Contribute to the DSpace Development Fund
The newly established DSpace Development Fund supports the development of new features prioritized by DSpace Governance. For a list of planned features see the fund wiki page.
The OR2025 conference is an in-person only conference taking place June 15-18, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. See https://or2025.openrepositories.org/
All ideas listed below are simply proposals. Any proposals must be reviewed/approved by the OR2025 planning committee before they are officially presented 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
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