DSpace: An Open Source Dynamic Digital Repository
DSpace: An Open Source Dynamic Digital Repository
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DSpace:开源动态数字存储库
DOI:
10.1045/january2003-smith
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发表时间:
2003
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R. Tansley
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作者:
MacKenzie Smith;Mary R. Barton;M. Branschofsky;Greg McClellan;Julie Harford Walker;M. Bass;David Stuve;R. Tansley
For the past two years the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Libraries and Hewlett-Packard Labs have been collaborating on the development of an open source system called DSpaceâ ¢ that functions as a repository for the digital research and educational material produced by members of a research university or organization. Running such an institutionally-based, multidisciplinary repository is increasingly seen as a natural role for the libraries and archives of research and teaching organizations. As their constituents produce increasing amounts of original material in digital formats—much of which is never published by traditional means—the repository becomes vital to protect the significant assets of the institution and its faculty. The first part of this article describes the DSpace system including its functionality and design, and its approach to various problems in digital library and archives design. The second part discusses the implementation of DSpace at MIT, plans for federating the system, and issues of sustainability.