FYI,

The business class of software most similar to ContentDM/Greenstone is called Digital Asset Management (DAM) software. It offers a number of advantages over ContentDM including price and end-user usability. It may or may not suit the needs of a particular library but it bears consideration if for not other reason than to see what is possible.

The vendor that I have had the most contact with is Canto which produces a product called Cumulus (http://www.canto.com/). Let me know if you are looking for more information on this class of software.

-Steve

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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Harish Maringanti
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Subject: [CODE4LIB] Digital Collections management software

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