WHAT WE OFFER
We install and customize DSpace, a digital archives system, focused on the long-term storage, access and preservation of digital content. As the repository of choice for scholarly and/or published digital content, DSpace is suitable for academic, non-profit and commercial entities. We install the DSpace Digital Repository System for organizations in Kenya and across East Africa.
APPLICATION AREAS FOR DSPACE
As an institutional repository, DSpace provides access to research output, scholarly publications, library collections, and more. It allows you to capture, store, index, preserve and distribute your digital material including text, video, audio and data.
DSPACE GENERAL FEATURES
As an institutional repository, DSpace provides access to research output, scholarly publications, library collections, and more. It allows you to capture, store, index, preserve and distribute your digital material including text, video, audio and data.
DSpace can be used to store any type of digital materials, including:
1. Documents, such as articles, preprints, working papers, technical reports, conference papers
2. Books
3. Theses
4. Data sets
5. Computer programs
6. Visualizations, simulations, and other models
7. Multimedia publications
8. Administrative records
9. Published books
10. Overlay journals
11. Bibliographic datasets
11. Images
12. Audio files
13. Video files
14. E-formatted digital library collections
15. Learning objects
16. Web pages
BENEFITS OF DSPACE
DSpace allows institutional repositories to:
1. Preserve reusable teaching materials that they can use with course management systems.
2. Store examples of students’ projects.
3. Showcase students’ theses.
4. Keep track of the institution’s publications/bibliography.