The University of Maryland and 4Science will collaborate for the Matomo integration in DSpace. The University of Maryland Libraries and 4Science will work together to integrate Matomo into DSpace. This new integration will be developed to enhance the DSpace platform.
What is Matomo?
Matomo is an Open-Source analytics tool that provides valuable data for digital repositories. It is a powerful solution compared to other analytics tools, and it is strongly focused on data ownership and user privacy.
The Matomo integration in DSpace
The Matomo integration in DSpace will bring significant benefits for institutions using the DSpace repository platform:
- Enhanced Usage Analytics: Matomo offers real-time analytics, allowing institutions to monitor their DSpace repository’s performance.
- Privacy-Focused Data Collection: Unlike other analytics tools, Matomo is privacy-focused and compliant with EU regulations. This is crucial for institutions handling sensitive academic and research data.
- Flexibility: Matomo is an open-source tool, therefore, it allows extensive customization to meet the specific needs of every institution. This flexibility is valuable for institutions that want to collect specific data following repository requirements.
- Detailed Tracking: Institutions can set and monitor specific KPIs related to repository data, such as referral, navigation paths and document downloads also in response to specific digital library initiatives
- Contribute to the global analysis of the institution’s web presence. Matomo can be integrated with various systems and platforms allowing for a more comprehensive analysis of institution’s data.
By enabling Matomo in DSpace, institutions can make their repositories more valuable, user-friendly, and aligned with their strategies, needs, and requirements.
The goal for this integration development collaboration between the University of Maryland Libraries and 4Science is to have the Matomo integration available to DSpace starting from version 8 via a patch. A Pull Request will be submitted to have it available out-of-box in future DSpace, interested institution are invited to follow the development on GitHub providing feedback to the pull request to speed up its acceptance.
Stay up-to-date with this project, as it will be another step forward in developing and enhancing DSpace.
