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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 Working Group that advises other DSpace project governance and leadership groups (e.g., DSpace Steering Group). The Team solicits feedback through community-wide discussions, surveys, etc. to help ensure future software releases address the needs of the community. DCAT submits an annual report to the DSpace Steering group that makes the report public after review.
A specific area of focus for DCAT is defined annually by DCAT and the Steering Group.
"Community Engagement" is the focus area for 2023/2024.
DCAT Membership
DCAT members are primarily individuals who function as DSpace repository managers at their institution. Members have an interest in advancing the development of the DSpace software and expanding the DSpace user community. DCAT aims to have global representation in order to provide broad support to the DSpace user community. DCAT members generally devote approximately 5-10 hours per month to the Team.
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Members of DCAT use a Google Group mailing list for their communications. Anyone from the community is welcome to join.
Current Members of the DSpace Community Advisory Team
Anne Lawrence - Virginia Tech
@Augustine Gitonga - Aga Khan University Hospital
Kimberly Chapman University of Arizona Libraries
Bharat Chaudhari - School Of Petroleum Management, Gandhinagar, India
Claire Bundy - BioMed Central
@Dibyendra Hyoju - Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya/eIFL.net
emilio lorenzo Arvo Consultores
Elin Stangeland - University of Oslo
Fede Federico Verlicchi - 4Science
Felicity A Dykas - University of Missouri
Fredrick Odongo Okite Uganda Christian University
Iryna Kuchma - eIFL.net
James Evans - Biomed Central/Open Repository
James Holobetz University of Regina
Kathleen Schweitzberger - University of Missouri
Leonie Hayes - University of Auckland
Marianne Reed - University of Kansas Libraries
Mariya Maistrovskaya - University of Toronto
Maureen Walsh (Chair) - The Ohio State University Libraries
Melissa Anez LYRASIS
Narendra Kumar - DSquare Technologies
Pauline Ward - University of Edinburgh, Data Library
Philip Young - Virginia Tech
Pierre Lasou - Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
@Roger Weaver - University of Missouri
Sadie Roosa - MIT
Sarah Molloy - Queen Mary, University of London
Stefano Bordoni - University of Edinburgh
Steve Van Tuyl - Oregon State University Libraries & Press
Susan Wells Parham - Georgia Tech
Suzanne Chase - Georgetown University Library
Ying Jin Rice University
History
DCAT is a reconstituted version of its predecessor, the DSpace Global Outreach Committee.
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For more information about DCAT, please contact the chair, Maureen Walsh Kimberly Chapman . Any Any question or comment is also welcome on the open open mailing list.
Meeting Notes
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