[Web4lib] simple (web?) app for organizing electronic resources?

[James Jacobs]

Infomine (http://infomine.ucr.edu/) uses the open source iVia software 
(http://ivia.ucr.edu/) to do just that. I believe it includes a gui 
interface to add and describe web resources. There may also be others 
listed on http://oss4lib.org/projects/.

James Jacobs


On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, Richard Anderson wrote:

> Hi Ken,
>
> The Koha library system - http://www.koha.org/- can be adapted for this.
>
> Here's an example - http://www.lgnz.co.nz/ - Local Govt. NZ use Koha to 
> catalogue their online documents and make them searchable.
>
> If you click on the library link in the top navigation and you get taken to
> http://library.lgnz.co.nz/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl
> This is a simplified version of the full Koha OPAC. Compare to the Horowhenua 
> Library Trust's Koha installation at 
> http://www.library.org.nz/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl
>
> LGNZ staff actually search on their corporate library from the same page. 
> Access to searching on the corporate library is handled by IP restriction.
>
> Because the Koha uses a templating system, you can change the cataloguing and 
> OPAC pages to show as much information as you need for a particular purpose. 
> Koha uses Perl HTML::TEMPLATE for the templating, so the main knowledge you 
> will need to make the changes is HTML.
>
> Koha is primarily developed in a LAMP environment with ports to MS.
>
> Cheers,
> Richard
>
> Ken Irwin wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> I work with an instructional designer who's looking for a simple piece of 
>> software to organize electronic resources -- something much simpler than an 
>> OPAC, and easy enough on the admin side that faculty members can be 
>> expected to add to it sensibly. Here's her request:
>> 
>>> I'm brainstorming ideas for a way to build an electronic "library" of 
>>> nursing media resources. It has to be something faculty can add to and use 
>>> without me moderating it. Searchability, metadata, and cheapness are 
>>> highly valued. 
>> 
>> 
>> I could write something, but I have a feeling that someone has probably 
>> already developed a simple, effective, open-source LAMP app to do this sort 
>> of thing. Any suggestions?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Ken
>> 
>
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