
This presentation will highlight Harvard's institutional repository (DASH) qualitative feedback service, DASH Stories, and this service's new configuration in DSpace 8. Introduced in Harvard's DSpace instance in 2012, DASH Stories invites users to share brief narratives about how specific articles or open access has impacted their lives. With over 9,000 responses to date, these stories range from simple expressions of gratitude to poignant accounts of improved lives, access overcoming censorship, or meaningful human connections. Our talk will provide an overview of the DASH Stories service, demonstrate its new iteration in DASH's newly migrated DSpace 8 instance, and explore key development aspects. We will also highlight the key collaboration efforts between Harvard Library Open Scholarship and Research Data Services (OSRDS) and 4Science that drove this initiative forward.
advocacy, User experience, Repository managers, feedback, OR2025, DSpace
advocacy, User experience, Repository managers, feedback, OR2025, DSpace
| selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 0 | |
| popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Average | |
| influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Average | |
| impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Average |
