Synergy in Virtual Space
UPSPACE
The institutional repository of the
University of Pretoria
What is an Institutional Repository?
“a set of services that a university offers to the
members of its community for the management
and dissemination of digital materials created by
the institution and its community members. It is
most essentially an organisational commitment
to the stewardship of these digital materials,
including long-term preservation where
appropriate, as well as organization and access
or distribution.”
DSpace
DSpace is a groundbreaking digital repository system that
captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and redistributes an
organisation's research data. Jointly developed by MIT Libraries
and Hewlett-Packard Labs, the DSpace software platform serves a
variety of digital archiving needs.
DSpace is freely available as open source software.
DSpace accepts all forms of digital materials including text,
images, video, and audio files.
UPSpace is the name of the open source digital repository us by
University of Pretoria.
Open source software
Open-source software is computer software whose source code
is available under a copyright license that permits users to study,
change, and improve the software, and to redistribute it in
modified or unmodified form. It is the most prominent example
of open source development.
(Source: www.wikipedia.org)
Digitisation
Digitisation is the process of converting
information into a digital format. In this
format, information is organised into
discrete units of data (called bits) that can
be separately addressed (usually in
multiple-bit groups called bytes). This is
the binary data that computers and many
devices with computing capacity (such as
digital cameras and digital hearing aids)
can process.
Aims
To allow researchers direct electronic
access to a range of collection material.
The preserve rare and fragile collections
while also increasing access to them.
Digitisation supports the e-Strategy of the
University of Pretoria.
To reach new research communities.
Collections in UPSpace
The Jonathan Jansen
Collection
The collection strives to group the intellectual
output of Jonathan Jansen, currently the dean of
Education at UP, while also preserving it in digital
format for years to come.
The collection consists of media columns, radio
and television interviews, research papers,
speeches and a photo album.
Some feedback:
“Thank you so much for this information. I
have already printed out a number of articles
from this site. Your assistance is greatly
appreciated”
Dr. Sue Hasseler, Associate Dean for Teacher Education,
Calvin College, Grand Rapids
Collections in UPSpace
Arnold Theiler Collection
The preservation of the rich and diverse
resources of the Faculty of Veterinary Science
justifies a digitisation project. Through the
digitisation of the material, its safekeeping is
ensured and accessibility to scarce information
resources enhanced.
Collections in UPSpace
South African Architects
Gerhard Moerdijk
Moerdijk designed a significant number of the
buildings on the various campuses of the
University of Pretoria. He was also one of the
longest serving Chairman of the Council of the
University of Pretoria (18:10:1935-25:06:1942).
Sir Herbert Baker
South Africa's best-known architect, started his
South African career in 1892 and thus provided the
basis for a number of works and ongoing studies
both in South Africa and abroad. His South African
career spanned from pre-Anglo-Boer War days into
the challenging years of post-war reorganisation
and Union in 1912.
Collections in UPSpace
open
UP
open
UP is the collection of peer reviewed and published research articles
by staff, students and associates of the University of Pretoria. Brought
together on the UPSpace platform to give access to the entire
international research community in accordance with the philosophy and
practice of open access and the copyright policies of the publishers.
Advantages
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for authors: visibility to research articles: cited 25-300% more 
uptake, impact  research progress
for readers: full text access to all our own research and to all the best
and latest research
for researchers: OA is a prerequisite for text mining, fast tracking
research cycles
for UP: Visibility, promotion, complete record of scholarship
Collections in UPSpace
Mapungubwe
UPSpace provides the digital home
of the Mapungubwe Research
collection.
Aims to serve as a research and
public information resource.
Consists of accredited research
publications, unpublished material,
photographs, negatives, slides, maps,
manuscripts, drawings, site plans and
reports.
Collections in UPSpace
Van Warmelo collection
Van Warmelo’s research was donated to
the University of Pretoria in 1991. The
donation includes the published
bibliography, the accompanying indexing
system as well as the material itself.
The material is housed in the Special
Collections Unit. Digitised photographs
of tribal life will form part of the AI’s
African Heritage Digital Collection.
It is accessible from the Library
Catalogue (UP Explore) - University of
Pretoria.
Collections in UPSpace
Woodhouse collection
Bert Woodhouse is closely associated
with the University of Pretoria with the
housing of the Woodhouse Collection at
the Special Collections Unit. The
Woodhouse Collection consists of a large
number of digital images with
descriptions of rock art in Southern
Africa.