Dear Professionals, Greetings of the Day!!!! DSpace is one of the most popular Open Source Software in the world according to Directory of Open Access Repository (DOAR), out of the 2728 registered Repositories, 1161 (42.6%) are using DSpace, developed jointly by MIT Libraries and HP labs for developing Digital Libraries or Institutional Repositories. BMS Institute of Technology & Management has planned a *Two Days National Level Workshop on “**DSpace: Hands on Experience**” **on 22nd & 23rd, February 2016.* Participants of the workshop will get Hand-on-Experience of DSpace Installation on Ubuntu Operating System, Development of Communities & Collections and Customization of DSpace, Backup / Restore, etc.. Each participant will be provided with a dedicated machine. *Resource Persons:* Dr. M..Krishnamurthy, Professor, DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore-560056 MrGopalakrishna Librarian, BMSIT, Bangalore-560064 *Target Participants:* 1. Academic Librarians (School, College, University) 2. Information Scientists, Research Scholars &, LISc Students. * Note:-* A maximum 40 participants will be selected on a First-Come-First Serve Basis for the Workshop *Areas covered during the Workshop:* IR and Digital Libraries Linux and Basic Commands Metadata and Metadata Standards for Interoperability in IR Dspace Installation & Configuration Dspace Administration & Customization OAI-PMH and UNICODE Backup, Export and Import in DSpace Dspace Workflow & Submissions Dspace Backup / Restore *Registration Fee:* Registration Fees: Rs.750/-includes working lunch, Tea & Workshop kit. Fee can be paid by D.D in favor of *“ PRINCIPAL, BMS Institute of Technology & Management, Bangalore” Payable at Bangalore*. *Contact for Registration:* Mr. Gopalakrishna Librarian & Organising Secretary, BMSIT, Bangalore-560064 Mail ID: - gk.bmsit@gmail.com Contact Number: - 9741898674 Programme schedule will be announced very soon. *With Regards* *@**...,**Gopalakrishna* *Librarian, B.M.S Institute of Technology,Avalahalli, Doddaballapur Main Road,Yelahanka, Bangalore-64Ph: 080-65369469**Cell No:** 97418 98674* *Email ID: *gk.bmsit@gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.