Upgrading UVicSpace, the University of Victoria Libraries’ institutional repository

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dc.contributor.authorWinter, Caroline
dc.contributor.authorRitchie, Amelia
dc.contributor.authorKehoe, Inba
dc.contributor.authorSzabo, Danice
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-18T17:08:55Z
dc.date.available2026-06-18T17:08:55Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
dc.description.reviewstatusReviewed
dc.description.scholarlevelFaculty
dc.identifier.citationWinter, C., Ritchie, A., Kehoe, I., & Szabo, D. (2026). Upgrading UVicSpace, the University of Victoria Libraries’ institutional repository. Partnership, 21(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.21083/partnership.v20i1.8280
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.21083/partnership.v20i1.8280
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/23996
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPartnership
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectUniversity of Victoria
dc.subjectDSpace
dc.subjectinstitutional repository
dc.subjectupgrade
dc.subjectuser interface design
dc.subject.departmentUniversity of Victoria Libraries
dc.titleUpgrading UVicSpace, the University of Victoria Libraries’ institutional repository
dc.typeArticle

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