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Adam, Oddly enough, I'm evaluating tools and DAM's this week. I charted the Open Source ones that looked possible, I don't know how this is going to come through on email, but this is what I've got: Software Source location Platform Web Based MODS/ METS/ DC Language Database Includes Rep? Multiple Schemas Primary Audience /Users Support Omeka http://omeka.org/ Linux Y DC PHP MySQL Y ? Staff/ Public Forums/ List Blacklight http://projectblacklight.org/ Any Y Any Ruby N N Y Public List Greenstone http://www.greenstone.org Any Y DC Java, Perl ? Y Configu- rable Staff/ Public List DSpace http://www.dspace.org Any Y Any Java, Perl PostGres, Oracle Y Y Staff/ Public Forum/ Lists CollectiveAccess http://www.collectiveaccess.org Any Y Any PHP MySQL N Y Staff/ Public Forum/ Consult. These are just the preliminary things I was looking at, but in the process of getting the chart filled in. I'm leaning towards Omeka (there's a good article on it in D-Lib, http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march10/kucsma/03kucsma.html this month), or CollectiveAccess. They look like they will require the least amount of work getting it set up, and I'm already familiar with PHP/MySQL. :-) (Includes Rep == includes repository) Hope this helps a little. :-) Carol Bean Electronic Resources Librarian Federal Courts Library 936 Federal Justice Building 99 NE 4th Street Miami, FL 33132 305-523-5958 305-523-5962 (FAX) [log in to unmask] From: Adam Wead <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Date: 03/29/2010 03:38 PM Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] need a plan for what to code Sent by: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> Ethan, Thanks, yes, I did take a look at this. I have to pick my battles here. A discovery interface is one of the things that we could buy "off the shelf" and get a lot of good mileage out of. I'm devoted to open source and I would love nothing more than to roll our own with Blacklight, but that's more work on top of the DAM issue. I chose not to delve into the Blacklight option to save myself more time to focus on the asset manager issue, which is where I *think* I'll be having to work the most. Of course, I'm open to suggestions. Does anyone think it's easier to do your own discovery layer than a DAM? Potentially, the money we save not buying a discovery layer could go towards buying a DAM. However, the products we're looking have some really great interfaces. I think I'd be looking at an equally difficult challenge trying to emulate some of those features on my own. thoughts? -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries on behalf of Ethan Gruber Sent: Mon 3/29/2010 3:00 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] need a plan for what to code Instead of purchasing a discovery system, I recommend using blacklight<http://projectblacklight.org/> Ethan Rock & Roll: (noun) African American slang dating back to the early 20th Century. In the early 1950s, the term came to be used to describe a new form of music, steeped in the blues, rhythm & blues, country and gospel. Today, it refers to a wide variety of popular music -- frequently music with an edge and attitude, music with a good beat and --- often --- loud guitars.© 2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. This communication is a confidential and proprietary business communication. It is intended solely for the use of the designated recipient(s). If this communication is received in error, please contact the sender and delete this communication.