Hi, Valerie – There are two possible meanings of “administrator” in this context that you should be careful to distinguish.
(1) In DSpace, there is a user (or users) who is the “administrator” and is responsible for things like setting policies and managing the overall structure of the repository. This will be a member of your library staff. (2) On the other hand, in broader IT terms, the “systems administrator” is the person who is responsible for maintaining the actual server on which DSpace (or any other software program) runs. If you have a systems librarian on staff who’s comfortable installing and maintaining software, they may be able to do (2) as well as (1). As Bram suggested, your first step should be to share the DSpace documentation with them. In my own experience, it’s not that difficult for an experienced power user to set up and maintain a DSpace instance. (FWIW, I’m an archivist working in a medical library – but I had some previous hobbyist experience with systems administration.) However, you’ll still need to collaborate with your IT department to connect your DSpace instance to the wider network, particularly if you plan to make it available to the public Internet. If you’re planning to create an institutional repository, your IT department should be involved as a project stakeholder, whether you end up hosting it yourselves or contracting with a vendor. Nicholas Webb Digital Archivist Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Box 1102 - One Gustave L. Levy Place New York, NY 10029-6574 (o) 212-241-7239 (f) 212-241-7864 (e) [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Valerie Schaeffer Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 12:59 PM To: DSpace Community Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [dspace-community] Re: DSPACE and IT Susan, I work in a medical library. So I wonder if someone in IT would need to be the administrator or is that something a library staff member can do... Right now, my goal is find as much information as possible about DSPACE and if we may run into resistance from our IT department. Thanks... On Monday, December 7, 2015 at 12:51:32 PM UTC-5, Susan Borda wrote: Yes, that's it. We are hosting it ourselves and have a system administrator in our library that manages the server side of things and librarians that handle customizations as needed. -susan Sent from my iPhone On Dec 7, 2015, at 10:47 AM, Valerie Schaeffer <[email protected]<javascript:>> wrote: Just so I understand this... When we install DSPACE, it will be on our server, correct? But it we wanted to, we could have someone else host in on another server? On Monday, December 7, 2015 at 10:48:53 AM UTC-5, Valerie Schaeffer 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? 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