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You sure can use Dspace for an image collection. And, since the new Manakin interface layer allows you to make custom interfaces for each community/collection, you could even create an interface specifically designed for an image collection, rather than trying to ram that into the (otherwise mostly text-focused) regular interface. --Dave ================== David Walker Library Web Services Manager California State University http://xerxes.calstate.edu ________________________________________ From: Code for Libraries [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of [log in to unmask] [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 2:02 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Digital Collections management software Many thanks for all your responses. I am intrigued by Tim's response regarding using a single system as IR & a digital collections software. At K-State Libraries, we use Dspace for our IR & am curious to find out if that would be a possibility to manage an image collection. To manage Archives & Special Collections related material, what are the core features we need to look for in any system ? Thanks again, Harish Harish Maringanti Systems Analyst K-State Libraries (785)532-3261 On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Cloutman, David <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Our public library has a local history archive, and they are using a > Content DM instance to implement their digital collection. They are > happy with it. Currently they're running on a WAMP setup. Though I'd > like that to change to Linux, Windows seems to work as a development > environment, and from lurking on the Content DM listserv for a few > weeks, it seems that it works cross-platform, though some of the Un*x > neophytes seemed to have difficulties configuring the LAMP stack. > > - David > > > > --- > David Cloutman <[log in to unmask]> > Electronic Services Librarian > Marin County Free Library > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Edward Iglesias > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:41 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Digital Collections management software > > > Hello Harish, > > I second Tim's enthusiastic endorsement. We are very pleased with it. > Support is very good and it runs with no problem on linux. We got it to > host our veterans history project which is a collection of video > interviews > so it is quite versatile. > > http://content.library.ccsu.edu/ > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Edward Iglesias > Systems Librarian > Central Connecticut State University > > > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Tim McGeary <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Hi Harish, > > > > We use CONTENTdm to manage many of our Digital Library collections. > You > > can see them at http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/ > > > > The collections we have using CONTENTdm are mostly digitized > > books/monographs, but we also have illuminated manuscripts, hand > written > > letters, and other ephemeral. We are nearly complete in archiving the > > entire student newspaper collection, which we hope to release late > fall. > > > > We used Greenstone, which is open source, for our first digital > project > > called Digital Bridges. But we just re-released the project by > converting > > it to CONTENTdm. Greenstone required much too much customization and > no > > sustainability, as we wanted to add more to this collection. > > > > The University of Utah and the Claremont Colleges both recently > developed > > their institution digital repositories with CONTENTdm. I plan to > follow > > their lead with our IR on CONTENTdm this upcoming academic year. I > believe > > it was the presenter at Utah that said <paraphrase>Why create a > > technological hurdle trying to learn and shape Fedora or DSpace to our > needs > > when we already know CONTENTdm and have an open API that we are > comfortable > > with using.</paraphrase> > > > > Though CONTENTdm is proprietary, the cost is well worth it. The API > is > > very open, the community is among the best user communities out there, > and > > the vendor (DiMeMa via OCLC) is very receptive and responsive to user > > concerns and enhancement suggestions. > > > > It has a very intuitive metadata interface, and is easy to administer > on > > the server side. I never have to worry about it. > > > > I would HIGHLY recommend CONTENTdm. Well worth the price! > > > > Cheers, > > Tim > > > > > > Tim McGeary > > Senior Systems Specialist > > Lehigh University > > 610-758-4998 > > [log in to unmask] > > Google Talk: timmcgeary > > Yahoo IM: timmcgeary > > > > > > Harish Maringanti wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I've heard of Contentdm from OCLC that many institutions are using to > >> manage > >> their digital collections. If you are using Contentdm would you mind > >> sharing > >> some of the pros & cons of using it (either to the group or off the > list). > >> > >> Are there any other viable products either commercial or open source > that > >> can be considered to manage digital collections. Particularly in the > open > >> source domain are there any good applications to manage image > collections? > >> > >> Thanks in advance, > >> Harish > >> > >> > >> Harish Maringanti > >> Systems Analyst > >> K-State Libraries > >> (785)532-3261 > >> > >> > > > -- > Edward Iglesias > > Email Disclaimer: http://www.co.marin.ca.us/nav/misc/EmailDisclaimer.cfm > >