ISO: "DSpace for Dummies"

[Shedd, Julie]

Keith –
Thanks so much for your response. Please bear with me, I’m still kind of learning the language needed to make my questions make sense. ☺

I have several issues. One of them is that batch imports have suddenly stopped working, either through the GUI or through the command line importer. The imports complete successfully, but when I check the collection’s webpage I get internal server errors. I can submit items one at a time with no issues, but if I edit the item’s metadata afterward, whether through GUI or through the batch metadata import, I get internal server errors when I try to check it. Any ideas?

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Julie D. Shedd
Digital Initiatives Librarian, Mississippi State University Libraries
(662) 325-0300 | jshedd at library.msstate.edu<mailto:jshedd at library.msstate.edu>
http://library.msstate.edu/vitaportal/individual.asp?netid=jed31

From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Keith Gilbertson
Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2015 11:43 AM
To: WEB4LIB at listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] ISO: "DSpace for Dummies"

Julie -

DSpace has a good set of community mailing lists, listed here:

https://wiki.duraspace.org/plugins/servlet/mobile#content/view/68067279

Also, we have a lot of DSpace experience at Virginia Tech, and I might be able to get some of your questions answered. We're running VTechWorks on UNIX-like systems instead of Windows, though, so there are differences that could make things tricky.

keith



On Thursday, October 8, 2015, Shedd, Julie <JShedd at library.msstate.edu<mailto:JShedd at library.msstate.edu>> wrote:

Hi everyone -



I am a new digital initiatives librarian. Before that I was basically a UX specialist for 8 years.



One part of my new duties is to help get DSpace running, customized, and filled. We have been trying off and on since April and are having an awful time on all counts. This is really my introduction to working with anything command-line or any coding past HTML, CSS, and very basic PHP.



What I really need is a super-easy breakdown of DSpace, or someone who can help me answer questions in a very simple manner. (I promise I'm not dumb - this is just new to me and until I have that "eureka" moment I need a little help.) Does anyone know if such a resource exists? I'm trying to work with the official documentation and post questions on the mailing list and StackOverflow, but our timeframe is very tight and my comprehension level is...not very high right now. Googling my issues is problematic at best.

We’re running DSpace locally in a Windows environment. I’m able to make changes and successfully rebuild, but when I try to update ant the site 404s. I can go into more detail with anyone who thinks they can help.

Any insight will be appreciated.

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http://library.msstate.edu/vitaportal/individual.asp?netid=jed31

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