Web Sites

The DSpace.org information Web site

A general information page giving a high-level overview of what DSpace is, and some ideas and pointers for implementing DSpace in your organisation.

The DSpace Wiki

Where you are right now!

A Wiki is a dynamic Web site that can easily be edited by anyone (yes, anyone). This makes it a great collaboration tool. The DSpace Wiki contains up-to-the-minute technical information about the DSpace platform, and what people around the world are doing with DSpace. If you're working with DSpace, please post what you're doing to the Wiki! You can also find out if others are doing or have done similar work!

Particularly useful pages on the Wiki:

DSpace Code / Downloads

DSpace Issue Tracking, Feature Requests, and Patches

The DSpace Jira system tracks bugs, feature requests and patches for current and future versions of DSpace. It also permits voting on those issues you are interested in, and registering to receive updates - if you create yourself an account.

There are currently two main sections in DSpace Jira:

DSpace Community Sandbox

We maintain a community sandbox at Google Code at http://code.google.com/p/dspace-sandbox/

Instructions on usage

Follow the instructions there for getting a google code account and requesting membership to the project.
Generally, the rules are such...

Project Structure

Documentation and Guides

DSpace System Documentation

Standard System Documentation

DSpace System Documentation is included with each DSpace download. Look in the /dspace/docs/ folder once you unzip the download.

Documentation for recent versions of DSpace is also available online:

Finally, the latest DSpace System Documentation is browsable from Subversion.

Other formats and translations

Guides

Installing DSpace

Customizing DSpace

Developing with 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)
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.

Related Readings

Mailing Lists

English Lists

There are several public DSpace mailing lists you can join, depending on what your particular interest is.

dspace-general

General discussion about the DSpace platform, and setting up and running a DSpace service. It is open to all DSpace users to ask questions, share news, and spark discussion about DSpace with people managing other DSpace sites.

dspace-tech

Technical discussion about the DSpace platform. If you have a technical query, or are having problems getting DSpace up and running, this is the place to go (refer to the Troubleshoot an error page for additional help and suggestions). If you are technically savvy, and would like to contribute by helping out those in need, please join!

dspace-devel
People working on the DSpace code hang out here.

dspace-changelog
This is for "hardcore" developers only. This listserv reports the latest SVN commits, allowing developers to keep in touch with the latest DSpace code changes.

Non-English Lists

While we hope that the community works together by using the above lists, some mailing lists enabling non-English speakers to participate are emerging. We strongly encourage people on those lists who speak English to liaise between them.

IRC channel

There are two dedicated DSpace IRC (internet relay chat) channels (i.e. "rooms") on the irc.freenode.net server:

If you do not have access to an IRC client, or are new to IRC, the following web interface is very easy way to get started:

For a list of IRC client software, see:

Many current Instant Messaging (IM) clients also support IRC. Here's a list of widely used software you can install that will allow you to connect to IRC: