Annual Report
FY2019-20

A program of2

Membership &User Community

DSpace is a community-based, open source repository software
package typically used for creating open access repositories forscholarly and/or published digital content such as dissertations andtheses. The DSpace repository software serves a specific need asa digital archives system, focused on the long-term storage, accessand preservation of digital content, as well as providing both content
management and document management system features. DSpace
has a rich 18-year history with strong membership support andactive participation from a wide variety of stakeholder organizations
located all over the world.

New Sites since 2018

Countries with Active Sites

495

128

Code Contributers to DSpace 7

DSpace 7 Beta Releases

5503

DSpace User GroupsWebinars

1930(as of July 2020)

Known
Installations(as of July 2020)

representing 23 different countries

869,94520%

16 different countries
in 5 different languages

1713
TwitterFollowers

lines of code changed/modified in DSpace 7 (as of July 2020)

In the last 18 months, DSpace has made progress in developing and releasing DSpace 7 which is now in
Beta (DSpace 7.0 Beta 3). Building and sustaining a strong community is a central goal for the DSpace
Program. Representatives from member organizations plan, implement, develop, and sustain DSpacewith input from community groups including DSpace Steering Group, DSpace Leadership Group, DSpace
Committers, DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT), DSpace Marketing Interest Group, and DSpace
Ambassador Program.

3DSpace Around the World Global Installations

The DSpace Community is the broadest open source repository community globally. In the DSpace UserRegistry (registry.duraspace.org/registry/dspace) there are 2930 registered instances of DSpace. Theremay be many more DSpace instances running of which we are not aware. The registry is located online atregistry.duraspace.org/registry/dspace.

4User Changes in Last Two Years
Since the last annual report, DuraSpace, the organizational home for DSpace, changed with the merger of
DuraSpace and LYRASIS on July 1, 2019. LYRASIS is now the organizational home for DSpace. Between 2018 –June 30, 2020, DSpace membership increased 50%, bringing the total member of DSpace members to 91. Fora full list of members supporting DSpace: https://duraspace.org/membership/duraspace-members/.

About DSpace Members
DSpace members are leaders from university, research, library organizations, and others, who havemade a financial commitment to our open source programs. As such they have become partners ingovernance, ensuring that community supported programs continue to serve the global communities
that depend on them into the future. DSpace members are active within the community and provide
leadership, development, documentation, contributions, and investments ensuring the sustainability andongoing advancement of the DSpace program.

DSpace Service Providers
Along with DSpace members, DSpace Service Providers make an investment in our open technologies and acommitment to work cooperatively to best serve the community of users. As of this Annual Report, there are 3
Certified DSpace Partners, 9 Certified DSpace Contributers and 9 Listed Service Providers.
The DSpace Service Providers are crucial to the success of the global DSpace Community. They support
users and members across the globe, they help institutions with training, customizations and development.
In some regions they also coordinate DSpace national user Groups, running online and in person events.
Among all the Service Providers, we’d like to especially thank our Certified DSpace Partners: 4Science,ATMIRE and The Library Code. Our Certified Partners are members of the DSpace Leadership Group andtogether with institutions from more than 10 different countries and LYRASIS, they contribute to managing theprogram and to defining priorities and the strategic direction of DSpace.

DSpace User Group meeting in Brazil - Manaus

5Development Progress Report/
Technical Overview
Between July 2019 and June 2020, the DSpace 7 Working Group made consistent and exciting progress
toward the DSpace 7.0 release:•Used the Wideband Delphi estimation process to create a timeline for Beta release goals;•Developed and delivered a “Getting Started with DSpace 7 Workshop” at the DSpace North AmericanUser Group meeting in September 2019;•Moved from JIRA to GitHub Issues for tracking bugs and feature requests. Each DSpace 7 Beta Releasecan be reviewed on the DSpace GitHub Project Boards;•The DSpace 7 Entities Working Group completed their work on this much anticipated feature inDecember 2019;•Every two months in 2020, a Beta release has been provided for community feedback and to introduce
the new features of the 7.0 platform. The latest Beta release is available on a demo site or can beinstalled locally in a test environment.
Development has been generously supported by major code contributors Atmire, 4Science, and FCT/ RCAAP. We gratefully recognize the following institutions that together have generously contributed
financially to support the DSpace 7 staged release program, and individuals who devoted time tofundraising:•Auburn University•

Technische Universität Hamburg (TUHH)•Cornell University•

The DSpace-Konsortium Deutschland•

Pascal Becker•

The German Consortium•

Dalhousie University•

The Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität•

Duke University•

ETH Zurich, ETH Library•

The Library Code GmbH•

Fraunhofer Gesellschaft•

The Ohio State University•

Imperial College London•

Texas Digital Library•

Indiana University–Purdue University,•

University of Arizona

Indianapolis•

University of Edinburgh•

LYRASIS•

University of Kansas•

National Library of Finland•

University of Minnesota•

Beate Rajski•

University of Missouri•

Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg -•University of Toronto

Carl von Ossietzky•

World BankTechnische Universität Berlin

•

ZHAW

•

der Bundeswehr Hamburg

6DSpace FY2019- 2020 Financials
Revenues$488,583
Expenses$461,356
Total income$27,228
Net Assets$24,651
Thank you to the Community“As I consider our collective
accomplishments of the past year - ourfundraising efforts, significant softwaredevelopment progress, and the growth
in membership and engagement among
Latin American and European users- I approach the future of the DSpace
Program with great excitement and lookforward to tackling the challenges andopportunities ahead”.
•A program ofKristi Park, DSpace Leadership Chair,
Executive Director, Texas Digital Library