Dear Anna, when you configure DSpace-CRIS there is no need to represent your organizational structure using the DSpace communities, as they are entities in DSpace-CRIS, and they can be populated using affiliations from the HR system in your university, so they are always up to date. Departments in DSpace communities become quickly messed up, as the representation is static while the organizational units are dynamic, they split, merge, change names, people move and so on.
Communities are used to group research outputs collections, usually you create a top-level community called "Research Output" and you create collections according to the type of materials you want to collect, with their specific metadata, e.g. journal articles, proceedings, monographs, etc. You can create other communities for research data, teaching materials, etc according to your policies. I hope this helps, it would be interesting to learn from other institutions' experiences. Claudio --------------------------------------------------------------------- Claudio Cortese Data Scientist, Business Analyst & Project Manager 4Science SRL www.4science.it<http://www.4science.it/> DuraSpace Certified Partner DSpace, DSpace-CRIS, DSpace-GLAM and DuraCloud service provider Via A.Papa 30 c/o WJC – 20149 Milano Tel. +39-02-39710421 Mobile +39-333-9340846 ________________________________ Da: [email protected] [[email protected]] per conto di [email protected] [[email protected]] Inviato: giovedì 20 settembre 2018 16.17 A: DSpace Community Oggetto: [dspace-community] Configuration of Communities and Collections Dear all We (University of Bern, Switzerland) are now building a DSpace-CRIS and would like to learn more about possible configurations with respect to communities and collections. Are your communities rather subject-oriented or do they reflect your organisational structure? Has anyone taken a different approach? What are the pros and cons of your solution? How do you deal with collections in your community structure? It would be great if you could share your experiences. So, thank you very much in advance! Best regards Anna -- All messages to this mailing list should adhere to the DuraSpace Code of Conduct: https://duraspace.org/about/policies/code-of-conduct/<redir.aspx?REF=kMSm7y2YI8PztSsb4dynqCkNoxqNorXOuSQ_rVROmXVd36EwNh_WCAFodHRwczovL3VybHNhbmQuZXN2YWxhYnMuY29tLz91PWh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGZHVyYXNwYWNlLm9yZyUyRmFib3V0JTJGcG9saWNpZXMlMkZjb2RlLW9mLWNvbmR1Y3QlMkYmZT0zYmYwOTU3YyZoPTE0Y2JmZWZkJmY9biZwPXk.> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<redir.aspx?REF=LlG-jL6ZaJv--96MjlbececoSdRjIOymv6hsEC6bExFd36EwNh_WCAFtYWlsdG86ZHNwYWNlLWNvbW11bml0eSt1bnN1YnNjcmliZUBnb29nbGVncm91cHMuY29t>. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<redir.aspx?REF=5W7NmNT0jfiQb-Q785wEM0AlGj4bF8uwvAxtI41mxFVd36EwNh_WCAFtYWlsdG86ZHNwYWNlLWNvbW11bml0eUBnb29nbGVncm91cHMuY29t>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/dspace-community<redir.aspx?REF=Wyk52QEdx40V54NLbC2qvpmPK2CDStDk3YhrDjAsUDBd36EwNh_WCAFodHRwczovL3VybHNhbmQuZXN2YWxhYnMuY29tLz91PWh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGZ3JvdXBzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20lMkZncm91cCUyRmRzcGFjZS1jb21tdW5pdHkmZT0zYmYwOTU3YyZoPTE1ZWNkNWQ4JmY9biZwPXk.>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout<redir.aspx?REF=IBmWrKF-2T6wGfzQmSrIwMdY51KvA8gyWSiIiaD3_rhd36EwNh_WCAFodHRwczovL3VybHNhbmQuZXN2YWxhYnMuY29tLz91PWh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGZ3JvdXBzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20lMkZkJTJGb3B0b3V0JmU9M2JmMDk1N2MmaD0zYzg0OWEyZiZmPW4mcD15>. -- Questo messaggio e' stato analizzato con Libra ESVA ed e' risultato non infetto. Clicca qui per segnalarlo come spam.<redir.aspx?REF=kJ02Xwe2SE7ch3ASbQIe_11CHD-GR98pgGzsL_l51Tdd36EwNh_WCAFodHRwOi8vZXN2YTEuYnVzaW5lc3MtZS5pdC9jZ2ktYmluL2xlYXJuLW1zZy5jZ2k_aWQ9NzYyOUE0MjAwMy5BOTJCOA..> -- Questo messaggio e' stato analizzato da Libra ESVA ed e' risultato non infetto. This message was scanned by Libra ESVA and is believed to be clean. -- All messages to this mailing list should adhere to the DuraSpace Code of Conduct: https://duraspace.org/about/policies/code-of-conduct/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/dspace-community. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
