DSpace at OR2025

DSpace Workshops

(Please add in a description of any workshop proposals you plan to submit to OR2025.  You are also welcome to provide a link to your proposal if you'd like others to provide feedback.)

DSpace Developer Meet-Up and Q&A (similar to session at OR2024)

• Description: This half day workshop provides an opportunity for developers at institutions using DSpace to discuss recent DSpace releases, share what they are working on, ask questions and find collaborators.
  • NOTE: This is not a training-style workshop.  It's more of an unconference-style, meet-up opportunity for DSpace Committers and Developers to share ideas & feedback on upcoming releases and features.
• Workshop Facilitators: Pascal-Nicolas Becker, Tim Donohue and Holger Lenz 
• Proposal: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17h-oDaWAbDsEMOFR9LOJv9_SHiGUZL-gY0DgNv4UqXc/edit?usp=sharing
• Link to the description on the OR Conference Site: https://or2025.openrepositories.org/program/workshops-tutorials/

DSpace SEO and Statistics Master Class

• Description: In this engaging master class, DSpace committer and Atmire co-founder Bram Luyten will guide participants through proven strategies for search engine optimization and practical statistics configuration in DSpace.
• Workshop Facilitators: Bram Luyten (Atmire)
• Link to the description on the OR Conference Site: https://or2025.openrepositories.org/program/workshops-tutorials/ 

DSpace Presentations

Developer Track Session

Renovation and enhancement of statistics pages in DSpace 7

• Presenters: Zhongda Zhang, Le Yang
• Time: See conference program

Putting your middleware on steroids with DSpace 7+ REST API

• Presenter: Bram Luyten (Atmire) 
• Time: See conference program

DSpace Presentations

Towards enriched open scholarly information: integrating DSpace repositories and OpenAlex

• Presenters: Agustina Martinez-Garcia, Andrea Bollini (4Science), Susanna Mornati (4Science)   

Deep Integration of GND with DSpace’s External Sources Framework: A Case Study of Authority Data Utilization

• Description: An example about a deep integration of external authority data into DSpace.
• Presenters: Pascal-Nicolas Becker, Kim Shepherd 

Bridging Communities: Vireo and DSpace Integration for Open Knowledge Sharing

• Presenters: Alexa Hight, Christopher Starcher, Colleen Lyon, Emily Johnson

DSpace 9.0 and Beyond: What’s next for DSpace

• Description: A general talk on DSpace 9.0 release and upcoming plans for 10.0.
• Presenters: Tim Donohue, Holger Lenz  

DSpace Repository Showdown

Repository Showdown: DSpace

• Presentation: Maureen Walsh, Pascal-Nicolas Becker, Ianthe Sutherland, Andrea Bollini (4Science), Ignace Deroost  

DSpace Minute Madness & Poster Sessions

(Please add in a description of any workshop proposals you plan to submit to OR2025.  You are also welcome to provide a link to your proposal if you'd like others to provide feedback.)

Reimagining DSpace Analytics: A Blue-Sky Approach to Accessible, Author-Centered Metrics

• Presenter: Franny Gaede, Catherine Flynn-Purvis

Nice DSpace

• Presenter: Brian Keese