Transcript Module 4 - Items in DSpace.ppt

May 2, 2013
An introduction to DSpace
Module 4 – Items in DSpace
• By the end of this module, you will …
• Understand what an item in DSpace is, and what it is made
up of
• Know about bundles and bitstreams
• Know how the standard submission interface works
• Have submitted an item into a DSpace repository
What is an item?
• An item is made up of:
• Metadata
• Bundles (e.g. ORIGINAL / LICENCE / TEXT)
• Bitstreams
The standard submission interface
• A typical submission:
• Choose a collection to submit to
• Answer some initial questions
• Enter some metadata
• Upload some files
• Verify the submission
• Agree to the deposit licence
The standard submission interface
• A typical submission:
• Choose a collection to submit to
The standard submission interface
• A typical submission:
• Choose a collection to submit to
• Answer some initial questions
The standard submission interface
• A typical submission:
• Choose a collection to submit to
• Answer some initial questions
The standard submission interface
• A typical submission:
• Choose a collection to submit to
• Answer some initial questions
The standard submission interface
• A typical submission:
• Choose a collection to submit to
• Answer some initial questions
• Enter some metadata
• Upload some files
The standard submission interface
• A typical submission:
• Choose a collection to submit to
• Answer some initial questions
• Enter some metadata
• Upload some files
• Verify the submission
The standard submission interface
• A typical submission:
• Choose a collection to submit to
• Answer some initial questions
• Enter some metadata
• Upload some files
• Verify the submission
• Agree to the deposit licence
Discussion
• Are you planning on doing all of the submission or will you
allow individuals to submit?
• Where are you providing your users with documentation
and help in the submission process?
Exercise
• Submit an item to your repository
• Enter a collection you have created
• Perform a submission using a test item supplied to you
Credits
• These slides are based on a DSpace Course produced by:
• Stuart Lewis & Chris Yates
• Repository Support Project
• http://www.rsp.ac.uk/
• Part of the RepositoryNet
• Funded by JISC
• http://www.jisc.ac.uk/