Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > If you can figure out what the difference between an 'institutional > repository' and a 'digital library' is, let me know. :) > > Jonathan Marketing. :-) Edward > > Edward M. Corrado wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I've been investigating possible solutions for the beginnings of a >> repository of electronic documents [1]. At this point, we have no >> budget, so I am only looking at Open Source options. I've identified >> a number of options that may meet our needs that are either >> advertised as institutional repository software or digital library >> software. Basically what I am wonder is am I missing some OSS >> programs that in these categories that might work for us. Software >> that I have identified so far that looks promising are: >> >> DSpace: http://www.dspace.org/ >> Fedora: http://www.fedora-commons.org/ >> E-prints: http://www.eprints.org/ >> Greenstone: www.*greenstone*.org/ >> Kete: http://kete.net.nz/ >> Rescarta: http://www.rescarta.org/ >> >> >> I have identified some others, but rejected them because they were >> either experimental or appear not to be in current development. At >> this point we haven't really narrowed down our focus, so almost any >> digital library or institutional repository program would be under >> consideration, providing it is 1) somewhat fully developed (again, no >> budget), 2) somewhat easy to use and install, 3) has some level of >> user base, and 4) is actively being maintained. Does anyone have any >> suggestions for other software to investigate >> >> Edward >> >> [1] I'm not going to call this an institutional repository, because >> what I am envision is more of a hybrid of a digital library and >> institutional repository. I'd be less vague, but I only have a vague >> idea of what we want. >> >