Welcome to the DSpace Course!

This collection contains a modular DSpace course ready to be taught. Each module consists of a set of slides for a presenter to deliver, and a workbook for the students. There is a mix of modules, some for repository managers, some for technical staff, and some suitable for everyone.

There is a companion Live CD (http://hdl.handle.net/2160/563) which can be used by students taking the course. The Live CD allows DSpace to be run and used without having to install it on a server. The Live CD also allows you to practice installing and configuring DSpace.

The course materials are licenced by a Creative Commons 'by-attribution sharealike' licence. You are free (and encouraged to) use, distribute and modify the materials.

This course was created by the Repositories Support Project (http://www.rsp.ac.uk/) and was funded by JISC (http://www.jisc.ac.uk/).

The modules:

• An Introduction to DSpace
• How to Get Help
• Repository Structure
• Items in DSpace
• An Introduction to Users and Groups
• An Introduction to Metadata in DSpace
• Technical Basics
• Identifiers
• DSpace Configuration
• User management and authentication options
• Metadata Input Customisation
• Look and Feel Customisation
• Language Customisation
• Item Submission Workflows
• Import and Export
• RSS Feeds, Alerts and News
• DSpace Statistics and Google Analytics
• Configuring LDAP
• Upgrading from 1.4. to 1.5
• SWORD Basics
• Course templates

Please direct all correspondence to the authors (stuart.lewis@aber.ac.uk / chris.yates@aber.ac.uk)