[Dspace-general] JISC RSP DSpace Training Days

[Christopher Steven Yates [csy]]

***** Apologies for cross posting *****

Dear All,
 
The JISC Repositories Support Project is pleased to announce two training days for those who are new (or nearly new) to working with DSpace, as part of its continuing programme of repository support.
  
Each day is aimed at a different audience: the first of these days (2nd June) will be aimed at new repository managers and support staff. The second day (11th July) will be aimed at new technical staff supporting the repository.

The events will be held  in a dedicated training facility at New Horizons in Birmingham and are free of charge to those at English and Welsh HEIs. Lunch will also provided for each of the days.

The first of these days (2nd June) aimed at new repository managers and support staff and will cover the following areas:
 
1.	Day Overview 
2.    Introduction to DSpace
	- What it is.
	- Basic architectural overview.
3.    Configuration & Customisation (By the repository administrator)
	- Communities & Collections
	- Workflows & Metadata Implementation	
	- Licenses
	- User Management
4.    Running DSpace as an Administrator
	- Submitting Items
	- Harvesting
	- Persistent Identifiers (The handle)
5.    Other Configuration & Customisation that you may require (By the technical staff)
	- Multilingualism
	- RSS Feeds/Emails/Notifications/Subscriptions.
	- Submission Interfaces
	- Populating other resources using the repository.
	- Alternative deposit mechanisms (SWORD etc).
6.    Statistics
	- DSpace Stats
	- Google Analytics

The second of these days (11th July) will be aimed at new technical staff supporting the repository covering the following areas: 
 
1.    Day Overview
2.    DSpace 1.5 Software Overview 
	- Architectural Overview
	- Structural Code Overview
3.    Installation 
	- Third party software installation
	- The DSpace configuration file
	- DSpace software installation
4.    Configuration 
	- Customising the submission process using input-forms.xml
	- RSS Feeds/Emails/Notifications/Subscriptions
	- Multilingualism
	- RSS Feeds
5.    Persistent Identifiers/The Handle Server 
6.    UI Customisation 
7.    Importing/Exporting from DSpace & Deposit Mechanisms 
8.    Implementing Statistics 
9.    Upgrading to DSpace 1.5 from DSpace 1.4 
 
The events are aimed at members of staff new in their roles as repository administrators and technicians. The course is not suitable for staff with more than a year of DSpace experience. Places are limited so it's advisable to book early at:
 
http://www.rsp.ac.uk/events/dspace.php  
 
If you have any queries about this event please email support at rsp.ac.uk 
 
Regards,
Chris

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Chris Yates
Repository Support Officer
                                                         
Gwasanaethau Gwybodaeth       Information Services     
Prifysgol Aberystwyth         Aberystwyth University
                                                          
E-bost / E-mail csy at aber.ac.uk              
Ffon / Tel: (01970 62) 8489

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