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We're in the middle of migrating from CONTENTdm to our own homegrown system. Happy to answer any questions. The new system is now beta with a couple of our CDM collections, with more to come later in the month. Check it out: rdc.reed.edu On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Zhang, Bin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > California State University system is moving from Dspace to Hydra > (Fedora-based) early next year. At least a few of us in the consortium are > thinking of moving our local CONTENTdm to the hydra as well. > > --- > Bin Zhang > Digital Information Services Librarian > Library Systems & IT Services, University Library > California State University, Sacramento > 2000 State University Drive East, Sacramento, CA 95819-6039 > (916) 278-5664 (O); (916) 278-3891 (F) > bzhang AT csus DOT edu > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > > Phillips, Jean > > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2016 1:05 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] CONTENTdm And Alternatives > > > > At FSU we are using Islandora for both our Digital Collections and the > > Research Repository (http://diginole.fsu.edu). We rely on the > consortial > > office, FLVC, to host. We work closely with their tech team and can > develop > > features ourselves. I've copied Bryan Brown and Favenzio Calvo, our two > > developers, in case you have questions. > > > > We migrated material from Digitool and Digital Commons. > > > > Feel free to ask us questions. > > > > Jean > > > > Jean Phillips > > Assoc. Dean, Technology & Digital Scholarship Florida State University > > Libraries [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Habing, > > Thomas <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2016 3:56:53 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] CONTENTdm And Alternatives > > > > Hi all, > > > > The system at the UIUC Library that you would want to look at is this: > > https://digital.library.illinois.edu/ > > > > Think of it as a public-facing front-end to the Medusa preservation > archive. > > The data from our local CONTENTdm collections are already in the Medusa > > preservation archive, and soon they will all also be available through > the > > public web interface; currently only a subset are. After this we will > be retiring > > our on-premises CONTENTdm. > > > > Also of interest might be our nascent data repository, Illinois Data > Bank, > > https://databank.illinois.edu/. It too makes use of the Medusa > preservation > > system and infrastructure. > > > > Pretty much all digital data managed by the UIUC Library are in Medusa > or will > > be. This is currently around 26 million files in about 1000 > collections or 83 TB > > of content, replicated at two data centers on campus and backed up to > > Amazon Glacier. > > > > The digital library access system also uses our homegrown IIIF image > server, > > https://medusa-project.github.io/cantaloupe/. The Cantaloupe IIIF > server is > > really the only open source part that is packaged, documented, and could > be > > easily deployed or reused. However, for the adventurous, all (or > most?) of > > our code for all of the above systems is available on GitHub, > > https://github.com/medusa-project/. > > > > Most of this was developed by the UIUC Library IT, Scholarly > Communication > > & Repository Services (SCARS) team. > > > > Kind regards, > > Tom Habing > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > > McAulay, Lisa > > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2016 1:54 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] CONTENTdm And Alternatives > > > > 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 > > > > > > > -- Laura Buchholz Digital Projects Librarian Reed College Library 503-517-7629 [log in to unmask]