DASH Stories: Implementing a qualitative feedback service in DSpace 8

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.