We should probably clarify you're needs a bit.
Will you need technology that manages authentication of authorized
users, or does your non-profit already have some tool (like a user login
or proxy server) that can decide which users should be able to get
access to your resources?
You mention "discovery options" ... are you thinking of a "discovery
product" or old-fashioned federated search that provides a single user
search interface that searches across many or all of your licensed
products? And a link resolver?
As a general rule of thumb, you can either have limited tech support or
use open-source software but not both. :(
Kevin
On 8/20/15 5:04 PM, Nicole Askin wrote:
Hello all,
I'm working with a non-profit that is offering access to research databases
for patrons that do not otherwise have it. We are hoping to develop a
library portal to support users, ideally including both article- and
journal-level search. We'd like to do this as much as possible using *only*
free and open source software, so I'm looking for recommendations on what
to use and, crucially, what works well together.
Some parameters:
-We have no physical location or physical holdings - don't need circulation
or anything in that category, although access stats would be nice
-We do not have our own hosted materials - no need for a CMS
-We have very limited tech support
Any thoughts? I've been playing around with VuFind and reSearcher so far
but am definitely open to other possibilities, particularly if there are
good discovery options available.
Thanks,
Nicole
