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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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There are various types of mailing lists that you can subscribe to, depending on what your particular interest is and you are able to search all lists at one time:
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.
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!
dspace-devel People working on the DSpace code hang out here.
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.
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DSpace Wiki 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 DSpace Wiki:
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provides general information including a high-level overview of what DSpace is, and some ideas and pointers for implementing DSpace in your organization
Particularly useful pages on the DSpace.org:
Who is using DSpace - Provides a registry of all known live DSpace instances
Getting started - Offers a quickstart guide, current release information and FAQ's
News and events - Allows you to subscribe to the DuraSpace Blog or the monthly DuraSpace blog digest keeping you current on DSpace happenings
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Internet Relay Chat (IRC) provides a real time messaging service for the DSpace community. This can be used to ask community members for help or find answers to general queries about all aspects of DSpace.
Users can access IRC either
There are two dedicated DSpace IRC (internet relay chat) channels (i.e. "rooms") on the irc.freenode.net server:
If you do not have access to an IRC client, or are new to IRC, the following web interface is very easy way to get started, visit freenode IRC:
For a list of IRC client software, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_clients
Many current Instant Messaging (IM) clients also support IRC. Here's a list of widely used software you can install that will allow you to connect to IRC: