Allegheny College migrates from DSpace Express to a Hosted DSpace-CRIS solution. Founded in 1815, Allegheny College is a private liberal arts institution in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and ranks among the oldest colleges in the U.S.
Allegheny College decided to migrate from DSpace Express to a DSpace-CRIS solution hosted on a state-of-the-art AWS infrastructure provided by 4Science. As a result, this migration and upgrade will benefit the institution, users, and administrators, who will enjoy enhanced and extended functions and data model for their digital repository.
The Project
Allegheny College migrates from DSpace Express to a Hosted DSpace-CRIS solution. The decision for the migration was made to have a better-performing repository as well as high-level support from 4Science, the lead contributor to the DSpace community globally. Moreover, the new repository will include SAML/SSO authentication, enhanced functionality through selected add-ons, and a robust SaaS mode. This model, in particular, ensures continuity, security, and scalability. Allegheny College joins a long list of institutions that are moving towards DSpace-CRIS (A new wave of DSpace repositories with 4Science – 4Science)
The Strategy
4Science designed the migration strategy for Allegheny College to ensure autonomy and long-term sustainability. Specifically, 4Science will provide a clean and fully functional latest DSpace-CRIS instance, preconfigured with the data model for a rich institutional repository, authentication mechanisms, and default user interface components.
In addition, Allegheny College staff will be autonomous in managing the data migration, leveraging the robust bulk import framework offered by DSpace-CRIS, allowing staff to define import procedures in tabular formats (e.g., Excel) and map them directly to the DSpace-CRIS schema.
The future of Allegheny College is bright.
We are very excited to have the opportunity to support such a historical institution in its journey towards a more integrated, performing, scalable, and future-proof repository solution. Ultimately, this will make Allegheny College thrive for many years in the future.