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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 >