myUSGS Community

What is myUSGS? A suite of content management and collaboration tools for USGS science teams including their external partners. A suite of content management and collaboration tools for USGS science teams including their external partners. The platform consists of a growing set of public Web sites that share content from within this integrated information environment as well as a wide variety of online intranet/extranet communities. The platform consists of a growing set of public Web sites that share content from within this integrated information environment as well as a wide variety of online intranet/extranet communities.

Strengths Wiki Wiki Webpage set upWebpage set up VersioningVersioning Easy to useEasy to use Alfresco Alfresco Document managementDocument management VersioningVersioning ForumsForums Daily or Weekly Subscriptions to changes Daily or Weekly Subscriptions to changes Public Access (option) Public Access (option)

Members Internal to USGS Internal to USGS External to USGS External to USGS Permissions Permissions ManagersManagers control membership in the author and reader groups and can perform certain other functions throughout community applications (e.g., delete wiki pages). control membership in the author and reader groups and can perform certain other functions throughout community applications (e.g., delete wiki pages). AuthorsAuthors upload and edit documents in Alfresco and can edit and create new wiki pages upload and edit documents in Alfresco and can edit and create new wiki pages ReadersReaders download documents from Alfresco spaces and read and comment on wiki pages download documents from Alfresco spaces and read and comment on wiki pages

NHD Communities NHD-Advisory NHD Advisory Group A place for state stewards, federal agency reps (EPA, USFS, and BLM), and USGS staff to discuss NHD Program issues. Managers: Tracey Szajgin, Elizabeth McCartney, Jeffrey D Simley NHDPOC NHD Regional Points of Contact A place for NHD Regional Points of Contact to share information about state issues, training, workshops, documents, and tools. Managers: Elizabeth McCartney, Carl W Nelson, David S Anderson, Jeffrey D Simley, Paul J Kimsey NHDTech NHD Technical Exchange A place to share technical information about NHD tools, data management, and processes. Managers: Joel J Skalet, Carl W Nelson, David S Anderson, Elizabeth McCartney, Paul J Kimsey NHD_Manage NHD Management Team A place to discuss project management issues. Managers: Tracey Szajgin, Elizabeth McCartney, Jeffrey D Simley

Default community portal

NHD-Advisory (draft) Wiki

Wiki-Community Intro page

Wiki-”Custom” Community Page

Wiki-Community Priorities Page

Example Project Page Project Manager makes links to available documents, stored in Alfresco Docs

Default community portal

Alfresco - Document Management “folders” “files”

Alfresco - Forums

Short term - Next Steps Complete set-up of communities (POC and Tech) Complete set-up of communities (POC and Tech) Active use of Top Ten Priority Wiki pages by Project Managers (Advisory) Active use of Top Ten Priority Wiki pages by Project Managers (Advisory) Alfresco document management for Stewardship Handbook Alfresco document management for Stewardship Handbook

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