Community Resources

Last modified by Julia Gilmore on 2025-03-11, 22:05

Here you'll find information and resources for the Scholaris, DSpace and the Canadian repository community.

For example, the Scholarly Communications Canada Mattermost is a great place to pose questions to other repository managers.

Scholaris Calls

Information Sessions
- Outline: Updates on service development, Early Adopters Program, and CARL expert groups with time for Q&A
- Audience: Open to everyone in the repository community
- Upcoming dates
  - April 2025
  - September 2025
- Past dates
  - January 21, 2025 (Slides, Recording)
  - September 11, 2024 (Slides, Recording, Q&A)
Community Calls
- Audience: Early Adopters
- Schedule: Monthly - every 2nd Wednesday at 2pm (Call schedule)

Calls will be hosted in English and will be recorded.

Scholarly Communications Canada Mattermost (Instructions to join)
CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice (subscribe to CARL's E-lert and relevant CARL listservs for updates)

About the DSpace Community (Google Slides from 2024 North American DSpace User Group Meeting)
DSpace Mailing Lists
- dspace-community: best for general DSpace questions and viewing DSpace announcements
- dspace-tech: best for technical support and help requests
- dspace-devel: best for development discussions and questions
DSpace Slack
- best for immediate discussions and time-sensitive questions
- messages are kept for 90 days
DSpace Community Advisory Team
DSpace Developer Meetings
Subscribe to the DSpace newsletter

DSpace Documentation

Tour of DSpace 7.6.2 (prepared by Scholaris team)
DSpace Wiki
Learning DSpace 7 (prepared by the DSpace Community Advisory Team)
Using DSpace 7 (Texas Digital Library)
DSpace 6 vs DSpace 7 (comparison from admin/end-user standpoints, prepared by Texas Digital Library)
DSpace 7: How To videos (D2 Technologies)

Try DSpace: