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Interesting, thanks for the clarification! Kevin On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Laura Smart <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > To clarify - our use of Islandora/Fedora is for a specific project, a > DAMS for a small image database which needs to scale, eventually, to a > large image database. The display on that would only be for the image > collection in the near term. We will have no immediate in-house > display of our EADs. We rely on OAC for that. Our use of Archivist's > Toolkit/ArchivesSpace is for managing descriptive cataloging and > internal record-keeping. In the long term, we'll worry about a > unified interface layer which can pull together the disparate portions > of our Archives. > > It is conceivable that in the long term our full repository operation > could migrate to the Fedora architecture (note, I did not say > Islandora). Using it for a small project allows us to learn & > experiment. It's attractive because we could always add to it over > time after more applications are developed and we could contribute to > that development either with in-kind work or by throwing money into > having others do the dev. It will not change the need for multiple > software > > cheers, > Laura > > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 7:17 AM, Kevin S. Clarke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> That link she posted says they've decided to go with Islandora for the >> end-user display. >> >> Kevin >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Steve Cherry <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> One thing about Archivits Toolkit is that it has no end-user display, so if >>> providing your data to patrons is a goal I'd suggest Archon >>> (http://www.archon.org). >>> >>> On 8/9/12 4:42 PM, Laura Smart wrote: >>>> >>>> We've done a very recent analysis of archival systems and decided upon >>>> a new architecture based on our local functional specs. This was >>>> greatly informed by the CLIR report. I blogged a bit more detail on >>>> the solutions we've selected and are in the process of implementing at >>>> http://library.caltech.edu/laura/?p=299 . Re: ArchivesSpace - our >>>> plan is to implement Archivists Toolkit before ArchivesSpace is >>>> released and rely upon the migration assistance they intend to provide >>>> to the community. >>>> >>>> FWIW - there is no "one Archival system to rule them all." You will >>>> probably have to use more than one piece of software. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Steve Cherry >>> Electronic Services Librarian >>> The Catholic University of America >>> 202-319-6433 > > > > -- > Laura J. Smart > Metadata Services Manager, Caltech Library > [log in to unmask]@gmail.com