Dear DSpace and Fedora User Communities,
Do you have experience using DSpace or Fedora? Could you write a description of
the Fedora Digital Object Data Model? Could you record a short screencast on
how to maximize DSpace’s batch metadata editing feature? If so, you could win a
$50 Amazon gift card!
Beginning on February 1, DuraSpace will be holding a monthly drawing to
encourage content contributions to the new KnowledgeBase
(https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/KB/Welcome+to+KnowledgeBase). The
KnowledgeBase is an initiative aimed at improving the training and educational
resources available to the DSpace and Fedora user communities. Once it is
populated with content, this wiki-based resource will help new users get a
repository up and running as well as perform various basic administrative tasks
using a variety of delivery tools (text-based guides, images, diagrams,
screencasts, presentation slides, webinars, etc.). The usefulness of the
KnowledgeBase depends on the collaborative efforts of the DSpace and Fedora
user communities. For the next several months if you create content you not
only help the community but you could win a chance to help yourself to
something on your Amazon wish list!
Drawing Details
Each month DuraSpace will put out the call for new content contributions to the
KnowledgeBase. Contributors can create any type of content the wish --
text-based guides, images, diagrams, screencasts, etc. to address any topic
under the existing topic outline for either DSpace
(https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSpaceKB/DSpace+KnowledgeBase) or Fedora
(https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FedoraKB/Fedora+KnowledgeBase).
All entries must be posted to the appropriate wiki page by contributors by the
last day of the month.
All entries will be validated to ensure submissions meet the minimum entry
requirement which is either, 1) a complete text guide for an existing outline
topic or for an additional supplemental topic, or 2) a complete screencast for
one outline topic/subtopic, approximately 5 minutes in length.
Contributors may use adapt/update previously published material (The DSpace
Course http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/handle/2160/615, Fedora Tutorial
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FEDORACREATE/Tutorial+1+-+Introduction+to+Fedora,
etc.), although appropriate attribution should be footnoted.
A random drawing will determine a winner of that month's $50 Amazon gift card,
which will be awarded within 7 days.
Anyone outside of DuraSpace employees/contract employees is eligible to
participate.
Individuals may enter the contest more than once in the same month to increase
their chances of winning and may also win for multiple months.
Take a Look
The KnowledgeBase was developed in consultation with the community and was
designed to allow for as much flexibility and community contributions --
however large or small -- as possible. Content is easy to contribute using the
familiar DuraSpace wiki environment. Simply edit or add pages the same way you
do anywhere else on the wiki. Any suggestions you may have for making the
content more useful, more relevant for the community is always welcomed. Either
use the "Comment" section at the bottom of each page or email Valorie Hollister
at vhollis...@duraspace.org.
For more information about the KnowledgeBase:
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/KB/Welcome+to+KnowledgeBase
For information on content contribution and guidelines:
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/KB/Contribute+to+KnowledgeBase
DSpace KnowledgeBase
Home:https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSpaceKB/DSpace+KnowledgeBase
Sample DSpace Text/Image
Content:https://wiki.duraspace.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=25467341|
Sample DSpace Screencast Content:
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSpaceKB/Upgrading+DSpace
Fedora KnowledgeBase
Home:https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FedoraKB/Fedora+KnowledgeBase
Sample Fedora Screencast
Content:https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FedoraKB/Rebuilding+Indexes
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