If they don't mind installing Opera and forgoing the UI that would display anything beyond filenames, they can use Opera to share files over HTTP within a few, mere minutes (as long as they keep their computer logged on):
http://unite.opera.com/application/132/
I haven't used this myself, but I noticed the addition when Opera 10 launched last year, I think it was.
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Will Brockman
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 2:19 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Digital object distribution
I've had good luck with Google Docs for sharing modest numbers of
files with a variety of collaborators - is that *too* simplistic for
this application?
Will
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Hillel Arnold <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Adam,
> I'm actually asking for someone else (not at my institution) but I believe we're talking about primarily images, with maybe some audio. As far as I know they currently have their digital objects stored on a combination of internal and external hard drives that are only available locally. I'm not sure about the file or folder naming conventions, but my intuition tells me there probably aren't many...
>
>
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>> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:58:01 -0400
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Digital object distribution
>> To: [log in to unmask]
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>> Hillel,
>>
>> How are you currently managing your digital objects? What type are they generally? (images, a/v, text)
>>
>> ...adam
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Code for Libraries on behalf of Hillel Arnold
>> Sent: Wed 6/23/2010 1:15 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Digital object distribution
>>
>> A colleague of mine is looking for a simple and lightweight way to make digital assets available to researchers. What they'd like to have ideally is a system that provides online access to specified files for a specified user via a login. A user would only see the files that have been assigned to them and not any other users' files. In addition, they'd like to have some sort of a UI that would display basic descriptive information about the object.
>> Does anyone have any ideas for a solution to this? It seems like there *should* be an easy and obvious answer, but I'm coming up blank...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Hillel Arnold
>>
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