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This is pretty interesting — is Medusa a home-grown solution? I can’t find information about who made it on the FAQ. On October 5, 2016 at 11:40:29 AM, Dubnicek, Ryan C ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) wrote: This isn¹t quite my area, but thought I¹d chime in to say that the U. Illinois Library is piloting a few collections in Medusa (more details on this here: https://medusa.library.illinois.edu/) as a potential replacement for CONTENTdm. Best, ‹Ryan Ryan Dubnicek Project Coordinator HathiTrust Research Center Visiting Research Services Specialist School of Information Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 209 LIS Building, MC-493 501 E. Daniel Street | Champaign, IL 61820 [log in to unmask] 217-244-7260 On 10/5/16, 1:30 PM, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Diaz, Noel A" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote: >We at Purdue Libraries are on the same boat. Already talked with OCLC >about hosted solution, but we are really now thinking of and looking into >a better local alternative. We don't plan to make any moves any time >soon so would be very interested in hearing what others are >doing/planning. > >-- Noel > >‹ > Noel Díaz > Instruction & Research Services Administrator > Information Technology Department > Purdue University Libraries > E-Mail: [log in to unmask] > >On 10/5/16, 9:16 AM, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Christopher H Day" ><[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >I wanted to solicit some feedback and advice from my code4lib colleagues >about Digital Collections and Institutional Repository software solutions. > > >For the past several years we have used a local installation of CONTENTdm >as our digital repository [http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/]. Due to >OCLC's recent announcement of a shift to a "hosted only" model for >CONTENTdm, we are starting to research our options for change. > > >We would like to be able to provide additional functionality for our >library digital collections, and to provide our campus with a more >versatile institutional repository. > > > >If your institution is using CONTENTdm Hosted, Islandora, Digital Commons, >or other similar products, I'd love to get a feel for your experiences -- >especially about migrating to your current platform from an earlier >product. If you have some time for a few brief questions by email please >feel free to contact me off list. > > > >Thanks very much for your time. > > > >Chris > >-- > > >*Christopher Day *Digital Resources Librarian >MacLean Visual Resources Center > >John M. Flaxman Library | The School of the Art Institute of Chicago >37 South Wabash, 6th FL, Chicago, IL 60603 >312.899.5101 | [log in to unmask] >http://libraryguides.saic.edu/vrc | https://digital-libraries.saic.edu > >