Customization and Localization of DSpace-CRIS in China

Traditional institutional repository (IR) has been broadly used and improved in practice for decades. Current Research Information System (CRIS) is one of the extended systems that broadens the traditional IR systems' functionality by expanding the data and visualization modules. Beyond the basic functions of an IR, CRIS extends to distribute multimedia scholarly publications, manage research data, provide evaluation on research performance, visualize research network, enable research profiling, support project-based activities, integrate citation metrics, etc. This paper introduces the first DSpace-CRIS system that was implemented in mainland China at Wenzhou-Kean University (WKU) and explains the localized efforts of technologies and customized development of modules. The development team has also released the installation of developed modules as open sources on GitHub. The paper outlines the future development plan for the institution.