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User Communities- Who can submit content to the repository? (i.e. faculty, staff, grad students, undergrads)
Noa and GabeI, for example, are working on the ‘Intellectual Content’ section. We’re trying to determine which types of scholarly content will be accepted, and how submitted materials will be vetted. This also involves looking at the file extensions DSpace can handle and comparing them to the file types we’re interested in collecting in the IR (will we be supporting Illustrator working files, even though they can’t be displayed through the system?). ‘Intellectual Content’ also involves a digital preservation component: many institutions advise submitters on the support level they offer for a given file type, that is, let them know whether they’re confident that they’ll be able to host and display the file type down the line. Determining what Temple is able to support long-term --or whether we should commit to anything at all-- is extremely complex, requiring the input of multiple IR stakeholders and technical staff.
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