DSpace 7 brings to DSpace a single, modern user interface and REST API and integrates current technological standards and best practices. This new UI combines with the existing core backend of DSpace 6, resulting in a lean, responsive, next-generation repository.
A Preview release of DSpace 7 is available now for download and testing. An enhanced Preview release is anticipated this summer, and the DSpace 7 Beta release and information about the DSpace 7 Testathon will be announced later this year. You can learn more at the DSpace 7 Release Status page.
Running DSpace 7 with Docker
Learn More
Register for the DSpace North American User Group Meeting, September 23-24. Workshops and presentations will include DSpace 7 topics.
DSpace 7 Presentations at Open Repositories 2019 View video recordings and slides from presentations at Open Repositories 2019, including an Introduction to DSpace 7 and overview of the REST API, configurable entities, and other new features.
DSpace 7 Release Status Notes Get a full overview of DSpace 7 features, estimated release timeline, and links to the latest technical presentations.
DSpace 7 Preview Release Demo Sites Preview the new Angular UI and REST API.
Get Involved
Contribute to DSpace 7: If you or your institution would like to contribute to this release process, we welcome contributors to the DSpace 7 Working Group. We also welcome developers to simply help us review & test new features/improvements (pull requests) as they are developed.
DSpace Docker for Repository Managers Learn how you can run any version of DSpace from your desktop, including DSpace 7.
Latest DSpace 7 News
From Pascal-Nicolas Becker, The Library Code GmbH (German version below) The DSpace Anwendertreffen 2020 will take place at the Hamburg University of Technology, on Thursday, March 26th 2020 and Friday, March 27th 2020 and is organized by the Hamburg University of Technology and The Library Code GmbH. This meeting is about exchange between DSpace or… Read more »
From Kathleen Shearer, Executive Director, COAR (Confederation of Open Access Repositories) Several Canadian research libraries are providing funding to ensure that the vast majority of DSpace repositories around the world can be discovered through OpenAIRE, an international database of open scholarly content. Quality and comprehensive metadata are a critical requirement for building discovery and other… Read more »
From Susanna Mornati, 4Science On November 18 in Münster (Germany, EU) the First International DSpace-CRIS User Group Meeting was held as a satellite event of the euroCRIS Membership Meeting, thanks to the hospitality of the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU). 4Science, together with The Library Code and other organizations in the DSpace-CRIS community, such as the Hamburg University of… Read more »