It is being worked on and should be resolved shortly. On May 7, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Wendy J Bossons wrote:
> There appears to be an issue with the dspace.org web site, maybe a hack, or > maybe some other type of failure. I just recently sent a message to Valorie > as all of the pages appear to be down. The main page is a directory listing . > . . is there anyone else who should be contacted? > ..\Wendy > > > > Wendy Bossons > Web Developer > MIT Libraries > Technology Research & Development > Building E25-131 > 77 Massachusetts Ave. > Cambridge, MA 02141-4307 > Phone 617-253-0770 > Fax 617-253-4462 > wboss...@mit.edu > http://libraries.mit.edu > > > 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 >> jfow...@sbts.edu >> ________________________________________ >> From: Valorie Hollister [vhollis...@duraspace.org] >> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 11:56 AM >> To: dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net; dspace-gene...@lists.sourceforge.net >> 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 >> vhollis...@duraspace.org<mailto:vhollis...@duraspace.org> >> >> >> 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 repos! >> itories 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_fac! >> ileforms/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 >> DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
