The DSpace Course

Module - An introduction to DSpace

What 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
stewardship/policy.

Archive content usually is not subject

to peer-review, but every repository
has its own internal policies which

organizational

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 box
Customizable metadata & user interface
Can handle many file formats

Dspace contents

DSpace 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?

XMLUI & JSPUI interfaces

There are two interfaces to Dspace

The

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.

Dspace metadata

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.

Types of metadata

The are two broad types of metadata

1.

Descriptive metadata
The title is A brief
history of time

2.

Administrative metadata (internal

Thecontrol)
item was
access
deposited on 17
th

May 2014 at 20:25

DSpace structure
Communit
y
Subcommunity
Collection
(of items)

Communit
y

Items metadata
& Bitstreams

The DSpace Community

Each DSpace service is comprised of

different Communities.
Its the highest level of the Dspace
content hierarchy.
Communities may be:

Schools & Faculties

Research Centers

Each community contains descriptive

metadata
about
itself
and
the
collections contained within it

The DSpace Collection & Item

Each 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.

What is an item?

An item is made up of:

Metadata
Bundles (Bundles are collections of files. e.g.
LICENCE / TEXT)

Bitstreams

Each 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.

Browse & Search

DSpace navigation combines;

Full-text searching for one or more
keywords in metadata or extracted fulltext.

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 facet

Sidebar
Facet/Discovery
It's
important to know that multiple
metadata fields can be included in
one facet. Author, subject & date issued

Did you mean" Spellcheck

Spellcheck 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 statistics

DSpace statistics:

Collated from DSpace log files

Reports generated daily (daily and

monthly reports)

http://etd.astu.edu.et:8080/xmlui/

Or via the Administer menu

Statistics collected

The following statistics are collected

General overview (e.g. number of items

archived / number of item views / user
logins)
Archive Information (numbers of each
type of item)
Item view counts
Actions performed
Search terms used