If you can figure out what the difference between an 'institutional 
repository' and a 'digital library' is, let me know. :)

Jonathan

Edward M. Corrado wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've been investigating possible solutions for the beginnings of a 
> repository of electronic documents [1]. At this point, we have no 
> budget, so I am only looking at Open Source options. I've identified a 
> number of options that may meet our needs that are either advertised 
> as institutional repository software or digital library software. 
> Basically what I am wonder is am I missing some OSS programs that in 
> these categories that might work for us. Software that I have 
> identified so far that looks promising are:
>
> DSpace: http://www.dspace.org/
> Fedora: http://www.fedora-commons.org/
> E-prints: http://www.eprints.org/
> Greenstone: www.*greenstone*.org/
> Kete: http://kete.net.nz/
> Rescarta: http://www.rescarta.org/
>
>
> I have identified some others, but rejected them because they were 
> either experimental or appear not to be in current development. At 
> this point we haven't really narrowed down our focus, so almost any 
> digital library or institutional repository program would be under 
> consideration, providing it is 1) somewhat fully developed (again, no 
> budget), 2) somewhat easy to use and install, 3) has some level of 
> user base, and 4) is actively being maintained. Does anyone have any 
> suggestions for other software to investigate
>
> Edward
>
> [1] I'm not going to call this an institutional repository, because 
> what I am envision is more of a hybrid of a digital library and 
> institutional repository. I'd be less vague, but I only have a vague 
> idea of what we want.
>

-- 
Jonathan Rochkind
Digital Services Software Engineer
The Sheridan Libraries
Johns Hopkins University
410.516.8886 
rochkind (at) jhu.edu