On Feb 18, 2014, at 3:01 PM, Owens, Trevor <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry for not getting back on this sooner. I help project manage Viewshare at > LC. At this point, there are a few folks I know of who have set up their own > instances of the software to tinker with but for the most part people are > just having users sign up to use the instance LC hosts. > > With that said, it would be great to get info on the particular issues you > ran into so that it can be easier for other folks to work with the platform. > Feel free to email me directly and I can connect you with some of the > developers or to post an issue on github where they could get back to you. > https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress/viewshare/issues
I am interested in the possibility of hosting ViewShare (Recollection) locally. Many people come to our center here in the library with tab-delimited (Excel) spreadsheets, and then they want to make a website out of the result. ViewShare (Recollection) does this, and from what I’ve seen it does this well. Yes, I suppose I could “outsource” the service to the Library Of Congress, but the archivist/preservationist in me shudders to think how the data is not really owned locally. In an effort to determine the feasibility of local hosting, I have tried to install it, but to no avail. After a few technical support call thingees, I’ve gotten in touch with the developers, and I will wait for a few more weeks until something is a bit more stable for distribution. — Eric Morgan
