Winter, CarolineRitchie, AmeliaKehoe, InbaSzabo, Danice2026-06-182026-06-182026Winter, 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.v20i1.8280https://dx.doi.org/10.21083/partnership.v20i1.8280https://hdl.handle.net/1828/23996This 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.enAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalUniversity of VictoriaDSpaceinstitutional repositoryupgradeuser interface designArticleUniversity of Victoria Libraries