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Thank you Scott. I am grateful for the links. On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 at 18:34, Scott Prater < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello, Fred -- > > The DSpace documentation is quite good, and may be enough to get you set > up and running: > > https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC7x > > Their support page has a very nice guide on to how to seek help: > > https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSPACE/Support > > For when you get stuck, there's a Slack channel, too: > > https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSPACE/Slack > > Though I echo Monica's comment that the user groups are the best place to > start with your questions: the Slack channels are usually > reserved for resolving thorny problems and discussing application > development issues. > > Depending on your degree of technical expertise, you may want to work with > a systems administrator and/or some other IT person at your > institution also, to work out the details of where DSpace will be > installed, who will be responsible for maintaining the host and the > software, etc. There are also third parties that will set up and help > manage a DSpace instance for you (for a fee). > > -- Scott > > -- > Scott Prater > Digital Library Architect > UW Digital Collections Center > University of Wisconsin - Madison > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > [log in to unmask] > Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 12:24 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Introduction > > Hi Fred, > > Welcome! There is a very robust DSpace community all over the world, > including user groups and listservs. That might be the best place > to start for DSpace help in particular. > > https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSPACE/User+Groups > > EIFL also has lots of really good resources about DSpace repositories, e.g. > > https://www.eifl.net/resources/webinar-good-practices-setting-dspace-repositories > > Best, > Monica > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 10:18 AM Fred Kwaku Hayibor <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > My name is Fred Hayibor, Assistant Librarian in charge of e-resources > > at the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ghana. > > I have taken keen interest in library technologies and scholarly > > communication. I did my graduate research on Institutional > > Repositories but I have not had a practical exposure to the > > technology. Now I am ready to get practical and need a mentor in > > setting up DSpace, customizing the software and managing workflows. > > > > I am happy to join this progressive community, and am ready to > > network, learn and also contribute my experience to help others who may > need it. > > > -- Fred Kwaku Hayibor Electronic Resources & Training Librarian University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) PMB 31, Ho, Volta Region Republic of Ghana