DSpace Training Course
DSpace is an open-source online repository service that enables users to collect, store, access, and distribute digital material. DSpace is focused on the long-term preservation of scholarly and published digital content.
This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at repository managers, SysAdmins, and developers who wish to install, configure, and monitor the DSpace platform to manage their content assets.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Set up DSpace to manage and preserve various types of digital content.
- Manage the DSpace platform to store, preserve, and share document libraries online.
- Configure DSpace user interface, metadata, and database to suit organizational needs.
- Use analytics services to monitor user traffic and metrics and generate useful statistics for the organization.
Format of the Course
- Interactive lecture and discussion.
- Lots of exercises and practice.
- Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.
Course Customization Options
- To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.
Course Outline
Introduction
Overview of DSpace Features and Architecture
- Functional overview
- DSpace system architecture
- Component layers (application, business logic, storage)
Understanding DSpace Basics
- Users and groups
- Metadata
- Repository structure
- Technical basics
- Items and identifiers
Getting Started with DSpace
- Repository planning
- Installing DSpace
- Upgrading DSpace
- Configuration reference
- User management, authentication, and authorization
Working with Content and Metadata Using DSpace
- Exporting content and metadata
- Ingesting content and metadata
- Items and metadata
- Information management
- Managing community hierarchy
- Setting up simple and complex workflows
Logging and Monitoring DSpace
- DSpace Google Analytics statistics
- Elasticsearch statistics
- SOLR statistics
Exploring DSpace User Interfaces
- DSpace Discovery
- Localization L10n
- JSPUI and XMLUI configuration
Managing DSpace Activities and Operations
- AIP backup and restore
- Ant targets and options
- Command-line operations
- Transforming content
- Performance tuning
- Scheduled tasks
- Search engine optimization
- Checksum validation
Customizing DSpace Source Code
- Advanced customization
- REST API
- Development tools and services
- Batch processing
- Extensible control panel
Troubleshooting
Summary and Conclusion
Requirements
- Experience with content management systems
- A general understanding of open access concepts
Audience
- Repository managers
- SysAdmins
- Developers
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