Hi Valerie, to answer your last question first, I think what your IT department means by "Online Storage" is all types of hosting where the actual DSpace software and uploaded data resides on servers outside of your IT infrastructure.
If you install DSpace on servers inside your IT infrastructure, no "Online Storage" according to this definition would be involved. However, hosted DSpace services like DSpace Direct or its competitors are likely considered "Online Storage" by your IT department. It is safe to assume that you will at least need some assistance from a system administrator in your institution to get DSpace running in production. For example for making your DSpace installation secure (by installing HTTPS certificates) or for registering the URL you want (like myrepository.mylibrary.edu) in the DNS records of your institution. The DSpace community continuously works on improving the installation instructions: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC5x/Installing+DSpace I would recommend the library person who wants to take on the installation to review this page to see if the steps are described in enough detail so that he or she could do it. If not, please post your questions or feedback either on the dspace-tech mailinglist, or as a comment on the installation wiki page. Even if you are running on your own infrastructures, companies like the one I work for, Atmire <http://www.atmire.com>, can assist you with the installation and configuration. with kindest regards, Bram Luyten -- [image: logo] *Bram Luyten* *250 Lucius Gordon Drive, Suite B-3A, West Henrietta, NY 14586* *Esperantolaan 4, Heverlee 3001, Belgium* www.atmire.com <http://atmire.com/website/?q=services&utm_source=emailfooter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=braml> On 7 December 2015 at 16:48, Valerie Schaeffer <[email protected]> wrote: > Our library is looking into DSPACE, and my question is... > How involved does IT have to be? > Is this something the library staff can fully install? > Our IT department blocks anything considered "Online Storage." > > Would DSPACE be considered online storage? > > Thanks! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "DSpace Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/dspace-community. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/dspace-community. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
