I just learned about Alfresco yesterday: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Main_Page was this one that you decided against - or is it new to you? --- Nicole C. Engard Open Source Evangelist, LibLime (888) Koha ILS (564-2457) ext. 714 [log in to unmask] AIM/Y!/Skype: nengard http://liblime.com http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/ On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Edward M. Corrado <[log in to unmask]> 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. >