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 to Richard J Daley Library (801 S Morgan St): http://goo.gl/3uZOX
    
    • Daley Library is located mid-way between Harrison and Taylor streets.  It has a large west entrance on Morgan Street.
  • 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
  • If you are coming direct from an airport, the "UIC Halsted" stop on the CTA Blue Line train is the best option. From there, you can follow the walking directions and continue south on Halsted (~5 minute walk)
    
    • From O'Hare airport, just take the Blue Line directly to the UIC Halsted stop (No transferring).  From there, you can follow the walking directions and continue south on Halsted (~5 minute walk)
    • From Midway airport, take the Orange Line to downtown Chicago.  Transfer (for free) to the Blue Line at the "Clark & Lake" stop (descend two flights of stairs from elevated tracks to subway).  Take the Blue line towards Forest Park. Get off at the UIC Halsted stop. From there, you can follow the walking directions and continue south on Halsted (~5 minute walk)
• 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)
  
  • http://www.duraspace.org/dspace-futures

Contributions from Others

• Leonie Hayes (University of Auckland) was unable to attend, but provided slides summarizing their institution's viewpoint: DSpaceVision2013UniversityofAucklandcontribution.pdf

Agenda

Day 1: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 12:00PM – 5:00PM

1. Lunch (12-1 PM)
2. Introductions
3. Expected Outcomes.
   
   1. What do we hope to achieve by the end of these planning sessions?
   2. What happens next?
4. Sidebar.
   
   1. Diversity in the DSpace community
5. Vision and Product Placement.
   
   1. What is unique about DSpace?
   2. What important niche does it fill for you?
   3. What about it provides value to your institution?
   4. What is your vision for DSpace over the next five years?
6. Pain Points.
   
   1. What has been most frustrating about the use of DSpace at your institution?
   2. What characteristics of DSpace stand in the way of fulfilling your vision for the product?
7. Brainstorm: Use Cases and Associated Features.
   1. What Use Cases are important for your institution over the next five years?
   2. What are the associated features that need to be supported?
   3. What kind of content needs to be supported?

Dinner out – 6:30 PM

Day 2: Friday, May 10, 2013, 8:30AM – 12:30PM

1. Light breakfast (8:30AM – 9:00AM)
2. Prep work on Vision Statement / High Level Roadmap
3. Prioritize Use Cases
4. Plan Next Steps
   
   1. Volunteer assignments