DSpace Manual: Software version 1.5

DSpace is an open source software platform that enables organizations to: - Capture and describe digital material using a submission workflow module, or a variety of programmatic ingest options - Distribute an organization's digital assets over the web through a search and retrieval system - Preserve digital assets over the long term This system documentation includes a functional overview of the system, which is a good introduction to the capabilities of the system, and should be readable by nontechnical personnel. Everyone should read this section first because it introduces some terminology used throughout the rest of the documentation. For people actually running a DSpace service, there is an installation guide, and sections on configuration and the directory structure. Note that as of DSpace 1.2, the administration user interface guide is now on-line help available from within the DSpace system. Finally, for those interested in the details of how DSpace works, and those potentially interested in modifying the code for their own purposes, there is a detailed architecture and design section

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Electronic poster on DSpace open source repository software that enables open sharing of content

DSpace How-To Guide: Tips and tricks for managing common DSpace chores

PDF fileThis short booklet is intended to introduce the commonest non-obvious customization related tasks for newcomers to DSpace administration. It has been written against the current stable version 1.3.2 of DSpace. We have tried to include instructions for different operating systems as required; most customizations, however, work identically cross-platform

DSpace How-To Guide: Tips and tricks for managing common DSpace chores

This short booklet is intended to introduce the commonest non-obvious customization-related tasks for newcomers to DSpace administration. It has been written against the current stable version 1.3.2 of DSpace. We have tried to include instructions for different operating systems as required; most customizations, however, work identically cross-platform. This booklet was created as a handout for the tutorial "Making DSpace Your Own", at the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) 2006 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.unpublishednot peer reviewe

Adding content reporting to DSpace

This poster presents a content reporting add-on to DSpace, developed for AgResearch Ltd by the IRR support team at the University of Waikato's Information Technology Services Division. We outline the motivation for developing this add-on, give a high-level description of its implementation and report initial insights on its reception and uptake

DSpace@Cambridge: implementing long-term digital preservation

This article describes one approach towards digital preservation and long-term accessibility of content in DSpace@Cambridge anno 2005.DSpace@Cambridge is an institutional archive set up to deal with the long-term preservation of information in a wide range of formats over an indefinite period of time. In this paper we look at some long-term digital preservation strategies, as they are currently implemented in our archive. We describe the value of documentation of file format specifications for future data accessibility. We examine the impact and usefulness of constant concurrent data migration to several different formats. We illustrate our approach with case studies of applying these principles to chemical and archeological scientific data

Modifications to DSpace 1.5: A Technical Overview

4th International Conference on Open RepositoriesThis presentation was part of the session : DSpace User Group PresentationsDate: 2009-05-20 01:30 PM – 03:00 PMIn the fall of 2008, the Library Digital Programs of the Johns Hopkins University's Sheridan Libraries launched a new version of JScholarship, the Johns Hopkins institutional repository, based on the DSpace 1.5 platform. Requirements gathering identified missing features of the software platform. Embargos, bitstream suppression, unit testing, and other modifications were implemented prior to launch.Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Librarie