DSpace 1.6.2 is a bug-fix release, which means it does not introduce any new features but improves existing features and fixes bugs discovered in earlier versions of DSpace.

All DSpace 1.6.x versions contain many new features and improvements, including:

- Enhanced statistics
- Embargo feature
- Batch metadata editing
- Authority control
- Delegated administration
- OpenSearch
- Command launcher
- OAI-PMH harvesting of items from remote repositories
- Configurable OAI-PMH Dublin Core output
- Move item functionality in XMLUI
- If-Modified-Since / Last-Modified header support in XMLUI
- Change to logging behavior to ensure better log retention and management
- Update to the latest handle server library
- Ability to perform batch imports and exports from zip files of items
- New test scripts to test database and email settings
- Ability to set legal jurisdiction in creative commons licensing

For more detailed description on some of the above improvements, click here.

For a complete list of 1.6.2 modifications, please refer to the issue/feature tracking tool, JIRA or the Release Notes.