DSpace 7 at OR2021

The OR2021 conference will be free, virtual conference taking place from June 7-10, 2021. See https://or2021.openrepositories.org/

Public Q&A on DSpace 7 (from OR2021)

At OR2021, we created a public Q&A Google Doc and encouraged anyone to ask anything they wanted answered on DSpace 7

This document may be a reference for common questions regarding the upcoming DSpace 7.0 release.

DSpace 7 Workshops

Description: This 3 hour workshop will provide attendees with an overview of the DSpace 7 platform, and hands-on activities preparing you for your next upgrade.
- This workshop will be based on a similar one held at OR2019 and the 2019 DSpace North American User Group Meeting, but will be updated based on the 7.0 Final release
Presenters: Tim Donohue , Art Lowel (Atmire) , Andrea Bollini (4Science)
Content Contributors: the DSpace 7 Working Group
Proposal: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1auB2sRQAv3gocskDzf0SYkVpO0_HWqHd9nirNNY4TRM/edit#
Video:
(Be aware, the beginning of the workshop had some technical difficulties...feel free to fast forward through those!)
Slides: https://tinyurl.com/or2021-dspace7-workshop
Archived copies in OR2021's Zenodo repository: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4908059

Description: This talk will give an overview of the DSpace 7.0 final release, including what to expect in the upgrade, overview of all new major features and a brief demo.
- It will also discuss the challenges we faced in such a large project, and how we sped up development in 2020 despite a pandemic.
Presenters: Tim Donohue
Content Contributors: the DSpace 7 Working Group
Proposal (Draft): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LNN1rY4Kb-cJYdW4lFgU0hQDoGAMrz75P2VxYCORHS0/edit#
Video:
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Slides: https://tinyurl.com/or2021-dspace7

Description: This talk will do a deeper dive into the new Configurable Entities feature of DSpace 7, including how to configure custom object models for your DSpace.
- This talk will be based on a similar one held at OR2019, but will be updated based on the 7.0 final release
Presenters: Lieven Droogmans
Proposal:

Description: This talk will do a deeper dive into the new Enhanced Submission and Workflow features of DSpace 7, including how to configure, customize & use this feature (and differences with DSpace 6 and below)
Presenters: Giuseppe Digilio (4Science) , Andrea Bollini (4Science) and Claudio Cortese (4Science)
This talk will be based on a similar one held at OR2019, but will be updated based on the 7.0 final release including for instance details about the transition from BTE to the Live Import Framework
Proposal: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14jYYQE-Bl9g4fqRJb1HtNwV5Rb2h9k-5UISflPAWmg4/edit?usp=sharing

This section may include other DSpace-related talks proposed for OR2021. Please feel free to add your own talks.

Description: PeruCRIS is the Peruvian project for setting up and operating a National Information Network on Science, Technology and Technological Innovation. It is based on open source software and open standards. The national central hub, called PeruCRIS Platform, is being developed with DSpace-CRIS 7 at its core.
Presenters: César Olivares Susanna Mornati (4Science) Alfonso Maza (Semicrol)
Proposal: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19lkb-sbbcaw_IhAN3Cvo7SzWb3rVda52/view?usp=sharing