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What help is available from the community?

With over 1000 instances of DSpace running worldwide, the DSpace community is vast, knowledgeable and an excellent resource for help and support. There are many ways to interact with the DSpace community.

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The primary way DSpace users discuss issues and communicate with one another is through the various mailing lists . The DSpace community has three very active mailing lists where you can meet other DSpace users and developers, learn more about the community and the software, get answers to technical questions, and hear of upcoming events.

There are various types of mailing lists that you can subscribe to, depending on what your particular interest is:

dspace-general

General discussion about the DSpace platform, and setting up and running a DSpace service. It is open to all DSpace users to ask questions, share news, and spark discussion about DSpace with people managing other DSpace sites.

• Sign up for dspace-general
• View or search archive
• Search all lists at once

dspace-tech

Technical discussion about the DSpace platform. If you have a technical query, or are having problems getting DSpace up and running, this is the place to go (refer to the Troubleshoot an error page for additional help and suggestions). If you are technically savvy, and would like to contribute by helping out those in need, please join!

• Sign up for dspace-tech
• View or search archive
• Search all lists at once

dspace-devel
People working on the DSpace code hang out here.

• Sign up for dspace-devel
• View or search archive
• Search all lists at once

dspace-changelog
This is for "hardcore" developers only. This listserv reports the latest SVN commits, allowing developers to keep in touch with the latest DSpace code changes.

• Sign up for dspace-changelog
• View list archive
• Search this list (or others)
  

The DSpace Wiki

Where you are right now!

A Wiki is a dynamic Web site that can easily be edited by anyone (yes, anyone). This makes it a great collaboration tool. The DSpace Wiki contains up-to-the-minute technical information about the DSpace platform, and what people around the world are doing with DSpace. If you're working with DSpace, please post what you're doing to the Wiki! You can also find out if others are doing or have done similar work!

Particularly useful pages on the Wiki:

• Home – Most of the latest and greatest information can be found directly off the homepage. Check out the "DSpace Community" section for general information, the "Running DSpace" section for how to get started, and the "Developers" section for latest Developer news and a current roadmap.
• Code Contribution Guidelines – An evolving guide to developing code and documentation for contributing back to the DSpace community
• How to Contribute to DSpace – Find out how to contribute to and participate in DSpace
• LessonsLearned – Learn from other DSpace teams and share lessons you learned about building a DSpace service