Guides and FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

• End User FAQ - Attempts to address the most commonly asked questions regarding DSpace (from a user perspective)
• TechnicalFAQ - Attempts to address the most commonly asked technical or installation questions regarding DSpace
• Additional resources for common questions:
  • Searching the Mailing Lists archives
  • Searching the dspace tag on StackOverflow. Also see our Guide to Posting Technical Questions to StackOverflow

Repository Planning

• The following documents are useful in planning a repository. All are written by Mary R.Barton et al copyright 2004-2005 (RM). 
  
  • LEADIRS Creating an Institutional Repository
  • Creating a Service Model
  • Project Planning Matrix
• SUNScholar/Practical Guidelines for Starting an Institutional Repository. Produced by Stellenbosch University Library, this guide provides step-by-step information to help academic institutions in developing countries start an institutional repository.
• Lessons learned building an Institutional Repository with DSpace

Installing DSpace

• Start with the DSpace Documentation.
• Platform and distribution-specific tips and guides can be found on the DSpace Installation Guides page.
• en español: Instalación de Dspace:  Deploy de un repositorio básico con Dspace 3.0  
• DSpace Oracle to PostgreSQL migration - A general guide to migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL

Customizing DSpace

• Past Training Materials & Workshops:
  • DSpace Training Archives - This is our primary archive of past workshop/webinar materials. 
  • DuraSpace webinar archive, DuraSpace Slideshare - additional workshops/webinars hosted by DSpace
  • DSpace YouTube - Some DSpace related videos (and past meetings/summaries)
• General Tips:
  • How-To Guides has a list of all wiki pages which provide "how-to" hints for changing/customizing your DSpace install.
  • Build Cookbook has examples of adding your local changes to a DSpace distribution.
• Additional training in spanish: Curso de capacitación en repositorios y DSpace   by SeDiCi, Universidad de la Plata, Argentina

Developing with DSpace

• An overall reference for developing code with DSpace (and creating patches) is available on the Developer Guidelines and Tools page.
• Code Contribution Guidelines - How to get your code accepted into DSpace.

Documentation for New DSpace Administrators

• Intro to DSpace (August 19, 2009) - written by Cameron Kainerstorfer and Heather Perkins (both of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
• The DSpace Course (August 2008) - written by Stuart Lewis and Chris Yates, funded by JISC and Repositories Support Project and was funded by JISC  
• Instructions for New Admin - This is a simple guide to print off for people who will start uploading documents to your instance of DSpace, by Shawna Sadler.