If you can figure out what the difference between an 'institutional
repository' and a 'digital library' is, let me know. :)
Jonathan
Edward M. Corrado wrote:
Hello all,
I've been investigating possible solutions for the beginnings of a
repository of electronic documents [1]. At this point, we have no
budget, so I am only looking at Open Source options. I've identified a
number of options that may meet our needs that are either advertised
as institutional repository software or digital library software.
Basically what I am wonder is am I missing some OSS programs that in
these categories that might work for us. Software that I have
identified so far that looks promising are:
DSpace: http://www.dspace.org/
Fedora: http://www.fedora-commons.org/
E-prints: http://www.eprints.org/
Greenstone: www.*greenstone*.org/
Kete: http://kete.net.nz/
Rescarta: http://www.rescarta.org/
I have identified some others, but rejected them because they were
either experimental or appear not to be in current development. At
this point we haven't really narrowed down our focus, so almost any
digital library or institutional repository program would be under
consideration, providing it is 1) somewhat fully developed (again, no
budget), 2) somewhat easy to use and install, 3) has some level of
user base, and 4) is actively being maintained. Does anyone have any
suggestions for other software to investigate
Edward
[1] I'm not going to call this an institutional repository, because
what I am envision is more of a hybrid of a digital library and
institutional repository. I'd be less vague, but I only have a vague
idea of what we want.
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Jonathan Rochkind
Digital Services Software Engineer
The Sheridan Libraries
Johns Hopkins University
410.516.8886
rochkind (at) jhu.edu