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Establishing a DSpace Community at MIT

To set up a DSpace Community at MIT, follow these basic steps:

1. The head of community becomes familiar with the DSpace policies as outlined in http://libraries.mit.edu/dspace-mit/mit/policies/index.html.
2. Decide on the basic structure of your community – whether there will be sub-communities, and what collections you will establish.
3. Decide which workflow steps you'd like to establish for each collection. (Workflows are optional. See details below.)
4. Use our DSpace Help form to send the following information.

Information Needed for Community Start-up

• Name of Community Liaison
• Community page:
  - Name of community
  - Description (optional)
  - Logo (optional)
• Sub-community pages (optional):
  - Names of sub-communities
  - Logo(s) for sub-communities (optional)
  - Descriptions of subcommunities (optional)
• Collection pages:
  - Name(s) of collections within each community or sub-community
  - Logo(s) for collection(s) (optional)
  - Descriptions of collections(s) (optional)
  - Brief descriptions (one line) of collections to appear on community or sub-community page (optional)
• For each collection:
  - Names and email addresses of submitters
  - Names and email addresses of people in workflow roles (optional):
  • Reviewer (can accept or reject items)
  • Metadata Editor (can only change metadata before it is in DSpace)
  • Coordinator (can accept, reject, or change metadata before item is in DSpace)
  • Collection Administrator (can change metadata after item is in DSpace)

Questions? Use our DSpace Help form.