DCAT Meeting June 2026

What is DCAT?

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 DSpace Working Group sponsored by the DSpace Steering Group that advises DSpace Program governance groups. We welcome feedback and participation from anyone in the community.

Date & Time

• Tuesday, June 16, 2026, 12:00 Eastern Time
• See the world clock to determine the meeting time for your location.
• Meeting length: one hour

Join information:

We will be using the DCAT Chair's Zoom Room for our meeting.

NOTE: there is a new passcode to enter the meeting: dspace2025

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://umn.zoom.us/j/95455262817?pwd=Z3o5BexR7gsspIzDiP7beexkthKR4i.1 (Meeting ID: 954 5526 2817) Passcode: dspace2025

Additional ways to join: DCAT Chair Zoom Room

Agenda and Notes:

• Housekeeping
  • Sign up for the DCAT Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/DSpaceCommunityAdvisoryTeam
  • Do you have a DSpace wiki account? Email wikihelp@lyrasis.org for an account
  • DSpace Community Events Calendar: https://dspace.org/events/
  • DSpace Slack channel: https://dspace-org.slack.com

• Announcements
  • DSpace 10.0 is officially released

• Quick Informal Survey - What version are you using?

• Open Repositories
  • Highlights?

• Accessibility for repositories
  • Is there interest for DCAT members to engage with this project/issue?
  • [Accessibility] Implement Contextual Help Tooltips site wide https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/3817
  • Build off of the work of the User Experience UX Task Force 2024-2025?

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• Next Meeting: July 14, 2026

Notes:

Call Attendees

Noor Alifa Ardianingrum 

Emily Crawford

Kent Gerber University of Minnesota (version 9.2)

Erin Jerome University of Massachusetts Amherst (version 7.6.x, Atmire-hosted)

Carolyn Sullivan Université d'Ottawa (version 8.3)

Philip Young Virginia Tech (7.6.2, upgrading to 9.x this summer)

Regrets