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Good evening, Our system is based on Drupal although it was optimized for images and not documents. We are currently working on a better document display. This did require several hours of development so I am not sure it is what you were asking for exactly. If you want to know more about the inner workings of it I can put you in touch with someone to answer questions. https://gallery.multcolib.org/ Erica *Erica Findley* Cataloging/Metadata Librarian Multnomah County Library Phone: 503.988.5466 [log in to unmask] multcolib.org <http://www.multcolib.org> On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > You can build a peachy document repository in Drupal. This will work fine > if you have a small collection, say less than 10k items. > > The issue is that it won’t scale. As a Drupal fanboy, I would love to see > an all Drupal solution work, but, at least at this point, it doesn't. > > We work with Islandora, which puts a Drupal front-end on Fedora. OOTB, > Islandora is weighted towards the Fedora side, but the community has been > working to move the balance to do more in Drupal. This will be easier once > Islandora completes its move to Fedora 4. > > FWIW, we offer Islandora in a hosted and fully supported service package > that we call LibraryDAMS. > > Thanks, > > Cary > > > On May 5, 2016, at 2:15 PM, Kelsey Williamson < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Hi code4lib, > > I was hoping to get some input on this. My small, scrappy institution is > > considering using drupal as a repository, primarily via the Biblio > module. > > > > Obviously this is not ideal, but for reasons I won't get into, our tech > > environment won't support ePrints or dspace, and hosted services are not > an > > option either. We do not really have the level of technical expertise > > required to support any fedora-based applications, and cannot hire any > > additional support. There's a chance existing staff could stretch to get > > there, but it would not be a pretty process. > > > > With all that said, do any red flags come to mind? I looked through both > > code4lib and drupal4lib listserv archives and poked around google, but > > didn't find much evidence of anyone else using drupal in this way. Seems > > suspicious. While my gut tells me it's a bad idea (metadata! standards! > > preservation!), I'm having trouble articulating this to my group in a way > > that sticks, because using Biblio would be easy. I would appreciate > hearing > > any other thoughts or opinions on this. > > > > Thanks! > > Kelsey >