Proquest archival newspapers - self hosting?

[Paul Poulain]

Le 07/01/2016 02:35, Stacy Pober a écrit :
> Proquest is now providing us with files of the archival newspapers we 
> purchased from them.  They say that there are no libraries that are 
> self-hosting access to this data, and predicted that the cost of 
> creating a platform to search the metadata and deliver the TIFFs would 
> be costly.
>
> I've attached their metadata sample file.  Does anyone have 
> suggestions on the software we could use to provide access to this 
> material?  We'd prefer an open-source solution.  The reason we are not 
> paying the platform fees for this material is because they got very 
> little use. We can't justify spending funds on a proprietary software 
> solution for this, because the material is not in great demand at our 
> library.
Hi stacy,

what about Omeka (http://www.omeka.org) ? (and if you need -paid- help, 
or hosting, drop me an email. We could also do a Proof of Concept if 
you're interested)

-- 
Paul Poulain, Associé-gérant / co-owner
BibLibre, Services en logiciels libres pour les bibliothèques
BibLibre, Open Source software and services for libraries

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