[Web4lib] selecting a CMS/DAMS for a digital library

[Kelly McElroy]

Thanks to all for the responses and helpful suggestions. As requested, here
is a bit more information about the situation: the organization aims to
collect documents (mostly PDFs of text, but possibly other formats,
including TIFFs of maps, PowerPoint presentations, and so on) related to a
particular treaty. This will include some published material, as well as
some archival material, so there will need to be some creative use of
metadata to reflect the full context. The most common users are expected to
be academics and government agency employees, although a secondary tier of
secondary students and amateur historians is also anticipated. There has
been relatively little interest in any 2.0 or social interaction component.

In terms of specific products suggested, I have been looking at both DSpace
and Omeka. Omeka is especially appealing for its simplicity, since there
will not be a long-term librarian or archivist working on the project.
However, neither of these solutions is compatible with the existing IT
infrastructure, which is very Microsoft-focused: Windows Server, SQL Server,
Exchange Server, IIS, .Net programming. I've heard some experiences of
installing DSpace onto Windows servers, but it requires knowledge of Linux
that we will not have. Hosting off-site is another possibility. The other
option seems to be using a virtual appliance such as JumpBox. I'm still
researching the implications of this -- again, I would be very grateful to
hear any experiences with such things.

Thank you again for all your assistance.

Cheers,
Kelly

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Pollock, Chad <cpollock at rogersark.org>wrote:

> I have wanted to try the opensource OMEKA for this type of project.  I
> have never used it, but it looks like it might suit your needs.
> http://omeka.org/ .  It's from the Center for History and New Media, the
> same folks that brought us Zotero.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cary Gordon [mailto:listuser at chillco.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:36 AM
> To: Kelly McElroy
> Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] selecting a CMS/DAMS for a digital library
>
> I recommend that you take a look at UPEI's Islandora project which
> marries Drupal on the front end and dSpace/DuraSpace on the back end.
> There system is very straightforward to use (The word. easy. is not
> something that I would apply to any digital library system, but it
> makes great strides.).
>
> Of course, the combined cost of these two great free and open source
> products is free.
>
> http://islandora.ca/
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cary
>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Kelly McElroy <kellymce at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am brand new to the list, so apologies if this is off-topic. I am a
> > student in the MLIS program at the University of British Columbia, and
> am
> > currently doing a co-op work term helping a non-profit organization
> start a
> > digital library. We're currently considering different software
> programs,
> > and while I've been sifting through the big players (including
> CONTENTdm,
> > Greenstone, and per IT's request, SharePoint) I keep wondering if
> there is a
> > simpler option that I am missing. I've used a few helpful case studies
> as
> > well asinformation put out by JISC, but I'm curious: are there are
> other
> > good tools out there for this sort of decision-making?
> >
> > Thank you in advance, and feel free to respond off-list.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Kelly McElroy
> > MAS/MLIS candidate, University of British Columbia
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