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
