Technical system administration is an essential task for any organisation that is serious about building capacity to host their own open scholarly communication systems.

Checking server backups, server and network health and performing software upgrades are regular housekeeping tasks of DSpace system administrator. Disaster recovery is also a part a system administrator’s job.

Join us for this free webinar with Nason Bimbe (Institute of Development Studies, the UK) and Hilton Gibson (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) and you will learn more on what system administration DSpace requires:

• How to build and install DSpace;
• Technical customisation of DSpace (not programming DSpace);
• How to monitor the server hardware and the network hardware;
• How to backup DSpace according to best system administration practice;
• How to restore the data and application in the case of a disaster.

Date: 28 April 2016

Time: 09:00 - 10:00 (GMT)

How to register: Click here to register

How to participate: Go to instantpresenter The password is DSpace.

All you will need to join in the webinar is an internet-connected computer with sound (and maybe headphones if you are in a busy room). To check if your computer can access the session, please go to: instantpresenter.

USEFUL LINKS

• DSpace 5.x Documentation: System Administration
• SUNScholar/System Admin

EIFL, the Institute of Development Studies and Stellenbosch University have already offered a number of other DSpace webinars. Check out the following resources:

• Expert tips for setting up and managing a DSpace repository (written as the result of the first webinar)
• Presentation and recording from the webinar on how to install DSpace
• Presentation and recording from the webinar on DSpace post-installation tasks
• Presentation and recording from the webinar on how to upgrade DSpace

WATCH OUR WEBSITE FOR FURTHER WEBINARS

In May we plan two more DSpace webinars that will cover the following topics:

• Adding a responsive UI: Mirage 2 theme (May 4); and
• DSpace customization (May 11).

Contact EIFL Open Access Programme manager Iryna Kuchma, iryna.kuchma@eifl.net, if you want to suggest any topics for our series of webinars on DSpace.