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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>EIFL and IDS webinar on DSpace repositories</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><br><br>Join our free EIFL and IDS webinar on DSpace repositories on Wednesday, 20 January, at 10:00 GMT to learn more on how to check whether your DSpace repository has been set up according to the current best practice and how to make adjustments if needed: upgrades, standardization of the installation and customization.<br><br>Nason Bimbe (IDS, <a href="http://www.ids.ac.uk">http://www.ids.ac.uk</a>), Hilton Gibson (Stellenbosch University) and Andrew Mwesigwa (Makerere University) will share experiences from their joint activities to assist the Makerere University Library (<a href="http://mulib.mak.ac.ug">http://mulib.mak.ac.ug</a>) to effectively manage the digitisation projects and to maintain their own DSpace repository that is used to disseminate the university?s intellectual outputs.<br><br>And Africa Bwamkuu (African Digital Libraries Support Network, ADLSN) will talk about hosting digital libraries on the cloud: a case study of <a href="http://adlc.info">adlc.info</a> - platform for digital repositories.<br><br>Best practices for running sustainable institutional repositories will be discussed as well as DSpace repository operations optimisation, taking into account the experience gained from managing the following:<br><br><span style='color:#1F497D'>- </span>Makerere University Institutional Repository <a href="http://makir.mak.ac.ug">http://makir.mak.ac.ug</a><br><br><span style='color:#1F497D'>- </span>SUNScholar : Stellenbosch University Institutional Repository <a href="http://scholar.sun.ac.za">http://scholar.sun.ac.za</a><br><br><span style='color:#1F497D'>- </span>SUNDigital Collections <a href="http://digital.lib.sun.ac.za">http://digital.lib.sun.ac.za</a><br><br><span style='color:#1F497D'>- </span>University of Namibia Library - UNAM Scholarly Repository <a href="http://repository.unam.na">http://repository.unam.na</a><br><br><span style='color:#1F497D'>- </span>IDS OpenDocs: <a href="http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs">http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs</a><br><br><b>Programme</b><br><br>The webinar will have two parts. The first part will address the following topics:<br><br><span style='color:#1F497D'>-</span> Systems work: how to standardise the DSpace repository installation according to best systems practice for Unix/Linux servers, e.g. checking operational installation location, etc;<br><br><span style='color:#1F497D'>- </span>How to manage DSpace upgrades and other operational customisations in line with the normal installation of DSpace and those needed for the upgrade of DSpace;<br><br><span style='color:#1F497D'>- </span>Ensuring daily repository maintenance: how to institute a system of daily backups and daily automatic maintenance; setting up policies for disaster recovering;<br><br><span style='color:#1F497D'>- </span>How to set up the digital object identifier handle server, the OAI-PMH remote harvester interface and the SWORD remote deposit service; <br><br><span style='color:#1F497D'>- </span>High-level discussion of other DSpace interoperability facilities such as RSS, REST-API, RDF, DOI and ORCID;<br><br><span style='color:#1F497D'>- </span>Operational customisations: how to institute a simple academic submission; amend the default license for submission; set up custom index; how to update the XMLUI front page news file, etc; <br><br><span style='color:#1F497D'>- </span>How to enable the use of Google analytics;<br><br><span style='color:#1F497D'>- </span>How to enable the Mirage2 theme;<br><br><span style='color:#1F497D'>- </span>Community/collection hierarchies management;<br><br><span style='color:#1F497D'>- </span>The need for open access self archiving policy and repository preservation plan; and<br><br><span style='color:#1F497D'>- </span>Hosting digital repositories in the cloud.<br><br>The second part of the webinar will be devoted to answering your questions about DSpace upgrades, standardisation of the installation and customization.<br><br><b>Date</b>: 20 January 2016<br><br><b>Time</b>: 10:00 GMT<br><br><b>Target audience</b>: repository administrators and managers, ICT staff, librarians.<br><br><b>How to register</b>: please register here <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/eifl.net/forms/d/1lyYWv9BW06grnuKHCczAuVMyTlmTCI9a89q4Lh5yhgo/edit">https://docs.google.com/a/eifl.net/forms/d/1lyYWv9BW06grnuKHCczAuVMyTlmTCI9a89q4Lh5yhgo/edit</a><br><br><b>How to participate</b>: go to <a href="http://www.instantpresenter.com/eifl128">http://www.instantpresenter.com/eifl128</a> and enter this password DSpace<br><br>All you will need is an internet-connected computer with sound (and maybe headphones if you are in a busy room).<br><br>To check if your computer will be able to access the session successfully, please go to: <a href="http://www.instantpresenter.com/systemtest">www.instantpresenter.com/systemtest</a><br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#878787'>Iryna Kuchma</span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#878787'>Open Access Programme Manager<br>EIFL - Electronic Information for Libraries - <a href="http://www.eifl.net/"><span style='color:#12AEE0;text-decoration:none'>www.eifl.net</span></a><br>Email: <a href="mailto:iryna.kuchma@eifl.net"><span style='color:#12AEE0;text-decoration:none'>iryna.kuchma@eifl.net</span></a> ; Skype: iryna.kuchma; Twitter: @irynakuchma<br>Follow EIFL on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/eIFL.net"><span style='color:#12AEE0;text-decoration:none'>Facebook</span></a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/eIFLnet"><span style='color:#12AEE0;text-decoration:none'>Twitter</span></a>, <a href="https://plus.google.com/+EiflNet/posts"><span style='color:#12AEE0;text-decoration:none'>Google+</span></a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/eifl.net"><span style='color:#12AEE0;text-decoration:none'>LinkedIn</span></a> and <a href="http://www.eifl.net/rss/eifl_all.xml"><span style='color:#12AEE0;text-decoration:none'>RSS</span></a><br>View EIFL photos and videos on <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/eifl/"><span style='color:#12AEE0;text-decoration:none'>Flickr</span></a>, <a href="https://vimeo.com/user24224712"><span style='color:#12AEE0;text-decoration:none'>Vimeo</span></a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/eiflnet"><span style='color:#12AEE0;text-decoration:none'>YouTube</span></a> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>