The DSpace Institutional Digital Repository System: Current Functionality

In this paper we describe DSpace™, an open source system that acts as a repository for digital research and educational material produced by an organization or institution. DSpace was developed during two years’ collaboration between the Hewlett-Packard Company and MIT Libraries. The development t...

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Main Authors: Tansley, Robert, Bass, Mick, Stuve, David, Branschofsky, Margret, Chudnov, Daniel, McClellan, Greg, Smith, MacKenzie
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Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/26705
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author Tansley, Robert
Bass, Mick
Stuve, David
Branschofsky, Margret
Chudnov, Daniel
McClellan, Greg
Smith, MacKenzie
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Bass, Mick
Stuve, David
Branschofsky, Margret
Chudnov, Daniel
McClellan, Greg
Smith, MacKenzie
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description In this paper we describe DSpace™, an open source system that acts as a repository for digital research and educational material produced by an organization or institution. DSpace was developed during two years’ collaboration between the Hewlett-Packard Company and MIT Libraries. The development team worked closely with MIT Libraries staff and early adopter faculty members to produce a ‘breadth-first’ system, providing all of the basic features required by a digital repository service. As well as functioning as a live service, DSpace is intended as a base for extending repository functionality, particularly to address long-term preservation concerns. We describe the functionality of the current DSpace system, and briefly describe its technical architecture. We conclude with some remarks about the future development and operation of the DSpace system.
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spelling mit-1721.1/267052024-02-29T17:33:32Z The DSpace Institutional Digital Repository System: Current Functionality Tansley, Robert Bass, Mick Stuve, David Branschofsky, Margret Chudnov, Daniel McClellan, Greg Smith, MacKenzie DSpace Institutional repository open archives Standardization preservation Digital library In this paper we describe DSpace™, an open source system that acts as a repository for digital research and educational material produced by an organization or institution. DSpace was developed during two years’ collaboration between the Hewlett-Packard Company and MIT Libraries. The development team worked closely with MIT Libraries staff and early adopter faculty members to produce a ‘breadth-first’ system, providing all of the basic features required by a digital repository service. As well as functioning as a live service, DSpace is intended as a base for extending repository functionality, particularly to address long-term preservation concerns. We describe the functionality of the current DSpace system, and briefly describe its technical architecture. We conclude with some remarks about the future development and operation of the DSpace system. 2005-09-01T15:57:09Z 2005-09-01T15:57:09Z 2003 Article http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/26705 JCDL 2003: 87-97 en_US 515692 bytes application/pdf application/pdf Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
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Institutional repository
open archives
Standardization
preservation
Digital library
Tansley, Robert
Bass, Mick
Stuve, David
Branschofsky, Margret
Chudnov, Daniel
McClellan, Greg
Smith, MacKenzie
The DSpace Institutional Digital Repository System: Current Functionality
title The DSpace Institutional Digital Repository System: Current Functionality
title_full The DSpace Institutional Digital Repository System: Current Functionality
title_fullStr The DSpace Institutional Digital Repository System: Current Functionality
title_full_unstemmed The DSpace Institutional Digital Repository System: Current Functionality
title_short The DSpace Institutional Digital Repository System: Current Functionality
title_sort dspace institutional digital repository system current functionality
topic DSpace
Institutional repository
open archives
Standardization
preservation
Digital library
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/26705
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