Good evening,
Our system is based on Drupal although it was optimized for images and not
documents. We are currently working on a better document display. This did
require several hours of development so I am not sure it is what you were
asking for exactly. If you want to know more about the inner workings of it
I can put you in touch with someone to answer questions.
https://gallery.multcolib.org/
Erica
*Erica Findley*
Cataloging/Metadata Librarian
Multnomah County Library
Phone: 503.988.5466
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multcolib.org <http://www.multcolib.org>
On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> You can build a peachy document repository in Drupal. This will work fine
> if you have a small collection, say less than 10k items.
>
> The issue is that it won’t scale. As a Drupal fanboy, I would love to see
> an all Drupal solution work, but, at least at this point, it doesn't.
>
> We work with Islandora, which puts a Drupal front-end on Fedora. OOTB,
> Islandora is weighted towards the Fedora side, but the community has been
> working to move the balance to do more in Drupal. This will be easier once
> Islandora completes its move to Fedora 4.
>
> FWIW, we offer Islandora in a hosted and fully supported service package
> that we call LibraryDAMS.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cary
>
> > On May 5, 2016, at 2:15 PM, Kelsey Williamson <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi code4lib,
> > I was hoping to get some input on this. My small, scrappy institution is
> > considering using drupal as a repository, primarily via the Biblio
> module.
> >
> > Obviously this is not ideal, but for reasons I won't get into, our tech
> > environment won't support ePrints or dspace, and hosted services are not
> an
> > option either. We do not really have the level of technical expertise
> > required to support any fedora-based applications, and cannot hire any
> > additional support. There's a chance existing staff could stretch to get
> > there, but it would not be a pretty process.
> >
> > With all that said, do any red flags come to mind? I looked through both
> > code4lib and drupal4lib listserv archives and poked around google, but
> > didn't find much evidence of anyone else using drupal in this way. Seems
> > suspicious. While my gut tells me it's a bad idea (metadata! standards!
> > preservation!), I'm having trouble articulating this to my group in a way
> > that sticks, because using Biblio would be easy. I would appreciate
> hearing
> > any other thoughts or opinions on this.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Kelsey
>
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