Re: [CODE4LIB] Institutional repositories

2016-03-21 Thread Knight, Kathryn E.
] Institutional repositories Others have shared some useful experiences, but I think you need to be clearer about what you're looking for. (a) is this primarily an internal-facing system or for broadcasting your content to the world? (b) are you expecting users to search and find content

Re: [CODE4LIB] Institutional repositories

2016-03-21 Thread Stuart A. Yeates
Others have shared some useful experiences, but I think you need to be clearer about what you're looking for. (a) is this primarily an internal-facing system or for broadcasting your content to the world? (b) are you expecting users to search and find content on the IR, or are you using a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Institutional repositories

2016-03-21 Thread Kari R Smith
Of Knight, Kathryn E. Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 8:41 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Institutional repositories Hello all, My institution is working on a massive overhaul of our current institutional repository. At this point we're still deciding what to choose (DSpace

Re: [CODE4LIB] Institutional repositories

2016-03-21 Thread Knight, Kathryn E.
day, March 21, 2016 10:04 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Institutional repositories Hi Katie, Although I am not the best person to give opinions about repository software in general, could I ask you to share reasons for considering a different IR system? What would you l

Re: [CODE4LIB] Institutional repositories

2016-03-21 Thread Brown, Bryan
STSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Institutional repositories Hello all, My institution is working on a massive overhaul of our current institutional repository. At this point we're still deciding what to choose (DSpace, Invenio, etc.). Since I don't have much experience with IRs and so far all

Re: [CODE4LIB] Institutional repositories

2016-03-21 Thread Lumpkin, Durless
, March 21, 2016 8:41 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Institutional repositories Hello all, My institution is working on a massive overhaul of our current institutional repository. At this point we're still deciding what to choose (DSpace, Invenio, etc.). Since I don't have much

Re: [CODE4LIB] Institutional repositories

2016-03-21 Thread Ben Companjen
Hi Katie, Although I am not the best person to give opinions about repository software in general, could I ask you to share reasons for considering a different IR system? What would you like the software to do that your current software doesn't? What do your users say about your current IR? I

Re: [CODE4LIB] Institutional repositories

2016-03-21 Thread Matt Sherman
Hi Katie, We make use of DSpace at our institution. It works pretty well, though you do need to have some amount of IT support since it is open source. That said a lot of what you go with depends on what is going in. If it is largely text materials then DSpace or Digital Commons are both good

[CODE4LIB] Institutional repositories

2016-03-21 Thread Knight, Kathryn E.
Hello all, My institution is working on a massive overhaul of our current institutional repository. At this point we're still deciding what to choose (DSpace, Invenio, etc.). Since I don't have much experience with IRs and so far all I can do in meetings is wave my arms and crow about metadata