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Hello all, HNY! Apologies for resurrecting this thread after so long. Just by way of a quick update I've written a new guide to getting a clean/empty KBPlus up and running on AWS. The docs are here: https://github.com/k-int/KBPlus/wiki/KBPlus--AWS-Install-Guide and if anyone wants to have a go at using KBPlus locally I'd be really interested in feedback. I'm afraid it's a bit technical, and it does go into some depth on installing the shib auth part, but hopefully it will be of use to anyone wanting to have a go. best, Ian. Ian Ibbotson Director Knowledge Integration Ltd 35 Paradise Street, Sheffield. S3 8PZ T: 0114 273 8271 M: 07968 794 630 W: http://www.k-int.com On 21 September 2013 11:54, Ian Ibbotson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Heya all (Owen) > > I'm working on the codebase owen discusses here, so if anyone wants to > have a go with it please feel free and to throw questions directly at me. > Dependency wise for deployment you'll need MySQL, Tomcat and ElasticSearch > if you want the free text search to work. For build a recent Java7 JDK and > Grails install. Both projects ultimately compile down to a war deployment, > so should be pretty compatible with most environments. The lack of a > license is a total oversight on my part, I'll talk with Owen next week > about the most appropriate one to use and we'll get the right files up > there (Suspect APL2.0). Very happy to support anyone trying to have a go > with the codebase. > > Ian. > > Ian Ibbotson > Director > Knowledge Integration Ltd > 35 Paradise Street, Sheffield. S3 8PZ > T: 0114 273 8271 > M: 07968 794 630 > W: http://www.k-int.com > > > On 20 September 2013 22:59, Owen Stephens <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> I'm involved in the GOKb project, and also a related project in the UK >> called 'KB+' which is a national service providing a knowledgebase and the >> ability to manage subscriptions/licences. >> As Adam said - GOKb is definitely more of a service, although the >> software could be run by anyone it isn't designed with ERM functionality in >> mind - but to be able to be a GOKb is a community managed knowledgebase - >> and so far much of the work has been to build a set of tools for bringing >> in data from publishers and content providers, and to store and manage that >> data. In the not too distant future GOKb will provide data via APIs for use >> in downstream systems. >> >> Two specific downstream systems GOKb is going to be working with are the >> Kuali OLE system (https://www.kuali.org/ole) and the KB+ system >> mentioned above. KB+ started with very similar ideas to GOKb in terms of >> building a community managed knowledgebase, but with the UK HE community >> specifically in mind. However it is clear that collaborating with GOKb will >> have significant benefits and help the community focus its effort in a >> single knowledgebase, and so it is expected that eventually KB+ will >> consume data from GOKb, and the community will contribute to the data >> managed in GOKb. >> >> However KB+ also provides more ERM style functionality available to UK >> Universities. Each institution can setup its own subscriptions and >> licenses, drawing on the shared knowledgebase information which is managed >> centrally by a team at Jisc Collections (who negotiate licenses for much of >> the content in the UK, among other things). I think the KB+ software could >> work as a standalone ERMs in terms of functionality, but its strength is as >> a multi-institution system with a shared knowledgebase. We are releasing >> v3.3 next week which brings integration with various discussion forum >> software - hoping we can put community discussion and collaboration at the >> heart of the product >> >> Development on both KB+ and GOKb is being done by a UK software house >> called Knowledge Integration, and while licenses for the respective code >> bases have not yet been implemented, both should be released under an open >> licence in the future. However the code is already on Github if anyone is >> interested >> http://github.com/k-int/KBPlus/ >> https://github.com/k-int/gokb-phase1 >> >> In both cases they are web apps written in Groovy. GOKb has the added >> complication/interest of also having a Open (was Google) Refine extension >> as this is the tool chose for loading messing e-journal data into the system >> >> Sorry to go on, hope the above is of some interest >> >> Owen >> >> Owen Stephens >> Owen Stephens Consulting >> Web: http://www.ostephens.com >> Email: [log in to unmask] >> Telephone: 0121 288 6936 >> >> On 20 Sep 2013, at 16:26, Karl Holten <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> > A couple of months ago our organization began looking at new ERM >> solutions / link resolvers, so I thought I'd share my thoughts based on my >> research of the topic. Unfortunately, I think this is one area where open >> source offerings are a bit thin. Many offerings look promising at first but >> are no longer under development. I'd be careful about adopting something >> that's no longer supported. Out of all the options that are no longer >> developed, I thought the CUFTS/GODOT combo was the most promising. Out of >> the options that seem to still be under development, there were two options >> that stood out: CORAL and GOKb. Neither includes a link resolver, so they >> weren't good for our needs. CORAL has the advantage of being out on the >> market right now. GOKb is backed by some pretty big institutions and looks >> more sophisticated, but other than some slideshows there's not a lot to >> look at to actually evaluate it at the moment. >> > >> > Ultimately, I came to the conclusion that nothing out there right now >> matches the proprietary software, especially in terms of link resolvers and >> in terms of a knowledge base. If I were forced to go open source I'd say >> the GOKb and CORAL look the most promising. Hope that helps narrow things >> down at least a little bit. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Karl Holten >> > Systems Integration Specialist >> > SWITCH Consortium >> > 6801 North Yates Road >> > Milwaukee, WI 53217 >> > http://topcat.switchinc.org/ >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf >> Of Riesner, Giles W. >> > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 5:33 PM >> > To: [log in to unmask] >> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source ERM >> > >> > Thank you, Peter. I took a quick look at the list and found ERMes >> there as well as a few others. >> > Not everything under this category really fits what I'm looking for >> (e.g. Calibre). I'll look a little deeper. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > >> > Giles W. Riesner, Jr., Lead Library Technician, Library Technology >> Community College of Baltimore County >> > 800 S. Rolling Road Baltimore, MD 21228 >> > [log in to unmask] 1-443-840-2736 >> > >> > >> > ________________________________________ >> > From: Code for Libraries [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Peter >> Murray [[log in to unmask]] >> > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 4:44 PM >> > To: [log in to unmask] >> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source ERM >> > >> > I don't know about ERMes specifically, but wanted to point out that >> FOSS4Lib has 12 packages of various sorts in the "Electronic Resource >> Management" category: >> > >> > https://foss4lib.org/package-type/electronic-resource-management >> > >> > >> > Peter >> > >> > >> > On Sep 19, 2013, at 2:46 PM, "Riesner, Giles W." <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> One of our Librarians saw an article about ERMes, an open source ERM >> >> from the University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse >> >> >> >> (http://murphylibrary.uwlax.edu/erm/) , and was asking about the >> possibility of our using it. >> >> >> >> If you're using it and wouldn't mind us picking your brain a little >> bit on it, please contact me off list . >> >> >> >> That said, if you have experience with any other open source ERM >> >> systems and wouldn't mind sharing some information >> >> >> >> about them, I'm happy to hear about them as well. >> >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Giles W. 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