I'd also be interested in the results. We are planning to migrate to
CONTENTdm hosted but are looking at other longer term alternatives. We've
got our eye on the Hydra-in-a-Box project as a potential leading candidate.
We're a small institution, though, and actually ARE interested in hosted
solutions. However, we're looking at starting an IR in the future and are
aware that CONTENTdm might not be an ideal product for that. I'd be
particularly interested in hearing about experiences with software that can
support both an IR and digital collections and that has hosted options
available.

Thanks!
Josh



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On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Dubnicek, Ryan C <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> This isn¹t quite my area, but thought I¹d chime in to say that the U.
> Illinois Library is piloting a few collections in Medusa (more details on
> this here: https://medusa.library.illinois.edu/) as a potential
> replacement for CONTENTdm.
>
> Best,
>
> ‹Ryan
>
>
> Ryan Dubnicek
> Project Coordinator
> HathiTrust Research Center
> Visiting Research Services Specialist
> School of Information Sciences
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
> 209 LIS Building, MC-493
> 501 E. Daniel Street | Champaign, IL 61820
> [log in to unmask]
> 217-244-7260
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 10/5/16, 1:30 PM, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Diaz, Noel A"
> <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >We at Purdue Libraries are on the same boat.  Already talked with OCLC
> >about hosted solution, but we are really now thinking of and looking into
> >a better local alternative.  We don't plan to make any moves any time
> >soon so would be very interested in hearing what others are
> >doing/planning.
> >
> >-- Noel
> >
> >‹
> >  Noel Díaz
> >  Instruction & Research Services Administrator
> >  Information Technology Department
> >  Purdue University Libraries
> >  E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
> >
> >On 10/5/16, 9:16 AM, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Christopher H Day"
> ><[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >I wanted to solicit some feedback and advice from my code4lib colleagues
> >about Digital Collections and Institutional Repository software solutions.
> >
> >
> >For the past several years we have used a local installation of CONTENTdm
> >as our digital repository [http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/]. Due to
> >OCLC's recent announcement of a shift to a "hosted only" model for
> >CONTENTdm, we are starting to research our options for change.
> >
> >
> >We would like to be able to provide additional functionality for our
> >library digital collections, and to provide our campus with a more
> >versatile institutional repository.
> >
> >
> >
> >If your institution is using CONTENTdm Hosted, Islandora, Digital Commons,
> >or other similar products, I'd love to get a feel for your experiences --
> >especially about migrating to your current platform from an earlier
> >product. If you have some time for a few brief questions by email please
> >feel free to contact me off list.
> >
> >
> >
> >Thanks very much for your time.
> >
> >
> >
> >Chris
> >
> >--
> >
> >
> >*Christopher Day *Digital Resources Librarian
> >MacLean Visual Resources Center
> >
> >John M. Flaxman Library | The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
> >37 South Wabash, 6th FL, Chicago, IL 60603
> >312.899.5101 | [log in to unmask]
> >http://libraryguides.saic.edu/vrc | https://digital-libraries.saic.edu
> >
> >
>