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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

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