Polish DSpace User Group

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Introduction / About the Group

The Polish DSpace User Group is a national community of academic institutions, research libraries and scientific organisations using DSpace software. The group was officially inaugurated in May 2025 at a conference in Zakopane, where 15 Polish universities and institutions signed a letter of intent initiating cooperation.

The group is coordinated with help of PCG Academia a Platinum DSpace Service Provider working in partnership with LYRASIS.

Who uses DSpace in Poland?

(link to DSpace Registry filtered by Poland) Poland has a growing number of DSpace deployments. Group members include, among others:

• Jagiellonian University in Krakow
• University of Warsaw
• Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan
• SWPS University
• Kozminski University
• Central Medical Library
• and other scientific institutions from across Poland

How to support DSpace?

PCG Academia helps representing the interests of Polish DSpace users at the international level. We encourage institutions using DSpace to actively participate in the group's activities and to consider DSpace membership (https://dspace.org/membership/ ) to support the continued development of the software.

Contact and Communication

Polish DSpace User Group coordinator:

• Malgorzata Paszkowska, PCG Academia
• Email: malgorzata.paszkowska@pcgacademia.pl
• Phone: +48 722 022 620

Info page about the group: https://pcgacademia.pl/grupa-krajowa-dspace-polska/

Group Activities

• DSpace Lab Days – monthly online webinar series
• In-Person Meetings – conferences and industry events

News

• Next DSpace Lab Day: DSpace Lab Day #7 – available from 12 August 2026 
• Last in-person meeting: The Big Migration, Warsaw, 12-13 May 2026
• Upcoming in-person event with group participation: LUMEN 2026, Krakow, 17-18 November 2026