Abstract:
DSpace is one of the popular open code programs preferred by academic institutions for managing repositories of files in any format - text, audio, video, etc. It stores the files, organizing them in communities, assigning metadata to them and allowing their redistribution to harvesters or aggregators. The manual we present here is not a standard document describing how the program works (i.e. how it can be consulted, how documents are stored, or how they are reviewed) but a specific tool for information and documentation managers, focusing on the functions of the program that are most relevant to our profession (metadata schemes, controlled vocabularies, consultation interfaces, dissemination tools, statistics, and so on).