I consider Hydra and Islandora to be the gold standard for digital asset
management systems. Both are built on the Fedora Core free and open-source
repository system, with Hydra using Rails for the front end and Islandora
using Drupal. Both systems have broad support for standards.

MPOW offers setup, management, development and hosting for Islandora, so I
know a bit mor about that platform. Between contributed Islandora solution
packs and Drupal modules there are many free tools to extend the system
with workflows, content adapters and more.

While Omeka lacks some of the features of these systems, it offers a nice
balance of front and backend tools, and it is well-suited to serving
smaller collections.

There is solid library community support for all three of these systems.

Cary

On Tuesday, October 14, 2014, P.G. <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Anyone has experience in digitizing archival materials? I need your
> recommendations/suggestions on how we can start with our digitization. We
> need to build a searchable website so the public can access our materials
> of images, publications and media files.
>
> What platform did you use? Open-source or fee-base? What is your experience
> using it?
>
> Basically, we started using Sharepoint but at this point, I believe it is
> only good for sharing of internal documents. We are on a limited budget so
> we may need to host it on our own server as well.
>
> Any feedback or persons to contact for more info is highly appreciated.
> Thanks.
>
> Chris
>


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Cary Gordon
The Cherry Hill Company
http://chillco.com