I believe Marshall Breeding's Library Technology Guide covers some of what
you're looking for.
http://www.librarytechnology.org/



-marijane

On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Dave Bretthauer
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> Hello LITA and Code4Lib colleagues,
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> We at UConn Libraries find ourselves looking to other institutions
> frequently when seeking solutions.
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> As a result, we've been discussing how we might begin an effort to track
> enterprise software used by our colleagues at other institutions, rather
> than seek this information on an ad-hoc basis every time we need
> it-software such as:
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> *       Integrated Library System (e.g. Koha, Unicorn, etc.)
> *       Web Content Management System (e.g. Drupal, Vignette)
> *       Learning Management System (e.g. Sakai, Blackboard)
> *       OpenURL Link Resolver (e.g. SFX, 360LINK)
> *       Metasearch (e.g. MetaLib)
> *       Discovery (e.g. Ebsco Discovery Service, Primo Central)
> *       Electronic Resources Management (e.g. CORAL, III's ERM)
> *       Reserves Management (e.g. Reserves Direct, Aries)
> *       Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan (e.g. ILLiad)
> *       Digital Asset Management (e.g. Rezuna, Artesia)
> *       Local Digital Collection Management (e.g. Fedora, CONTENTdm)
> *       Institutional Repository (e.g. DSpace, DigitalCommons)
> *       Find Aids Search Tool (e.g. XTF)
> *       Authentication/Authorization methods used (e.g. LDAP, CAS,
> Shibboleth)
> *       Institutional ERP (e.g. Kuali, Peoplesoft)
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> This is a partial, brainstormed list which obviously will change. We're
> looking for a balance of useful & manageable without becoming
> overwhelming. Also, the examples above are not intended as endorsements,
> just examples to help clarify since lines of distinction between
> categories are not always clear.
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> We are not thinking of this as a rating or evaluation tool, rather
> simply a tool to keep track of this information to help us see who's
> using which software tools to accomplish a set of tasks or services.
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> Our questions for the LITA and Code4Lib communities at the moment:
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> 1.      Does anyone know of such a resource already available? Assuming
> the answer is no...
> 2.      Would such a database be of interest to you or others at your
> institution (i.e., would you find  such a database useful in your
> organization if we made it available publicly)?
> 3.      If we created such a resource and made it available, would you
> be willing to contribute information to it about your home institution
> and keep it up to date?
> 4.      What other systems or organizational eccentricities would you
> find useful to include in such tracking?
> 5.      Would you be interested in having this data tracked over time,
> or only the current state?
> 6.      What data points should be gathered? We have thus far can
> thought of software, version, locally hosted or remotely hosted (e.g.
> cloud)? Also, institutional entity granularity will need to be
> subdivided for some of these, we know.
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> What do you think?
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> Thanks for sharing any thoughts you have.
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> Dave
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