DSpace: Training

DSpace Administration Training (1/2 day)

This 1/2 day course typically covers:

• DSpace submissions
• DSpace curation and approval workflows
• DSpace administration

Full DSpace Technical Training (5 days)

Day 1

DSpace installation and configuration

• Build and document DSpace installation on a Debian virtual device
• Configure DSpace services - JSPUI, XMLUI, OAI, SOLR, API
• Discussion on JSPUI vs XMLUI and customisation of DSpace user interface
• User authentication options
• Review of major configuration items for the build and the user interface

Day 2

Metadata design workshop and user interface design

• Review metadata requirements
• Review import functions
• Configure metadata in DSpace input forms
• Configure metadata in the user interface (XSL or JSPUI)
• User interface design considerations

Day 3

Live server setup (dependant on remote access being available)

• Use the documentation from Day 1 workshop to install dspace at SICHE
• Configuration DSpace
• Configure collections & communities
• Configure submission forms
• Review and discussion
• Go Live

Day 4

DSpace administration training

• Building Communities & Collections in DSpace
• Submission form customisation (input-forms.xml)
• Membership, Subscription and Submission in DSpace
• Searching DSpace
• DSpace Administration: E-People, Group & Authorization Policies, and License
• Collection security - private and public collections and different levels of visibility
• Editing Collections & Working with the Metadata Registry
• Building an IR of Scholarly Publications
• OAI harvesting and DSpace collection backup

Day 5

Final review and questions

• Installation and technical questions and follow up
• DSpace administration
• API and other methods of integration with other systems