Ability to map collections to multiple communities
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Key: DS-491
URL: http://jira.dspace.org/jira/browse/DS-491
Project: DSpace 1.x
Issue Type: New Feature
Reporter: Sarah Shreeves
I searched to see whether this had been requested before but could not see it.
As a repo manager of an increasingly complex repository (IDEALS), I am getting
more and more requests to have a collection appear in more than one community.
For example, we have a joint grant activity between the Library School and the
Library which has produced a series of reports. Both units would like to have
these items included in their community under a collection specifically for the
grant activity. Right now, the only way to do this is to create two separate
collections, submit items to one collection, and then map them to the other
collection (which is a tedious process in and of itself especially since the
search functionality is so problematic there).
Another example which I'm faced with right now is a collection that will
include a series of reports that are jointly published by two departments. The
administrators would like to see this series appear in the community for each
department, but they would also like to be able to include the handle for the
entire series on each report (i.e. the collection handle). Right now, they
either have to choose a 'canonical' collection between the two or we have to
create a separate community and collection divorced from the department
communities.
I would like to see a way where I could map an entire collection so that the
collection can appear in multiple communities. I would assume that the items in
that collection would also be mapped. There would be a single handle for that
collection (essentially the same way the item mapper works).
This request has come in to me about five or six times now, and it seems that
the more interdisciplinary work we get into the repository - particularly if
we're looking at collections of works, not just items - the more necessary this
kind of functionality will be. It also seems important for a publication series
where the collection really groups items that belong together.
I'm happy to answer any questions that you might have about this!
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