Charl Roberts University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg DSPACE Demo Charl Roberts University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Roles in DSPACE Apart from the administrator the following roles: Submitter permissions Can edit metadata for own submission Can upload files for own submission Cannot do anything once item is submitted Reviewer permissions (optional) Can review content of all files submitted to collection Can accept or reject all submissions to collection Can send a message explaining decision Rejection will stop submission Acceptance will let submission go to next step (Cannot edit metadata, or change files) Coordinator permissions (optional) Can edit metadata of all submissions to collection Can send a message explaining rejection Acceptance will move submission to next step Metadata editor permissions (optional) Submission automatically becomes part of DSpace after this step (Any approval would have happened before)

Registering DSPACE on OpenDoar Directory of Open Access Repositories A repository will be more visible, and its contents more used if it can be easily found by end-users and by search services. For search services to be able to harvest the metadata of a repository's contents, the repository itself must be known to the search service. A basic list or register helps service providers keep track of the number and location of repositories. Beyond this basic role, OpenDOAR can help repository administrators in making their holdings visible through specific searches - by content type, for example: or facilitating material being used in data-mining or other services.

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