An introduction to DSpace

The DSpace Course Module - An introduction to DSpace

1What is Institutional Repository (IR)?IR is an on-line open archive which makes available scientific literature(pre-prints, lectures, thesis, etc.) in digital form.

Needs organizational stewardship/policy.

Archive content usually is not subject to peer-review, but every repository has its own internal policies which regulate the archiving.What is Dspace?DSpace is a platform that allows you to capture items in any format in text, video, audio, and data. It distributes it over the web. It indexes your work, so users can search and retrieve your items. It preserves your digital work over the long term.Open sources software Multi-lingual Google analytics Easily installed out of the boxCustomizable metadata & user interface Can handle many file formats 3Dspace contentsDSpace can be used to store any type of digital medium. Examples include: Scholarly articles & Journals (* copyright) Theses & dissertations Conference proceedings Reports Learning materials Special/subject collections Audio, video, images etc

What does DSpace look like?

5XMLUI & JSPUI interfacesThere are two interfaces to DspaceThe XMLUI (Manakin Framework)The JSPUI (Java Server Pages)

ASTU library implemented XMLUI because it allowing each community and collection represented in DSpace to maintain a distinct look and feel.Metadata is "data about data", of any sort in any media. An item of metadata may describe an individual datum, or content item, or a collection of data including multiple content items.

Metadata is required to describe the item. Without metadata no one would understand what the item was.

Dspace metadata Types of metadataThe are two broad types of metadataDescriptive metadata

Administrative metadata (internal access control)

The title is A brief history of time

The item was deposited on 17th May 2014 at 20:258DSpace structure CommunitySub-communityCollection (of items)Items metadata & Bitstreams CommunityThe DSpace CommunityEach DSpace service is comprised of different Communities. Its the highest level of the Dspace content hierarchy. Communities may be:Schools & Faculties Research CentersEach community contains descriptive metadata about itself and the collections contained within it

10The DSpace Collection & ItemEach community in turn have collections which contain items or files.

Collections can belong to a single community or multiple communities (collaboration between communities may result in a shared collection).

As with communities, each collection contains descriptive metadata about itself and the items contained within it.11

What is an item?An item is made up of:MetadataBundles (Bundles are collections of files. e.g. LICENCE / TEXT)BitstreamsEach file uploaded into DSpace, or created by DSpace is considered a bitstream. A file is simply a stream of bits (0s and 1s) held on a storage medium such a disk.12Browse & SearchDSpace navigation combines; Full-text searching for one or more keywords in metadata or extracted full-text.Basic search Advanced search/filtering Discovery or Sidebar facet

Dspace Discovery is just like a feature in Amazon, where facets help you to select the right product according to facets like price and brand.Discovery/Sidebar facetSidebar Facet/Discovery It's important to know that multiple metadata fields can be included in one facet. Author, subject & date issued

Did you mean" SpellcheckSpellcheck is an aid for search. When a user's search does not return any hits, the user is presented with a suggestion for an alternative search query.

DSpace statisticsDSpace statistics:Collated from DSpace log files

Reports generated daily (daily and monthly reports)

http://etd.astu.edu.et:8080/xmlui/ Or via the Administer menu16Statistics collectedThe following statistics are collectedGeneral overview (e.g. number of items archived / number of item views / user logins)Archive Information (numbers of each type of item)Item view countsActions performedSearch terms used17