Hi Thomas, Just a brief note. This "general usage" / "best practices" question might be better asked on our "dspace-general" mailing list.
[email protected] That "dspace-general" list tends to have more repository managers and folks who work more directly on local policies around how they use DSpace for different types of content. So, you may be able to learn more (or kick off a discussion) by posting to that list. If you aren't on that list, you can join it at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-general (This "dspace-tech" list tends to be more for bugs/problems folks are encountering with DSpace. So, it's a slightly different audience, and sometimes tends to be more of the developers/tech folks.) - Tim On 7/31/2013 10:14 AM, Thomas Ronayne wrote: > Thanks to all the individuals that helped me deal with installation > difficulties (well, ignorance is bliss sometimes and RTFM can go a long > way toward ultimate success). > > It's working and I think it's working properly (I can do stuff even > though I don't know what the heck I'm doing). > > Now this may not be the best place to ask, but I would really appreciate > a little push in the right direction for getting things set up for the > long haul; let me explain, as briefly as possible, what I have to deal with: > > * We have some 60,000+ books dating from the 12th through the early > 20th century (only a few early 20th century, maybe 50 volumes); > * We have statuary dating from ancient Egypt through Greek and Roman > time to the 19th century; > * We have postage stamps dating from the beginning of postage stamps; > * We have coins dating from Greek and Roman times through modern > European and Asian periods; > * We have scientific instruments dating from... well, ancient Egypt > though modern European and Asian periods; > * We have monographs and documents dating from, roughly, the 15th century; > * We have art in multiple formats dating from the Middle Ages though > early 20th century Asian woodcuts; > * In short, we have a helluva a lot of stuff. > > Maybe someday there will be scholarly papers (at least I hope there > will!) but, for now, I need to catalog our holdings (with appropriate > images for articles that can be photographed or scanned) in a reasonable > way and I'm wondering if someone might be able to point me to some > documentation that describes a "pretty good way" of doing that with DSpace? > > Thanks for any advice. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your SQL database under version control now! Version control is standard for application code, but databases havent caught up. So what steps can you take to put your SQL databases under version control? Why should you start doing it? Read more to find out. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=49501711&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech List Etiquette: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette
