[Dspace-general] DSpace Users - get connected and a chance at $100!

[Valorie Hollister]

Apologies for the cross-posting - This msg went out to the DSpace  
community last Thursday, April 2.

Get connected with other DSpace users and get a chance at $100 Amazon  
gift certificate!

One of the biggest challenges with a world-wide community of over 500  
DSpace users from diverse organizations is finding the people that  
would be helpful or interesting for you talk with - either to ask  
questions, share experiences or partner on projects of mutual interest.

With the support and coordination of the DSpace Foundation, the DSpace  
Global Outreach Committee (DGOC)  
(http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/DSpace_Global_Outreach_Cmte) has  
several projects aimed at helping members of the community find each  
other more easily. One such project is to create a dynamic database of  
DSpace users that will help you connect with other people doing things  
you're interested in. So, for example, if you are looking for someone  
who is already storing video files in DSpace, you can search the  
database to find them.

To seed the data in the dynamic database, the DGOC developed the DSpace
Community Networking Survey. The information gathered from this survey  
will be made available to registered members of the DSpace user  
community in a dynamic database. Any information in the database will  
be available for update as often as is necessary.

We know that the information gathered from this survey wil help you  
connect more easily with the rest of the DSpace community -- but as an  
added incentive, all respondents who complete the survey by April 16,  
2009 will be eligible for a drawing for a $100 Amazon gift certificate.

The survey consists of 25 questions and should take less than 15  
minutes to complete (READ ONLY preview of survey questions:  
http://www.dspace.org/images/surveys/read%20only_dspace%20community%20networking%20survey.pdf). We encourage everyone working with DSpace - regardless of their specific role, the size of their institution, or any concerns about multiple responses from the same organization - to complete the survey to the best of their  
ability.

Here is a link to the survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=s99rmO0SQOv_2baVWExjTTIA_3d_3d

We welcome input from those who many not have received this message --  
so please feel free to forward this message to your colleagues or  
other DSpace users.

Thank you in advance for helping us connect you with each other!

-the DSpace Global Outreach Committee and the DSpace Foundation