Telling DSpace Stories Work Group (TDS)

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Working group is retired. Please see the DSpace 7 Marketing Working Group (2016-2020) for current DSpace marketing efforts.

A Working Group of the DSpace Marketing Interest Group (DMIG)

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Stories generated by the Telling DSpace Stories Working Group as published blog posts to publicize current community activities;
Guidelines including a basic story structure, links to examples of Stories and suggested interview questions;
Interview transcripts that may be interesting to readers and published in lieu of a DSpace Story;
Material for use in DuraSpace QuickBytes;
An archive of DSpace Stories that can be referenced by DSpace.org website visitors.

Suggested Schedule:

Task	Time required for completion	Completion date/status
Develop Charge Develop draft “Telling DSpace Stories” template Conduct first interview and develop draft of first story Compile Guidelines, Templates and Timeframe document for volunteers	4 weeks	In process
Publish Publish completed DSpace story(s) Add language to each story explaining 1) that this story is an ad hoc DSpace community activity and 2) how to participate in the activity (at the end of doc). If so, go to (guidelines/template link) for instructions, and send the finished copy to Working Group leader	10 days
Outreach for more TDS Working Group participants Send a press release to encourage participation, explain why we are doing this, include links to stories; aim is to engage four-five reporters for their help/membership, aim for three Personal solicitation	4 weeks
Publish round 2 of DSpace Stories Assign reporter(s) Conduct interview(s) Write 3-4 paragraph profile	1 week
Steering Group review and feedback Use DSpace face-to-face meetings and events to get more people involved	After 2 published rounds of stories

Members: Bram Luyten, Kristi Park, Michele Menielli, Jonathan Markow

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