University Archivist/Head, Digital Collections
The Drexel University Libraries are seeking a dynamic individual
to serve as University Archivist and Head of Digital Collections
for Drexel University. The selected candidate will be responsible
for collecting, preserving and providing access to
Hello,
Some of you may have read my previous postings on the subject of
the IWF Metadata Harvester:
http://www.nongnu.org/iwf-mdh/
I worked on developing this package as part of a government-sponsored
employment program in Germany. My contract with the IWF Wissen und
Media gGmbH has now ended.
On Feb 7, 2007, at 12:34 PM, Jonathan Blackburn wrote:
Hi Everyone,
(**please excuse the cross-posting**)
I am looking for help on coming up with the most optimal
configuration of
server hardware for our library.
I'd recommend hosting offsite unless:
* You have really private stuff, that
For normal web hosting, though, you just can't beat the commercial
guys. Even cheap, cheap, cheap hosting (Dreamhost, for example) is
really good -- uptime is constant, backups are automatic, restores
are trivial, and you really have a lot of freedom in what you can
install and run.
A lot,
On Feb 7, 2007, at 2:45 PM, Dorothea Salo wrote:
A lot, but not infinite. I'm on Dreamhost, and anything that
involves a
daemon or other ongoing process is a no-go (though cron jobs are
OK). That
does put a crimp in some things.
Also, Dreamhost's reliability has been lousy lately. I certainly
