The dspace.org site is under attack from hackers. Please try the link again in an hour or so. Apologies for the inconvenience. On May 7, 2010, at 1:14 PM, Jason Fowler wrote:
> Valorie, > > Are you certain that link is correct? I'm getting a 404. > > Thanks, > Jason Fowler, CA, MSLS > Archives and Special Collections Librarian > The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary > Vice President, ALABI > [email protected] > ________________________________________ > From: Valorie Hollister [[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 11:56 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [Dspace-tech] New and Improved DSpace Registry > > Dear DSpace Community, > > There is a new resource now available to the DSpace community -- the much > improved DSpace user registry > (http://www.dspace.org/whos-using-dspace/Repository-List.html). Please read > the news item below for more information. > > Valorie Hollister > Director of Community Development, DSpace Project > DuraSpace > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > Have you ever wondered which institutions have upgraded to the most recent > version of DSpace or which repositories have video files stored? > DuraSpace is pleased to announce a new resource, the community DSpace > Registry<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=i8p7uodab.0.0.5iy95gcab.0&ts=S0483&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dspace.org%2Fwhos-using-dspace%2FRepository-List.html&id=preview> > (http://www.dspace.org/whos-using-dspace/Repository-List.html). > The database was conceived of and designed by members of the DSpace Global > Outreach > Committee<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=i8p7uodab.0.0.5iy95gcab.0&ts=S0483&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.dspace.org%2Fconfluence%2Fdisplay%2FDSPACE%2FDSpace%2BGlobal%2BOutreach%2BCmte&id=preview> > > (http://wiki.dspace.org/confluence/display/DSPACE/DSpace+Global+Outreach+Cmte) > (DGOC) to address one of the biggest challenges within the DSpace user > community; not just to identify which institutions used DSpace, but also > cultivate a resource with some basic information about those repositories to > help facilitate connections between users. The work started early last year > and included a Community Networking > Survey<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=i8p7uodab.0.0.5iy95gcab.0&ts=S0483&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.dspace.org%2Fconfluence%2Fdisplay%2FDSPACE%2FCommunity%2BNetworking%2BSurvey%2BResults&id=preview> > > (http://wiki.dspace.org/confluence/display/DSPACE/Community+Networking+Survey+Results), > which gathered data about repositories and seeded the information now > available in the database. > Members of the DSpace community will now be able to search the database to > discover other institutions which have similar repositories, environments or > interests to their own. The hope of DGOC and the DuraSpace organization is > that this listing will help foster all types of connections and > collaborations in the future. > > What is new? > The most popular page on the > dspace.org<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=i8p7uodab.0.0.5iy95gcab.0&ts=S0483&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dspace.org%2F&id=preview> > site for the last few years has been the "Who's Using DSpace?" page. This > page was a simple list of DSpace repositories with only the institution name, > country and URL link listed. The list was not easily searchable or sortable. > The new DSpace repositories database provides much more information and > functionality. And there are now over 800 known repositories included in the > database, representing over 80 countries. > Main Table View > The main database view provides you with a sortable table of all known DSpace > instances. It includes the institution name, country, type of institution > (academic, museum, government, etc), DSpace version/user interface and the > URL link. This list can be re-ordered by any of the fields listed -- so if > you want to get a quick view of who is using 1.6 XML/Manakin it can be done > in an instant by clicking on the column header. > Detailed Repository View > To view all the available information about a specific repository (use case, > file types stored, type of content stored, addons/extensions, database, > operating system, etc), you simply click on the institution name. You will > then view all the information available in the database about that particular > repository. > Search/Filters > On the left hand side there is a number of search filters, including an open > text search which you can use to perform a single or multi-faceted search and > will produce a listing of those institutions which meet your selected > criteria. > > How can you add or update your institution's information? > The information available in the repositories database is limited to what has > been provided by the institution either by registering previously on > dspace.org<http://dspace.org>, the > ROAR<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=i8p7uodab.0.0.5iy95gcab.0&ts=S0483&p=http%3A%2F%2Froar.eprints.org%2F&id=preview> > listing (http://roar.eprints.org/) or by responding to the April 2009 > Community Networking > Survey<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=i8p7uodab.0.0.5iy95gcab.0&ts=S0483&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.dspace.org%2Fconfluence%2Fdisplay%2FDSPACE%2FCommunity%2BNetworking%2BSurvey%2BResults&id=preview>. > We would love to help foster more connections. Please take the time to > register or to update your repository's information by making use of the > registration > form<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=i8p7uodab.0.0.5iy95gcab.0&ts=S0483&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dspace.org%2Fcomponent%2Foption%2Ccom_facileforms%2FItemid%2C151%2Fff_name%2Cdspaceinstance%2Flang%2Cen%2F&id=preview> > > (http://www.dspace.org/component/option,com_facileforms/Itemid,151/ff_name,dspaceinstance/lang,en/) > for new listings or update > form<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=i8p7uodab.0.0.5iy95gcab.0&ts=S0483&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dspace.org%2Fcomponent%2Foption%2Ccom_facileforms%2FItemid%2C154%2F&id=preview> > (http://www.dspace.org/component/option,com_facileforms/Itemid,154/) for > existing listings. Please note that we expect updates to existing listings > may take a few days to show up in the database and we ask for your patience. > > Acknowledgments > Many thanks to the DGOC for their design and review work on this project. > Thanks also to Valorie Hollister, Director of Community Development, DSpace > Project/DuraSpace for driving the project forward and to Lauren L'Esperance, > DSpace.org<http://DSpace.org> webmaster who worked out all the technical > pieces. > > We look forward to hearing your feedback and comments about the new DSpace > Registry. Please contact Valorie Hollister at vhollister[at]duraspace.org > directly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
