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• DSpace as a Digital Repository System
• Notable DSpace repositories
• Dublin Core metadata standard and
• The content available in various tutorials in this series

• Ubuntu Linux OS 18.04 / Windows 10 64 bit OS
• DSpace version 6.3
• gedit text editor (for Ubuntu) / Wordpad ( for Windows) and
• Firefox web browser

However, you may use any other browser and text editor of your choice.

• Ubuntu Linux OS 18.04 or
• Windows 8 or higher versions

• DSpace is a free and open source repository software package.
• DSpace is used for creating and managing repositories of digital content.

• Text and images
• Video and audio
• Data sets, Web pages, learning objects, etc.

• Content management systems and
• Document management systems

• Free and open source software
• Completely customizable to fit user needs
• Structured workflow for document submission

• Metadata and full text indexing for search
• Granular group-based access control
• UTF-8 support
• Manage and preserve all formats of digital content

• Museums
• State archives, State and National Libraries and
• Journal repositories and consortiums

• The World Bank - Open Knowledge Repository
• WHO Institutional Repository
• Shodhganga : A reservoir of Indian theses
• Institutional repositories of IITs and IIMs

• Dublin Core metadata standard is a set of elements for describing resources.
• Dublin Core metadata standard can be used to describe digital resources and physical resources.

This is also known as DC element, in short.

• Title: is a name given to the resource.
• Creator: is an entity primarily responsible for making the resource.

• Contributor: is an entity responsible for making contributions to the resource.
• Date: is a point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource

• Description: is the description of the resource
• Coverage: is a geographic location, date/period, or administrative entity of the resource.

• Format: stands for the file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource.
• Identifier: is the unique reference to the resource within a given context.

• Language: is the language of the resource.
• Type: is the nature or genre of the resource.
• Relation: is a related resource.

• Rights: are information about rights held in and over the resource.
• Publisher: is an entity responsible for making the resource available.

• Source: is a related resource from which the described resource is derived.
• Subject: is the topic of the resource.

Also, we will create a DSpace database.

• If you can’t find the same versions of software used in the demonstration, use any other stable versions.
• But, it is mandatory to use only JDK 8 (with any release).

Also, we will create a DSpace administrator account and login to DSpace.

We will also learn how to rebuild DSpace, to update the changes on the server.

We will install JDK8, Ant and Maven build tools.

Also, we will install and configure Apache Tomcat8 as a web server and Postgresql10 as a database server.

We will also learn how to create a DSpace administrator account and login to DSpace.

We will also learn how to rebuild DSpace, to update the changes on the server.

Here, we understand how to modify logos, banner content, news, etc.

Also, we will learn how to create and manage groups in DSpace.

We will also assign a Community Administrator for the Community.

We will also assign a Collection Administrator for the Collection.

In this tutorial, we will see how to create SAF and import a batch of Items in the Collection.

Please check the Spoken Tutorial website regularly for the latest topics.

Let us summarize.

• DSpace as Digital Repository System
• Notable DSpace repositories
• Dublin Core metadata standard and
• The content available in various tutorials in this series

• The video at the following link summarises the Spoken Tutorial project.
• Please download and watch it.

• The Spoken Tutorial Project team conducts workshops and gives certificates.
• For more details, please write to us.

• Do you have questions in THIS Spoken Tutorial?
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• The Spoken Tutorial forum is for specific questions on this tutorial.
• Please do not post unrelated and general questions on them.
• This will help reduce the clutter.
• With less clutter, we can use these discussions as instructional material.

And this is Nancy Varkey signing off. Thanks for joining.