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Yes, E-Matrix is somewhat more than notional/conceptual these days. It is also notionally open source, at least we have a GPLv2 licensed branch. The listing on the foss4lib site is based on some pretty old data; it's (mostly) implemented in Java. I can't speak too much to GoKB, either, but it's more of a shared service than something you install (although the code should be open source). HTH, AC On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Riesner, Giles W. <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Hi Karl, > > Thanks for your information. GOKb wasn't even something I'd heard of. > Since NCSU is one of the leads on this, they may have a leg up already on > Some of the work since they have their own locally creates ERM: E-Matrix, > which seems to be mostly conceptual, but might actually be in use there. > > CUFTS looks somewhat promising to me as does CORAL. The program that > started the discussion at all ERMes, I'm not that sure about, though I > have some folks I can talk with about it. > > I will post my results to the listserv. > > Regards, > > Giles W. Riesner, Jr. | Lead Library Technician , Library Technology > The Community College of Baltimore County | 800 South Rolling Road | > Catonsville, MD 21228 USA > Phone: 1-443-840-2736 | Fax: 1-410-455-6436 | Email: [log in to unmask] > CCBC. The incredible value of education. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Karl Holten > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 11:26 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source ERM > > A couple of months ago our organization began looking at new ERM solutions > / link resolvers, so I thought I'd share my thoughts based on my research > of the topic. Unfortunately, I think this is one area where open source > offerings are a bit thin. Many offerings look promising at first but are no > longer under development. I'd be careful about adopting something that's no > longer supported. Out of all the options that are no longer developed, I > thought the CUFTS/GODOT combo was the most promising. Out of the options > that seem to still be under development, there were two options that stood > out: CORAL and GOKb. Neither includes a link resolver, so they weren't good > for our needs. CORAL has the advantage of being out on the market right > now. GOKb is backed by some pretty big institutions and looks more > sophisticated, but other than some slideshows there's not a lot to look at > to actually evaluate it at the moment. > > Ultimately, I came to the conclusion that nothing out there right now > matches the proprietary software, especially in terms of link resolvers and > in terms of a knowledge base. If I were forced to go open source I'd say > the GOKb and CORAL look the most promising. Hope that helps narrow things > down at least a little bit. > > Regards, > Karl Holten > Systems Integration Specialist > SWITCH Consortium > 6801 North Yates Road > Milwaukee, WI 53217 > http://topcat.switchinc.org/ > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Riesner, Giles W. > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 5:33 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source ERM > > Thank you, Peter. I took a quick look at the list and found ERMes there > as well as a few others. > Not everything under this category really fits what I'm looking for (e.g. > Calibre). I'll look a little deeper. > > Regards, > > > Giles W. Riesner, Jr., Lead Library Technician, Library Technology > Community College of Baltimore County > 800 S. Rolling Road Baltimore, MD 21228 > [log in to unmask] 1-443-840-2736 > > > ________________________________________ > From: Code for Libraries [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Peter > Murray [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 4:44 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source ERM > > I don't know about ERMes specifically, but wanted to point out that > FOSS4Lib has 12 packages of various sorts in the "Electronic Resource > Management" category: > > https://foss4lib.org/package-type/electronic-resource-management > > > Peter > > > On Sep 19, 2013, at 2:46 PM, "Riesner, Giles W." <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > One of our Librarians saw an article about ERMes, an open source ERM > > from the University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse > > > > (http://murphylibrary.uwlax.edu/erm/) , and was asking about the > possibility of our using it. > > > > If you're using it and wouldn't mind us picking your brain a little bit > on it, please contact me off list . > > > > That said, if you have experience with any other open source ERM > > systems and wouldn't mind sharing some information > > > > about them, I'm happy to hear about them as well. > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > Giles W. Riesner, Jr., Lead Library Technician, Library Technology > > Community College of Baltimore County > > 800 S. Rolling Road Baltimore, MD 21228 > > [log in to unmask] 1-443-840-2736 > > -- > Peter Murray > Assistant Director, Technology Services Development LYRASIS > [log in to unmask] > +1 678-235-2955 > 800.999.8558 x2955 >