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I believe Marshall Breeding's Library Technology Guide covers some of what you're looking for. http://www.librarytechnology.org/ -marijane On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Dave Bretthauer <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Hello LITA and Code4Lib colleagues, > > > > We at UConn Libraries find ourselves looking to other institutions > frequently when seeking solutions. > > > > As a result, we've been discussing how we might begin an effort to track > enterprise software used by our colleagues at other institutions, rather > than seek this information on an ad-hoc basis every time we need > it-software such as: > > * Integrated Library System (e.g. Koha, Unicorn, etc.) > * Web Content Management System (e.g. Drupal, Vignette) > * Learning Management System (e.g. Sakai, Blackboard) > * OpenURL Link Resolver (e.g. SFX, 360LINK) > * Metasearch (e.g. MetaLib) > * Discovery (e.g. Ebsco Discovery Service, Primo Central) > * Electronic Resources Management (e.g. CORAL, III's ERM) > * Reserves Management (e.g. Reserves Direct, Aries) > * Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan (e.g. ILLiad) > * Digital Asset Management (e.g. Rezuna, Artesia) > * Local Digital Collection Management (e.g. Fedora, CONTENTdm) > * Institutional Repository (e.g. DSpace, DigitalCommons) > * Find Aids Search Tool (e.g. XTF) > * Authentication/Authorization methods used (e.g. LDAP, CAS, > Shibboleth) > * Institutional ERP (e.g. Kuali, Peoplesoft) > > > > This is a partial, brainstormed list which obviously will change. We're > looking for a balance of useful & manageable without becoming > overwhelming. Also, the examples above are not intended as endorsements, > just examples to help clarify since lines of distinction between > categories are not always clear. > > > > We are not thinking of this as a rating or evaluation tool, rather > simply a tool to keep track of this information to help us see who's > using which software tools to accomplish a set of tasks or services. > > > > Our questions for the LITA and Code4Lib communities at the moment: > > 1. Does anyone know of such a resource already available? Assuming > the answer is no... > 2. Would such a database be of interest to you or others at your > institution (i.e., would you find such a database useful in your > organization if we made it available publicly)? > 3. If we created such a resource and made it available, would you > be willing to contribute information to it about your home institution > and keep it up to date? > 4. What other systems or organizational eccentricities would you > find useful to include in such tracking? > 5. Would you be interested in having this data tracked over time, > or only the current state? > 6. What data points should be gathered? We have thus far can > thought of software, version, locally hosted or remotely hosted (e.g. > cloud)? Also, institutional entity granularity will need to be > subdivided for some of these, we know. > > > > What do you think? > > > > Thanks for sharing any thoughts you have. > > > > Dave > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > Dave Bretthauer > > Library Webmaster > > Digital Programs Team > > University of Connecticut Libraries > > 369 Fairfield Way U-2005P > > Storrs, CT 06269-2005 > > Voice: (860) 486-6494 > > Fax: (860) 486-6017 > > http://www.lib.uconn.edu/~dbretthauer<http://www.lib.uconn.edu/%7Edbretthauer> > <http://www.lib.uconn.edu/~dbretthauer<http://www.lib.uconn.edu/%7Edbretthauer> > > > > > > >