Although Drupal isn't specifically tailored to libraries, archives or museums, has it been adopted for use as a CMS? It would, of course, need customization and modification to do what one of the other library-specific CMSes can do out of the box, but it seems like Drupal offers a lot of flexibility.
Does anyone have thoughts about Drupal for digital libraries/archives? Samip On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Adam Wead <[email protected]> wrote: > I second that. I've been talking with a lot of museums and there seems to be > a pretty big gap between what systems there are for museums and what there > are for libraries and archives. The museum here uses TMS (The Museum System) > which is proprietary. I did look at getting that data into our discovery > interface as well with Coboat and OAICat Museum to better broadcast the > museum's holdings, but that isn't something the curatorial folks are > interested in doing at the moment. > > Thanks, Carol, for those links. I've come across Omeka before. It seems > like it's more geared towards image data. Are you all planning to use it for > other content as well? I'll definitely check out CollectiveAccess > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries on behalf of Ethan Gruber > Sent: Mon 3/29/2010 5:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] need a plan for what to code > > That's a little difficult to make out, but I feel you are comparing apples > to oranges by comparing Blacklight to Omeka or CollectiveAccess. From what > I've seen, I think CollectiveAccess is a great system. Omeka is not, nor > designed to be, digital repository software. I'm not sure it's a good fit > for Adam's requirements. CollectiveAccess is worth looking into. It's a > shame more museums don't take open source solutions and CollectiveAccess > more seriously. > > Ethan > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Carol Bean > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Adam, >> >> Oddly enough, I'm evaluating tools and DAM's this week. I charted the >> Open Source ones that looked possible, I don't know how this is going to >> come through on email, but this is what I've got: >> > > > Rock & Roll: (noun) African American slang dating back to the early 20th > Century. In the early 1950s, the term came to be used to describe a new form > of music, steeped in the blues, rhythm & blues, country and gospel. Today, it > refers to a wide variety of popular music -- frequently music with an edge > and attitude, music with a good beat and --- often --- loud guitars.© 2005 > Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. > > This communication is a confidential and proprietary business communication. > It is intended solely for the use of the designated recipient(s). If this > communication is received in error, please contact the sender and delete this > communication. >
