to 25 addons/tools, validating info now
-there will be some older addons included on the list, w/notation of which versions the code is compatable with
-there will be some tools identified (where to find lanugage pkgs, etc)
-there will be a guidance to the DSpace wiki for anyone who wants to post info about on-going/current addon projects
-Val to develop final grid and circulate to DGOC for comment
-Goal is to post grid on dspace.org website by next Wed May 20
6) Update on Dynamic Database/Un-dynamic Database (Mike/Jim, Val)
-in lieu of the 'ultimate' solution, we will be posting an Excel file on the DSpace wiki by the end of this wk
-names and emails will be stripped out for security/spam concerns, but Val and Jim will be listed as contacts for anyone interested in contacting specific institutions
-initial planning discussions to define the requirements of the database will begin after OR
-additional techincal planning discussions will take place after a social networking tool is selected
7) DSpace Ambassador Program (Val)
-renamed the regional contact/mentor program so to not feel so intimidating
-primary purpose is to help potential users/new users with general questions and guide them on where to find resources/info for more technical questions
-have identified countries/regions and possible ambassador candidates
-need to clearly define ambassador role
-need to identify resources/cheat sheet for ambassadors
-Rea mentioned that it might be a good incentive to offer to write a letter of acknowledgement to library director, thanking individuals for the contribution, expertize, colloboaration w/other insitutions, etc
-need to get feedback from ambassadors on capacity and volume as program progresses
8) Social networking tool - where do we go from here? (Elin/Christina, Val)
-social networking tool discussion tabled until after OR (dspace.org website redesign, need to redefine tool requirements)
-need to consider Fedora users, Fedora website not built on same system as dspace.org, need to re-visit other tools besides Community Builder
-Elin mentioned including users of all platforms in the network (i.e. EPrints), seemed to be general agreement as long as we can have sub-groups for each platform
-Sara & Leonie mentioned that this has been a topic on the JISC list, might be able to capitalize on broader repository needs
-Val to have discussion at OR to further refine tool requirements
-Tool exploration to continue following OR
