[IRTalk] DSpace repositories in SA
Ina Smith
Ina at assaf.org.za
Thu Jun 4 08:49:40 SAST 2026
Dear Wouter,
Much appreciated. Hope to update and - going forward - include as part of an Open Science platform ....
I will include the info you shared.
Kind regards,
Ina
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From: Klapwijk, WOUTER [wklap at sun.ac.za] <Wklap at sun.ac.za>
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Dear Ina,
Thanks for sharing this information, it is a useful registry of repositories to have in South Africa. I find it particularly useful to have in preparation for implementing a 13th CLOCKSS Archival Node at Stellenbosch University (on behalf of CHELSA).
Here is a list of the current 12 Archival Nodes maintained globally: https://clockss.org/archive-nodes/.
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Dear Colleagues,
I did a search and managed to identify the following DSpace instances in SA. I am wondering which DSpace version each is running. We will be upgrading the ASSAf DSpace to Version 9.x soon. I saw DSpace 10.x has been released. See https://dspace.org/download/
If you can help me fill in this table and make it more complete, it would be appreciated so much!
Kind regards,
Ina
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Name of DSpace
URL of DSpace
DSpace version
Organisation
Contact person for DSpace
1
ASSAf Research Repository
https://research.assaf.org.za/
7.6 (will be upgrading to 9.x soon)
Academy of Science of South Africa
Ina Smith
ina at assaf.org.za<mailto:ina at assaf.org.za>
2
Boloka Institutional Repository
https://repository.nwu.ac.za/
Not publicly exposed
North-West University
NWU Library / repository administrator
3
CPUT Electronic Theses and Dissertations Repository
https://etd.cput.ac.za/
Not publicly exposed; DSpace/4Science platform
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
CPUT Library / repository administrator
4
CPUT Institutional Repository / Digital Knowledge
https://digitalknowledge.cput.ac.za/
4.3
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
CPUT Library / repository administrator
5
CSIR ResearchSpace
https://researchspace.csir.co.za/
Not publicly exposed
CSIR
CSIR Information Services / callcentre at csir.co.za<mailto:callcentre at csir.co.za> (ResearchSpace<https://researchspace.csir.co.za/?utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
6
CUT Institutional Repository
https://ir.cut.ac.za/
Not publicly exposed
Central University of Technology
CUT Library / repository administrator
7
DUT IR
https://ir.dut.ac.za/
Redirects to DUT Open Scholar; 7.6.6
Durban University of Technology
DUT Library / repository administrator
8
DUT Open Scholar
https://openscholar.dut.ac.za/
7.6.6
Durban University of Technology
DUT Library / repository administrator (analyzer.atmire.com<https://analyzer.atmire.com/repository/add.htm?action=view&repoID=2970&utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
9
Heritage Repository
http://digi.nrf.ac.za/dspace
Not verified live
National Research Foundation
NRF / repository administrator (opendoar.ac.uk<https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/3724?utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
10
IIE Space
https://iiespace.iie.ac.za/
Not publicly exposed
The Independent Institute of Education
IIE Library / repository administrator
11
KovsieScholar
https://scholar.ufs.ac.za/
6.3
University of the Free State
openaccess at ufs.ac.za<mailto:openaccess at ufs.ac.za> (analyzer.atmire.com<https://analyzer.atmire.com/repository/add.htm?action=view&repoID=2704&utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
12
North-West University Institutional Repository
https://repository.nwu.ac.za/
Not publicly exposed
North-West University
NWU Library / repository administrator
13
OpenSALDRU
https://www.opensaldru.uct.ac.za/
1.8.2
SALDRU, University of Cape Town
Alison Siljeur / alison.siljeur at uct.ac.za<mailto:alison.siljeur at uct.ac.za> (analyzer.atmire.com<https://analyzer.atmire.com/repository/add.htm?action=view&repoID=875&utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
14
OpenUCT
https://open.uct.ac.za/
7.4
University of Cape Town
Jill Claassen, Manager: Scholarly Communication & Publishing / openuct at uct.ac.za<mailto:openuct at uct.ac.za> (analyzer.atmire.com<https://analyzer.atmire.com/repository/add.htm?action=view&repoID=1423&utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
15
ResearchSpace – University of KwaZulu-Natal
https://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za/
6.3
University of KwaZulu-Natal
UKZN Library / ResearchSpace administrator
16
ResearchSpace at UKZN
https://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za/
6.3
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Likely duplicate OpenDOAR record (analyzer.atmire.com<https://analyzer.atmire.com/repository/add.htm?action=view&repoID=2900&utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
17
SAMRC InfoSpace
https://infospace.mrc.ac.za/
7.6
South African Medical Research Council
SAMRC InfoSpace administrator (analyzer.atmire.com<https://analyzer.atmire.com/repository/add.htm?action=view&repoID=3245&utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
18
SUNDigital Collections
https://digital.lib.sun.ac.za/
6.3
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University Library / digital collections team (analyzer.atmire.com<https://analyzer.atmire.com/repository/add.htm?action=view&repoID=2222&utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
19
SUNScholar Research Repository
https://scholar.sun.ac.za/
7.5
Stellenbosch University
Cathrin Baadjies / Paulette Talliard / Mimi Seyffert-Wirth (analyzer.atmire.com<https://analyzer.atmire.com/repository/add.htm?action=view&repoID=1203&utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
20
South Africa Data Archive
http://sada-data.nrf.ac.za/
DSpace record; appears out of service in one directory source
National Research Foundation
NRF / SADA administrator (africarxiv.ubuntunet.net<https://africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/bitstreams/fa397a7f-123d-4bc2-9a5d-989db646c774/download?utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
21
Stellenbosch University SUNScholar Repository
https://scholar.sun.ac.za/
7.5
Stellenbosch University
Same as SUNScholar; likely duplicate directory record
22
TUT Digital Open Repository
https://tutvital.tut.ac.za/
DSpace Express / Open Repository; exact version not exposed
Tshwane University of Technology
TUT Library / repository administrator (atmire.com<https://www.atmire.com/news-case-studies/new-south-african-client-tshwane-university-of-technology-migrates-from-vital-to-open-repository?utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
23
UJDigispace
https://ujdigispace.uj.ac.za/
4.1
University of Johannesburg
UJ Library / repository administrator (analyzer.atmire.com<https://analyzer.atmire.com/repository/add.htm?action=view&repoID=877&utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
24
UL Space
https://ulspace.ul.ac.za/
Not publicly exposed
University of Limpopo
University of Limpopo Library / repository administrator (ULSpace<https://ulspace.ul.ac.za/?utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
25
UNIVEN IR
https://univendspace.univen.ac.za/
Not publicly exposed
University of Venda
Mr Keith Malabi (univendspace.univen.ac.za<https://univendspace.univen.ac.za/?utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
26
UNIVENIR
https://univendspace.univen.ac.za/
Not publicly exposed
University of Venda
Same as UNIVEN IR; likely duplicate directory record (opendoar.ac.uk<https://opendoar.ac.uk/id/repository/10201?template=opendoar&utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
27
UPSpace
https://repository.up.ac.za/
7.6.5
University of Pretoria
UP Library / UPSpace administrator (analyzer.atmire.com<https://analyzer.atmire.com/repository/add.htm?action=view&repoID=563&utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
28
UWC Theses and Dissertations
http://etd.uwc.ac.za/xmlui/
Older DSpace record; now appears related to UWCScholar
University of the Western Cape
libict at uwc.ac.za<mailto:libict at uwc.ac.za> (opendoar.ac.uk<https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/967?utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
29
UnisaIR
https://uir.unisa.ac.za/
DSpace Express; migrated from in-house DSpace 6.3
University of South Africa
Unisa Library / UnisaIR administrator (DSpace<https://dspace.org/from-in-house-dspace-6-3-to-hosted-dspace-express-university-of-south-africas-new-institutional-repository/>)
30
University of Fort Hare Institutional Repository
https://libdspace.ufh.ac.za/
Not publicly exposed
University of Fort Hare
UFH Library / repository administrator
31
University of Limpopo
https://ulspace.ul.ac.za/
Not publicly exposed
University of Limpopo
Same as UL Space; likely duplicate directory record
32
University of Zululand Institutional Repository
http://uzspace.unizulu.ac.za/
Not publicly exposed
University of Zululand Library
UNIZULU Library / repository administrator (opendoar.ac.uk<https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/10540?utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
33
University of the Western Cape Research Repository
https://uwcscholar.uwc.ac.za/
Not publicly exposed
University of the Western Cape
libict at uwc.ac.za<mailto:libict at uwc.ac.za> (UWCScholar<https://uwcscholar.uwc.ac.za/?utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
34
VUT DigiResearch
Public URL not confidently verified from the sources checked
Not publicly exposed
Vaal University of Technology
VUT Library / repository administrator
35
WIReDSpace
https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/
9.2
University of the Witwatersrand
IR specialists / openscholarship.library at wits.ac.za<mailto:openscholarship.library at wits.ac.za> (analyzer.atmire.com<https://analyzer.atmire.com/repository/add.htm?action=view&repoID=312&utm_source=chatgpt.com>)
Ina Smith
Programme Officer: Open Science and Open Infrastructure
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Switchboard: +27 12 349 6600
Tel: +27 828180117
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