A discussion about putting such a work group together and who would be interested to participate would be a great topic for one of the upcoming DCAT meetings: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/cmtygp/DCAT+Meeting+Notes
To keep in touch with this group, please sign up to the DCAT specific mailing list (low volume of emails, promised!) https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/dspacecommunityadvisoryteam I'll put an email in there now to start the discussion of what the topics for next month's calls should be. best regards, Bram -- [image: logo] *Bram Luyten* *250 Lucius Gordon Drive, Suite B-3A, West Henrietta, NY 14586* *Esperantolaan 4, Heverlee 3001, Belgium* www.atmire.com <http://atmire.com/website/?q=services&utm_source=emailfooter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=braml> On 22 June 2016 at 22:42, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I am really interested in this group. > > Here at Brazilian Development Bank we're still using version 1.6 and we > really need to discuss usability and accessibility. > > Tim, could you please include me? > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > > > > *Margareth Ramos do Carmo Freitas - Bibliotecária - CRB/7-5127* > Centro de Pesquisa de Informações e Dados - COPED - Coordenação > Área de Planejamento/DEPLAN-Departamento de Planejamento e Avaliação > Av. República do Chile, 100 - 1º andar / E-08 > Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brasil - CEP 20031-917 > Telefone: +55 21 2172-7240 / Fax: +55 21 2172-6256 > www.bndes.gov.br > > > > > De: Tim Donohue <[email protected]> > Para: "Denkinson, Grant W." <[email protected]>, " > [email protected]" <[email protected]> > Data: 22/06/2016 11:23 > Assunto: Re: [dspace-community] UX > Enviado por: [email protected] > ------------------------------ > > > > Hi Grant, > > Thanks for kicking off the discussion! As discussed at OR16, I think > the best way to move this effort forward would be to establish a User > Experience (UX) Interest Group or Working Group. The difference between > the two is that a Working Group signs up to achieve a specific goal (and > therefore is often time limited), while an Interest Group is ongoing > (and is more about discussing ongoing topics of interest). > > In the case of a UX group, I suspect it'd be nice to achieve a few > specific tasks, namely beginning to "mock up" the user experience for > the new UI initiative. That way we can ensure that, as the new UI is > built, it is achieving the desired user experience. This may mean it'd > make sense to establish as a Working Group with definitive tasks > assigned to it (at least initially). Though, it'd also be possible to > start with a more general Interest Group, and create a (sub) Working > Group tasked directly with creating such UI mock ups, etc. > > All we'd really need to get started is the following: > > * One or two people interested in chairing/organizing such a group. > These chair(s) would organize meetings, ensure the notes/output are > publicly documented / reported back, and generally be the main contact > for the group (though they should feel free to delegate heavily to > others in the group to achieve any of these tasks). > * A rough draft of the perceived goals of the group (i.e. the "charge"). > I'd be glad to provide feedback / ideas as necessary. > > After that, we'd just need approval from the DSpace Steering Group > (which I will gladly help the group achieve). Then the group can begin > to put out a call for more members, and start scheduling meetings, > create a wiki page to store notes, etc. As examples, here's where we've > documented a few other Interest Groups / Working Groups: > > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+Interest+Groups > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+Working+Groups > > I honestly love this idea, and I hope others would have an interest in > helping us to establish the first DSpace UX Interest Group. It'd be a > great way to ensure that, as we build the new UI for DSpace 7, we are > meeting the expectations and needs of repository managers (and general > users) worldwide. > > Definitely let me know if there's any other way I can help. If there > are others on this list interested in joining such a group (or > chairing/co-chairing), I'd encourage you to respond (either on or off > list). > > Tim > > -- > Tim Donohue > Technical Lead for DSpace & DSpaceDirect > DuraSpace.org | DSpace.org | DSpaceDirect.org > > On 6/22/2016 5:07 AM, Denkinson, Grant W. wrote: > > At Open Repositories 2016 in Dublin last week I went to some great > DSpace dev sessions and offered to help with usability and accessibility > testing. 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