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The ITAV in Practice toolkit includes an adaptable set of tools, templates, exercises, checklists, and resources for practical use in planning and managing sustainability for open source software (OSS) initiatives serving cultural and scientific heritage organizations.
Expand the sections below for useful background material.
General Instructions for Beta Testing the ITAV Toolkit
Your program has been assigned one phase to beta test and provide feedback on the toolkit activities.
- If you haven’t already, please review the pertinent parts of the ITAV Guidebook.
- Introductory materials, pp. 5-10
- Community Engagement section, pp. 32-36
- Next, identify what phase your program is in; see What Phase Is Your Program below for details.
- Then, review the activities for Phases 1, 2, or 3.
- Community Engagement Activity Table of Contents - once ready
- Community Engagement Activity Table of Contents - once ready
- Decide which activities your program would like to test. Typically your program will select activities from within your phase, but you are welcome to test activities from other phases if they sound pertinent.
- Identify someone to serve as facilitator for each activity
- Determine whether you will complete the activity virtually or in person
- Download the instructions for local use, or copy the Google doc if you would like to collaborate with others online.
- Determine a timeline for conducting the activities. The Community Engagement beta testing period runs from date, 2021 through date, 2021.
- Complete the activities and fill out the preliminary evaluation sheet by the deadline provided.
- Fill out the full beta testing evaluation instrument by the deadline provided (will be sent after date 2021).