Community Resources

Last modified by Julia Gilmore on 2025-10-29, 16:44

Here you'll find information and resources for the Scholaris, DSpace and the Canadian repository community.

For example, the Scholarly Communications Canada Mattermost is a great place to pose questions to other repository managers.

On this page:

Scholaris Calls

Information Sessions
- Outline: Updates on service development, Early Adopter Program, and CARL expert groups with time for Q&A
- Audience: Open to everyone in the repository community
- Upcoming dates
  - TBD
- Past dates
  - May 22, 2025 (Slides, Recording)
  - January 21, 2025 (Slides, Recording)
  - September 11, 2024 (Slides, Recording, Q&A)
Community Calls
- Audience: Early Adopters
- Schedule: Monthly - every 2nd Wednesday at 2pm ET
Entities Working Hours
- Audience: Early Adopters and S-MDEG members
- Schedule: Monthly - every 3rd Friday at 12pm ET

Calls will be hosted in English and will be recorded.

Scholarly Communications Canada Mattermost (Request form to join)
CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice (subscribe to CARL's E-lert and relevant CARL listservs for updates)

About the DSpace Community (Google Slides from 2024 North American DSpace User Group Meeting)
DSpace Mailing Lists
- dspace-community: best for general DSpace questions and viewing DSpace announcements
- dspace-tech: best for technical support and help requests
- dspace-devel: best for development discussions and questions
DSpace Slack
- best for immediate discussions and time-sensitive questions
- messages are kept for 90 days
DSpace Community Advisory Team
DSpace Developer Meetings
Subscribe to the DSpace newsletter

DSpace Documentation

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