Scope and Objectives

DSpace is the most widely adopted open source repository in the world with thousands of installations in more than 120 countries. The DSpace Leadership Group is willing to strengthen the relationship with the community and for this reason has formed this Community Engagement Working Group.

The goals of the DSpace Community Engagement Working Group are:

1. Developing short- and long-term strategies for building relationship with DSpace users
2. Identifying ways for DSpace Leaders to participate in and support these efforts
3. Defining initiatives to encourage users to become paying members of DSpace

Anyone is welcome to join the Working Group. If you are interested, please contact Michele Mennielli at LYRASIS (michele.mennielli@lyrasis.org).

Start & End dates

Start: July 2, 2020

End: TBD

Working Group Members

• Pascal-Nicolas Becker, The Library Code GmbH
• Allan Bell , University of British Columbia
• Lisa Larson , LYRASIS
• Lautaro Julián Matas , LA Referencia
• Michele Mennielli, LYRASIS (Chair)
• César Olivares , CONCYTEC
• Kristi Park , Texas Digital Library

Deliverables

• TBD

Meetings

Zoom Meeting: https://lyrasis.zoom.us/j/9963190968

Meeting ID: 996 319 0968

Find your local number: https://lyrasis.zoom.us/u/abUErPdulY

Agendas and Minutes

• 2020-07-02 DSpace Community Engagement Meeting

Resources

• The registry of DSpace contains information on DSpace installations worldwide: https://duraspace.org/registry/?gv_search=&filter_10=DSpace&filter_4_6=&filter_3=&filter_20=&filter_28=&mode=all
• Existing DSpace National User Groups: User Groups