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1. We don't currently have such technology, though we are definitely looking at it beyond this project as well 2. Either. From my understanding there aren't many/any comprehensive free discovery products. We're currently making do with a Google custom search engine, which is a very suboptimal solution 3. Yes. I'm working on learning what I can, and we're working on tech support options. Thanks, Nicole On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Kevin Hawkins < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > We should probably clarify you're needs a bit. > > Will you need technology that manages authentication of authorized users, > or does your non-profit already have some tool (like a user login or proxy > server) that can decide which users should be able to get access to your > resources? > > You mention "discovery options" ... are you thinking of a "discovery > product" or old-fashioned federated search that provides a single user > search interface that searches across many or all of your licensed > products? And a link resolver? > > As a general rule of thumb, you can either have limited tech support or > use open-source software but not both. :( > > Kevin > > > On 8/20/15 5:04 PM, Nicole Askin wrote: > >> Hello all, >> I'm working with a non-profit that is offering access to research >> databases >> for patrons that do not otherwise have it. We are hoping to develop a >> library portal to support users, ideally including both article- and >> journal-level search. We'd like to do this as much as possible using >> *only* >> free and open source software, so I'm looking for recommendations on what >> to use and, crucially, what works well together. >> Some parameters: >> -We have no physical location or physical holdings - don't need >> circulation >> or anything in that category, although access stats would be nice >> -We do not have our own hosted materials - no need for a CMS >> -We have very limited tech support >> >> Any thoughts? I've been playing around with VuFind and reSearcher so far >> but am definitely open to other possibilities, particularly if there are >> good discovery options available. >> >> Thanks, >> Nicole >> >>