Beth, The best advice I can offer for a selection process of any system once you narrow the field is to prepare a test script. Give the vendor a specific script to follow, with data you provide. This helps you understand exactly much better what a system will and will not do in your environment. Much more helpful than a canned vendor presentation.
Learned this from Steve Jacobson of JCA and found it to be an extremely valuable tool in any software selections process. John On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 14:09, Beth Heller <bheller at americanalpineclub.org>wrote: > I just wanted to thank everyone who posted which DAMs they were using and > why. I think we are going to explore a bit further with > Fedora/Islandora/Solr, but David Dwiggins spent a great deal of time on the > phone with me showing me ResourceSpace and it was really impressive. The > main thing I've learned is that there is no out-of-the-box > one-thing-does-it-all solution, so we will have to sort through which > layers > will work best together. Anyone who has advice navigating this part of the > project will be welcome! Specific costs and vendors/developers and pros > and > cons of various APIs please! And much gratitude goes to Leala for her time > and suggested resources as well! > Beth > > > _ > _ > > Beth Heller > Library Director > The American Alpine Club > (303) 384-0110 ext. 21 <lbauer at americanalpineclub.org> > bheller at americanalpineclub.org > > http://americanalpineclub.org > http://booksearch.americanalpineclub.org > http://www.facebook.com/americanalpineclublibrary< > http://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Alpine-Club-Library/123324141044052 > > > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > -- John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 612-870-3268 | JBedard at artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org
