DSpace Technology Platform

Developed jointly by the MIT Libraries and Hewlett-Packard Company, DSpace is an open source software platform for building digital repositories.

Learn more about the DSpace technology, talk with other DSpace developers, and find answers technical questions using the resources below.

DSpace Technical Resources

• Features of the system
• DSpace System Documentation
• Metadata in DSpace
• System architecture diagram

DSpace Developer Community

DSpace is an open source system and has an active developer community, with a variety of online resources:

• DSpace Open Source site at SourceForge
• Technical FAQ
• www.dspace.org
• DSpace Wiki

Technical Support

The MIT Libraries run and maintain the DSpace servers for all MIT communities. Your community does not have to download the whole system or maintain the DSpace server. You use a web-based interface to save, search, and store data in DSpace.

Contact dspace-help [at] mit.edu for technical support for DSpace at MIT.