Guidelines for Establishing a Community

Steps to Set Up a Community

1. Become familiar with the repository policies.
2. Decide on the basic structure of your Community.
3. Compile the required information (see below).
4. Contact an Administrator at sspace@hawaii.edu.

Information Needed to Start a Community

• • Name of Community Liason

• • 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 sub-communities (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 the repository)
    • Coordinator (can accept, reject, or change metadata before item is in the repository)
    • Collection Administrator (can change metadata after item is in the repository)