Résumés
Abstract
This case study describes the process we undertook at the University of Victoria between fall 2023 and spring 2024 to upgrade our institutional repository’s software from DSpace version 6.4 to 7.6.1. The open-source software had reached the end of its developer-support period, and some features were no longer functional. This new version offered several new and improved features that we were excited about. We provide a short history about our institutional repository; a literature review including an environmental scan of other Canadian repositories using DSpace; an explanation of our implementation strategy, user interface upgrades, workflow, and submission form changes; training we offered to our major stakeholders; the outcomes of our project; and some thoughts on future directions. We also share our lessons learned from this major upgrade of UVicSpace with the goal of helping other groups upgrade to DSpace 7 or undertake a similar repository upgrade or migration project.
Keywords:
- University of Victoria,
- DSpace,
- institutional repository,
- upgrade,
- user interface design
Résumé
Cette étude de cas décrit les étapes prises par l’Université de Victoria entre l’automne 2023 et le printemps 2024 pour mettre à niveau le logiciel de notre dépôt institutionnel, DSpace, en passant de la version 6.4 à la version 7.6.1. Le logiciel libre avait atteint la fin de sa période de soutien par les développeurs, et certaines fonctionnalités n’étaient plus opérationnelles. Cette nouvelle version offrait de nouvelles fonctionnalités et améliorations excitantes. Nous présentons un bref historique de notre dépôt institutionnel, une revue de la littérature comprenant une analyse environnementale d’autres dépôts canadiens utilisant DSpace, une explication de notre stratégie de mise en oeuvre, des mises à niveau de l'interface utilisateur, du flux de travail et des modifications apportées au formulaire de soumission, la formation que nous avons offerte à nos principaux intervenants, les résultats de notre projet et quelques réflexions sur les orientations futures. Nous partageons également les leçons que nous avons tirées de cette mise à niveau majeure de UVicSpace dans le but d'aider d’autres groupes à passer à DSpace 7 ou à entreprendre un projet similaire de mise à niveau ou de migration de dépôt.
Mots-clés :
- Université de Victoria,
- DSpace,
- dépôt institutionnel,
- mise à jour,
- conception d’interface utilisateur
Parties annexes
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