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Hi Nicole,

Thanks for the suggestion. I haven't seen this one before.

Edward

Nicole Engard wrote:
> 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?
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> Nicole C. Engard
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> 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.
>>
>>