Since our blog assignment this week was flexible and there was no direction for how to report back on our research into the DSpace community, I thought this would be a good place to talk about my findings for Assignment 1b. Essentially, I found the DSpace community to be quite substantial. There are currently 1136 registered users of the software, and I am sure if it is anything like other open source software communities that there are a large number of non-registered users out there. A few quick searches turns up significant amounts of thorough documentation, training modules, user group meetings and mailing lists, blogs and wikis. In addition to the documentation and introductions to DSpace covered in our assignments last week, I also like http://www.dspace.org/training-grid/configurable-submission-system-for-dspace.html. There is also the monthly publication NewSpace and the DSpace Global Outreach Committee to help stay connected. And then there's DSpace's proven staying power, as well as even more importantly perhaps for some several service providers available to assist with implementations for institutions lacking the necessary IT support. All in all if I were ranking user community as one of the evaluation criteria for a system, I would give DSpace a top rating in that category.
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