Open Source Digital Archives Displays

[Wilhelmina Randtke]

I used Greenstone for a simple photo sharing project with classmates during
library school.  It takes some technical skill to install - you need to
know a little unix to install Greenstone.  Once it is installed, the
interface is more graphical.  The look and feel can be customized through a
series of forms, accounts can be made for people to upload photos and enter
metadata.  It automatically includes Dublin Core fields, and you can create
custom metadata fields.  You can also get plug-ins to ingest metadata in
XML, MARC, CDS/ISIS, ProCite, BibTex, Refer, OAI, DSpace, METS forms.

In Greenstone, straight uploading photos, entering metadata, and tweaking
the color scheme and graphics in the interface was simple.  Installing the
initial set-up was a little complicated.  I'm fairly technical (from the
library side, not the IT side), had access to someone who had worked with
Greenstone before, and could do the install OK.

University of Florida digital libraries uses Greenstone, with in-house
modifications:  http://digital.uflib.ufl.edu/

>From talking to people who have used both, Greenstone and Omeka are
comparable.

-Wilhelmina Randtke


On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Slavinski, Kate <
slavinskik1 at owls.southernct.edu> wrote:

>  I am in the process of creating a digital display of old photographs for
> the archives where I work, and I was wondering if anyone can share some
> good experiences with open source software for digital photograph displays.
>
> Thank you for your help,
>
> Kate Slavinski
>
> MLS Student
>
> Southern Connecticut State University
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