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2004
DSpace User Group Meeting Overview
March 10-11, 2004
Over the
past year the DSpace digital repository
system, the open source software system
originally developed by Hewlett-Packard
and MIT, has been adopted for use by many
organizations worldwide. As this group
of research institutions and other organizations
has grown, the need for a forum to come
together and share experiences, ideas,
and concerns became highly desirable.
To initiate this, MIT hosted the first-ever
user group meeting of the DSpace Federation
March 10-11, 2004 to help build connections
among the adopter community and to discuss
the future of the group.
The
inaugural DSpace Federation User Group Meeting
was held at the Hotel@MIT in Cambridge,
MA from March 10-11, 2004.
Thanks
to the Hewlett
Packard Company and Google for
their generous support of this event.
User Group Meeting Agenda and Outcomes
The objective
of the DSpace Federation User Group meeting
was to bring together the research and
other communities to share experiences
and discuss the future developments of
the DSpace platform and Federation of
adopters. There were presentations on
current and future work being done on
the DSpace platform by a variety of organizations,
applications of the technology in specific
organizational contexts, and discussion
of future governance and maintenance options
to ensure the platform's timeliness, usability,
openness, and future success. Highlights
from the meeting included presentations
by universities from around the world
and members of the Apache Foundation,
Google, and HP Labs.
Contact Us
Further
information can be obtained from the MIT
organizers:
MacKenzie
Smith, Associate Director for Technology
Julie Walker, Senior Business Strategist
Richard Rodgers, DSpace Federation Systems
Manager
Email: dspace-meeting@mit.edu |