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

Edward


>
> 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.
>>
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