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DSpace 3-5 Year Vision and High Level Roadmap Meeting - May 9 & 10, 2013
Logistics
- Meeting Location: UIC Campus, Richard J Daley Library, Room 1-470 (Floor 1, Room 470)
- Walking directions from Crowne Plaza Hotel: http://goo.gl/3uZOX
- You can also take the #8 Halsted bus (runs every 10mins or so) for $2.25 (they accept dollar bills & quarters). See CTA schedule: http://www.transitchicago.com/riding_cta/busroute.aspx?RouteId=167
- The Halsted stop on the CTA Blue Line train is also an option.
- Meals
- Lunch & Dinner on Thurs will be provided for all attendees
- Breakfast on Fri will also be provided.
Attendees
- Jonathan Markow, DuraSpace
- Tim Donohue, DuraSpace
- Allan Bell, U of British Columbia
- Sandy De Groote, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Doug Goans, Georgia Tech
- Sue Kunda, Oregon State
- Amy Lana, University of Missouri
- Jim Ottaviani, University of Michigan
- Sarah Potvin, Texas A&M
- Monica Rivero, Rice University
- Richard Rodgers, MIT
- Robert Sandusky, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Sarah Shreeves, University of Illinois (at Urbana-Champaign)
- Tito Sierra, MIT
- Maureen Walsh, Ohio State University
Preparatory Reading
- Summary from DuraSpace Summit discussion (March 2013 in Baltimore)
- http://duraspace.org/looking-future-dspace-and-fedora
- More Details from "DSpace Breakout" session: http://bit.ly/YcEri5
- Summary of "DSpace Futures" virtual discussions (Fall 2012)
Agenda
Day 1: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 12:00PM – 5:00PM
- Lunch (12-1 PM)
- Introductions
- Expected Outcomes.
- What do we hope to achieve by the end of these planning sessions?
- What happens next?
- Sidebar.
- Diversity in the DSpace community
- Vision and Product Placement.
- What is unique about DSpace?
- What important niche does it fill for you?
- What about it provides value to your institution?
- What is your vision for DSpace over the next five years?
- Pain Points.
- What has been most frustrating about the use of DSpace at your institution?
- What characteristics of DSpace stand in the way of fulfilling your vision for the product?
- Brainstorm: Use Cases and Associated Features.
- What Use Cases are important for your institution over the next five years?
- What are the associated features that need to be supported?
- What kind of content needs to be supported?
Dinner out – 6:30 PM
Day 2: Friday, May 10, 2013, 8:30AM – 12:30PM
- Light breakfast (8:30AM – 9:00AM)
- Prep work on Vision Statement / High Level Roadmap
- Prioritize Use Cases
- Plan Next Steps
- Volunteer assignments
Overview
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