Vital → DSpace
Taylor's University
Facing security vulnerabilities and opaque submission workflows, Malaysia's Taylor's University migrated 2,684 educational resources from the legacy 'Vital' system to a heavily customised DSpace environment built by GR Tech. Because stock DSpace centres on a single item type, the team created 21 distinct collection types with dynamic metadata forms. A key technical achievement was a two-domain LDAP integration supporting entirely separate Active Directory servers for staff and students; GR Tech also added automated EBSCO crawling and dashboards for tracking document-review status in real time. A Malaysian example of deep DSpace customisation for local IT realities.
Original source
DSpace Digital Repository for Taylor's University — Case Study
GR Tech
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