Adam,

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Peter

On Sep 20, 2013, at 2:07 PM, Adam Constabaris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Yes, E-Matrix is somewhat more than notional/conceptual these days.  It is
> also notionally open source, at least we have a GPLv2 licensed branch.  The
> listing on the foss4lib site is based on some pretty old data; it's
> (mostly) implemented in Java.
> 
> I can't speak too much to GoKB, either, but it's more of a shared service
> than something you install (although the code should be open source).
> 
> HTH,
> 
> AC
> 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Riesner, Giles W. <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> 
>> Hi Karl,
>> 
>> Thanks for your information. GOKb wasn't even something I'd heard of.
>> Since NCSU is one of the leads on this, they may have a leg up already on
>> Some of the work since they have their own locally creates ERM: E-Matrix,
>> which seems to be mostly conceptual, but might actually be in use  there.
>> 
>> CUFTS looks somewhat promising to me as does CORAL. The program that
>> started the discussion at all ERMes, I'm not that sure about, though I
>> have some folks I can talk with about it.
>> 
>> I will post my results to the listserv.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Giles W. Riesner, Jr. | Lead Library Technician , Library Technology
>> The Community College of Baltimore County   | 800 South Rolling Road |
>> Catonsville, MD 21228 USA
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> Karl Holten
>> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 11:26 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source ERM
>> 
>> A couple of months ago our organization began looking at new ERM solutions
>> / link resolvers, so I thought I'd share my thoughts based on my research
>> of the topic. Unfortunately, I think this is one area where open source
>> offerings are a bit thin. Many offerings look promising at first but are no
>> longer under development. I'd be careful about adopting something that's no
>> longer supported. Out of all the options that are no longer developed, I
>> thought the CUFTS/GODOT combo was the most promising. Out of the options
>> that seem to still be under development, there were two options that stood
>> out: CORAL and GOKb. Neither includes a link resolver, so they weren't good
>> for our needs. CORAL has the advantage of being out on the market right
>> now. GOKb is backed by some pretty big institutions and looks more
>> sophisticated, but other than some slideshows there's not a lot to look at
>> to actually evaluate it at the moment.
>> 
>> Ultimately, I came to the conclusion that nothing out there right now
>> matches the proprietary software, especially in terms of link resolvers and
>> in terms of a knowledge base. If I were forced to go open source I'd say
>> the GOKb and CORAL look the most promising. Hope that helps narrow things
>> down at least a little bit.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Karl Holten
>> Systems Integration Specialist
>> SWITCH Consortium
>> 6801 North Yates Road
>> Milwaukee, WI 53217
>> http://topcat.switchinc.org/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> Riesner, Giles W.
>> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 5:33 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source ERM
>> 
>> Thank you, Peter.  I took a quick look at the list and found ERMes there
>> as well as a few others.
>> Not everything under this category really fits what I'm looking for (e.g.
>> Calibre). I'll look a little deeper.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> 
>> Giles W. Riesner, Jr., Lead Library Technician, Library Technology
>> Community College of Baltimore County
>> 800 S. Rolling Road  Baltimore, MD 21228
>> [log in to unmask]   1-443-840-2736
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Code for Libraries [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Peter
>> Murray [[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 4:44 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source ERM
>> 
>> I don't know about ERMes specifically, but wanted to point out that
>> FOSS4Lib has 12 packages of various sorts in the "Electronic Resource
>> Management" category:
>> 
>>  https://foss4lib.org/package-type/electronic-resource-management
>> 
>> 
>> Peter
>> 
>> 
>> On Sep 19, 2013, at 2:46 PM, "Riesner, Giles W." <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> One of our Librarians saw  an article about ERMes, an open source ERM
>>> from the University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse
>>> 
>>> (http://murphylibrary.uwlax.edu/erm/) ,  and was asking about the
>> possibility of our  using it.
>>> 
>>> If you're using it and wouldn't mind us picking your brain a little bit
>> on it, please contact me off list .
>>> 
>>> That said, if you have experience with any other open source ERM
>>> systems and wouldn't mind sharing some information
>>> 
>>> about them, I'm happy to hear about them as well.
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Giles W. Riesner, Jr., Lead Library Technician, Library Technology
>>> Community College of Baltimore County
>>> 800 S. Rolling Road  Baltimore, MD 21228
>>> [log in to unmask]   1-443-840-2736
>> 
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