Code of Conduct
All DSpace meetings follow the Lyrasis Code of Conduct. We ask you to remain respectful in all discussions. We also encourage you to report any violations to Lyrasis (see Code of Conduct for details).
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, January 13, 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:
- Announcements
- 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
- Housekeeping
- New Versions Released (7.6.6, 8.3, 9.2)
- December 17, 2025
- New Versions Released (7.6.6, 8.3, 9.2)
- DSpace 2024-2025 Annual Report Published
- DSpace Annual Report page
- Lyrasis CST interoperability Project Feedback Survey
- DSpace Feedback Survey open until January 15, 2026
- DSpace 2024-2025 Annual Report Published
- Upcoming Events
- Webinar: DSpace Reimagined — The Next Generation of AI-Powered Repositories
- Date: Thursday, January 15, 2026
- Time: 14:00–15:00 UTC
- Register online (registration required)
- virtual DSpace Coffee Hour with Holger, DSpace Program Coordinator
- Time: Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 14:00 UTC
- Live via Zoom: https://lyrasis.zoom.us/j/8340265473?pwd=x9xbUHGcWl7ZjUu7jx8rGOCJWXEsba.1
- DSpace Praxistreffen 2026 in-person meeting in Lüneburg, Germany - Call for Proposals
- proposals due January 31
- Date: March 10th and 11th, 2026
- DSpace Praxistreffen 2026
- Webinar: DSpace Reimagined — The Next Generation of AI-Powered Repositories
- Clean up old DSpace GitHub Issues
- Group meeting on January 29 to discuss and review the old issues
- Questions we are considering:
- Is the issue still understandable?
- Is there still activity/discussions around the issue?
- Was it documented for an unsupported version of DSpace (6 or older?)
- Is there a PR made on the issue? Is the PR old too?
- Is the user still part of or is still around/involved in the Dspace community?
- Workgroup update
- Import Metadata feature
- looking at what options are available in the Demo version.
- Help repository managers choose what options to share with their users
- Thinking about user experience with this feature
- Import Metadata feature
- Future DCAT Topics?
- 2026-01-15 DSpace and DSpace-CRIS Merger Management Team Meeting Notes
- Next Meeting: February 10, 2026
Notes:
Call Attendees
James Holobetz University of Regina
Peter Sutton-Long University of Cambridge
Kimberly Chapman University of Arizona Libraries
Kent Gerber University of Minnesota
Karl Wirth Creighton University
Erin Jerome UMass Amherst
Priscilla Carmini University of Waterloo
Emily Crawford, State Library of Massachusetts
Jordan Piščanc (4Science) 4Science
Allison Fischbach, Johns Hopkins University
Genny Jon, Jack Leong - York University
Philip Young Virginia Tech
Nadine Seekirchner ETH Zurich
Regrets
Colin Lukens
