Announcing the new DSpace Community Newsletter!

April 10, 2023By Jennifer BielewskiUncategorized

We are pleased to announce the DSpace Community Newsletter. The newsletter will summarize the most significant activities within the DSpace community. We plan to send this newsletter on a quarterly basis: March, June, September and November. If you would like to receive the newsletter, please subscribe. (If you subscribe, Lyrasis will only send emails pertaining … Read More

DSpace Development Fund: Goals for 2023

December 6, 2022By Jennifer BielewskiUncategorized

Since the launch of the DSpace Development Fund in March 2022, members of the worldwide DSpace community have contributed $75,000 to continue funded development for DSpace. (This is incredible and we appreciate it!) These generous contributions have directly supported software development of key features of DSpace 7 prioritized by the DSpace community. As we look … Read More

DSpace 7.4 Webinar Recordings Now Available

November 21, 2022By Jennifer BielewskiUncategorized

The DSpace Community held 3 webinars this week Using DSpace 7.4, Upgrading to DSpace 7.4, and Developing on DSpace 7.4. We had 3000+ registrations and over 1400 DSpace members and users attended the live sessions. In case you were unable to join us or interested in reviewing each session, the recordings, slides, and Q&A documents, are … Read More

DSpace Annual Report 2022 Now Available

November 10, 2022By Jennifer BielewskiDSpace, News

We are pleased to announce the DSpace Annual Report 2022 This annual report focuses on the fiscal year July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022 and the community’s achievements.The DSpace community worked collaboratively to release DSpace 7.1-7.3, launch a new DSpace website, and redesign the Service Provider Program (RSP). Your ongoing hard work, dedication, and … Read More

DSpace 7: Free Webinars in November

October 13, 2022By Jennifer BielewskiDSpace, News

We are delighted to invite DSpace users to an upcoming series of online workshops for DSpace 7. Please join us for an opportunity to learn more about the features and functionalities the community has come together to shape for this newest release. These events are also designed to be a space to ask questions and … Read More

DSpace 7.4 Now Available!

October 8, 2022By Jennifer BielewskiDSpace, News No Comments

We are pleased to announce the release of DSpace 7.4!  This release provides new features and many improvements and bug fixes, while also aligning with our three-releases-per-year roadmap for the 7.x series of releases. The 7.4 release concentrates on maintenance tasks (bug fixes, usability improvements, etc), but also resolves two Tier 2 priories and two Tier … Read More

DSpace 7 Q&A Webinar Recording Available

July 25, 2022By Jennifer BielewskiDSpace, News No Comments

The DSpace 7 Q&A. webinar  held on July 13 was quite a success!  Thank you for submitting questions and for all your help with answering and working together during this webinar. Over 128 DSpace community members and users registered and attended. The recording and related webinar materials are now available on the wiki  and below. … Read More

DSpace 7.3 is now available!

June 27, 2022By Jennifer BielewskiUncategorized 2 Comments

DSpace 7.3 is now available! We are pleased to announce the release of DSpace 7.3. As the fourth 7.x release in the last year, we, the community, are committed to provide timely updates to provide new features, security & bug fixes to the 7.x platform. The 7.3 release meets our 7.x technical roadmap to resolve … Read More

DSpace Program Manager

June 14, 2022By Jennifer BielewskiUncategorized No Comments

LYRASIS is seeking a collaborative and detail-oriented individual to serve as the DSpace Program Coordinator. DSpace is the software of choice for academic, non-profit & commercial organizations building open digital repositories and is supported by a growing community. You can see more at https://dspace.lyrasis.org/ The Program Coordinator serves as a liaison to the DSpace governance, … Read More

Contributors to the DSpace Development Fund

May 24, 2022By Jennifer BielewskiDSpace, Fundraising, News No Comments

DSpace is excited to share that since we launched the DSpace Development Fund, members of the worldwide DSpace community have contributed to supporting continued funded development for DSpace, the software of choice for academic, non-profit, and commercial organizations building open digital repositories. These contributions directly support software development of key features prioritized by the DSpace … Read More