Open Source Digital Archives Displays

Bram Luyten bram at MIRE.BE
Tue Nov 29 08:09:19 EST 2011


Here are some examples of photography collections in DSpace

http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/752
http://wtda.alc.org/handle/123456789/56
http://soar.wichita.edu/dspace/handle/10057/81
http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/14056/browse?type=title&submit_browse=Title&sort_by=1

http://www.dspace.org

with kindest regards,

Bram Luyten

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On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Zachary Newell <znewell at salemstate.edu>wrote:

> We just started using Omeka.org for some of our material. We don't have a
> lot of experience with it but I know it can be fully integrated with
> WordPress.  Many history departments are using it including Worcester State
> University which has a digital history project worth checking out.
> http://www.digitalworcester.org/
>
> It might not be feasible to host the site yourself and therefore might
> cost a bit to have Omeka host it for you. Worth checking out anyway.
>
> Zach
>
> Zachary Newell
> Humanities Librarian
> Salem State University Library
> Central Campus 283-E
> znewell at salemstate.edu
> 978.542.7406
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> I'm using Greenstone for my class project too. It's highly recommended by
> our instructor. The installation shouldn't be very hard. May give it a try.
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke <randtke at gmail.com
> <mailto:randtke at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 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<mailto: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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> University of Michigan
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