1. We don't currently have such technology, though we are definitely
looking at it beyond this project as well
2. Either. From my understanding there aren't many/any comprehensive free
discovery products. We're currently making do with a Google custom search
engine, which is a very suboptimal solution
3. Yes. I'm working on learning what I can, and we're working on tech
support options.
Thanks,
Nicole

On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Kevin Hawkins <
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> We should probably clarify you're needs a bit.
>
> Will you need technology that manages authentication of authorized users,
> or does your non-profit already have some tool (like a user login or proxy
> server) that can decide which users should be able to get access to your
> resources?
>
> You mention "discovery options" ... are you thinking of a "discovery
> product" or old-fashioned federated search that provides a single user
> search interface that searches across many or all of your licensed
> products?  And a link resolver?
>
> As a general rule of thumb, you can either have limited tech support or
> use open-source software but not both.  :(
>
> Kevin
>
>
> On 8/20/15 5:04 PM, Nicole Askin wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>> I'm working with a non-profit that is offering access to research
>> databases
>> for patrons that do not otherwise have it. We are hoping to develop a
>> library portal to support users, ideally including both article- and
>> journal-level search. We'd like to do this as much as possible using
>> *only*
>> free and open source software, so I'm looking for recommendations on what
>> to use and, crucially, what works well together.
>> Some parameters:
>> -We have no physical location or physical holdings - don't need
>> circulation
>> or anything in that category, although access stats would be nice
>> -We do not have our own hosted materials - no need for a CMS
>> -We have very limited tech support
>>
>> Any thoughts? I've been playing around with VuFind and reSearcher so far
>> but am definitely open to other possibilities, particularly if there are
>> good discovery options available.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nicole
>>
>>