Implementation of Institutional Repository using DSPACE: A Case Study at University of Peradeniya

Abstract

This article describes the Implementation of Institutional Repository using Dspace Software at the University of Peradeniya. This IR is aimed to give access to research scholarly articles to the Institution’s researcher and to make the visibility of the University of Peradeniya researcher. It also gives access to University database and more importantly some of the logical approach is made in different collections and communities. This article also explains the hard and software requirements provided along with information about the open source software. This article provides evidence on how the University of Peradeniya IR was built from scratch and how various different types of collection with many forms and file formats can be uploaded using Dspace software. Huge amounts of problems were faced during the installation and customization of metadata forms for different collections using Dublin core metadata fields. Dspace permits workflow, customization and community/collection based content and submission by different user communities. This paper helps in planning to build an IR and also helps the beginners in getting an idea of how different file formats can be used for different collections in order to maintain uniformity.