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Duration 28 hours
Course Outline
Foundations of DSpace and Its Capabilities
- Defining DSpace
- DSpace 7+ architecture: backend, frontend, and REST API structures
- Repository workflows and organizational structures (communities, collections, items, metadata)
- Primary features, capabilities, and applicable use cases
- Insight into user and administrative interfaces
Deploying and Configuring DSpace 7+
- Infrastructure prerequisites (databases, servers, dependencies)
- Installing the backend (DSpace REST API) and frontend (Angular UI)
- Initial setup and system parameter adjustments
- Elementary customization (language, visual design, access permissions)
- Optimal strategies for deploying in production environments
Administering, Utilizing, and Monitoring DSpace 7+
- Oversight of communities, collections, and individual items
- User roles, permissions, and access governance
- Data and metadata import/export procedures (Batch Import, CSV, etc.)
- System performance monitoring and log administration
- Data backup and recovery methodologies
- System updates and environment upkeep
Crafting Customizations and Plugins
- DSpace 7+ development architecture overview
- Frontend personalization (Angular UI, layout, branding, themes)
- Backend adaptation (REST API, services, event handling)
- Building new components, extensions, and plugins
- Best practices for DSpace development workflows
Integrating DSpace with External Tools and Systems
- Connecting with LDAP, SAML, and other authentication frameworks
- Linking DSpace to external platforms (library systems, CRIS, data repositories, etc.)
- Utilizing and exposing DSpace REST APIs
- Integration with indexing, search, and metrics tools (Solr, Google Scholar, etc.)
- Process automation and interoperability strategies
Best Practices for Digital Repository Management
- Metadata policies and digital preservation techniques
- Efficient structuring of communities and collections
- Rights management and licensing frameworks (Creative Commons, etc.)
- Enhancing accessibility, usability, and repository SEO
- Security and scalability approaches for repository oversight
Support, Maintenance, and Problem Resolution
- Identifying and resolving common operational issues
- Performance monitoring and system optimization
- Upgrade planning and version control
- Documentation and change management processes
- Technical support protocols for internal and external users
Conclusion and Future Directions
- Review of deployment, customization, and integration processes
- Community support resources and DSpace development roadmap
- Suggested next steps for enhancing team skills and repository capabilities
Requirements
- Familiarity with web applications and server-based environments
- Proficiency with Linux command-line interfaces and database systems
- Knowledge of fundamental software development methodologies
Target Audience
- System administrators and repository overseers
- Library IT personnel and digital repository teams
- Developers specializing in the customization or integration of DSpace environments
