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I've added a package type for "Electronic Reserves" on FOSS4LIB.org: http://foss4lib.org/package-type/electronic-reserves It is empty right now, and it would be great if folks would start filling it up. (Art or Graham -- want to add an entry for Syrup there, please?) Peter On Jan 27, 2012, at 12:29 PM, Dan Scott wrote: >>>> "Rainwater, Jean" <[log in to unmask]> 1/27/2012 6:14 AM >>> >> We've used a home-grown course reserves system for text, audio, and video >> since 2003. That system is showing its age and we're exploring whether to >> replace or completely overhaul it. We know of ReservesDirect - are there >> other open source applications out there? If folks have experience with >> ReservesDirect and are willing to share that would be useful too. > > Hi Jean: > > Syrup (source repo visible at http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=Syrup.git;a=summary - most recent commit 3 weeks ago, so it's a going concern) is a Django-based reserves system that Art Rhyno and Graham Fawcett built over the past few years. It's in use at a few institutions, I believe, including the University of Windsor; it has good integration with Evergreen but was built to be ILS-agnostic, communicating with an ILS via SIP and Z39.50 (when communication with an ILS is necessary at all). It was inspired by ReservesDirect, and so enables uploading digital objects, although I don't think it offers the fax gateway that ReservesDirect did / does. > > It can hook into LDAP to provide authentication and authorization (restricting visibility to courses via class lists if your IT infrastructure is that sophisticated; giving certain accounts access to upload materials / edit courses so profs can delegate permissions to TAs and the like), and allows pretty deep structuring of course content. > > That said, I haven't actually installed or admin'ed Syrup myself, so take my description for what it's worth :) > > Dan Scott -- Peter Murray Assistant Director, Technology Services Development LYRASIS [log in to unmask] +1 678-235-2955 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 800.999.8558 Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org LYRASIS: Great Libraries. Strong Communities. Innovative Answers.