Challenges in reinvigorating and upgrading DSpace-based institutional repositories: a university of Zambia (UNZA) library case study.
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Date
2017-03
Authors
Makondo, Francina N.
Kanyengo, Wamunyima Christine
Bimbe, Nason B.
Kakana, Fabian
Sichilima, Chipefwe
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Institute of Development Studies
Abstract
The University of Zambia established an institutional repository (IR) in order to archive and
make available to the research community the university’s intellectual output using DSpace.
This paper describes the rationale behind the implementation of an IR, the equipment and
software used digitise the materials. It further explains the steps taken and also challenges
faced in installing the software and the process taken to upgrade it from version 1.6 to
version 5.5. The latest stable version as on 9 January 2017 is DSpace 6, however we
believe that the instructions contained in this paper will be applicable to this version of
DSpace. As of January 2017, there were over 4,000 research materials archived in the
University of Zambia IR which are now discoverable, searchable and accessible on the
internet.
Keywords: DSpace, institutional repository, University of Zambia, research, electronic
theses and dissertations (ETDs).
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Working paper
Keywords
DSpace institutional repository , Institutional repository--Implementation. , Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). , DSpace institutional repository.