Re: [CODE4LIB] Online course reserve systems
Jean, We are actively using and developing ReservesDirect here at NCSU Libraries. I'd be happy to share our experiences with you (privately or publicly). We released a slightly updated version of the code in early 2011, since it's no longer being actively developed by Emory University. You can see more on Google code, in case you hadn't seen this yet. http://code.google.com/p/reservesdirect-ncsu/ Do you have any specific questions? -emily -- Date:Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:14:38 -0500 From:Rainwater, Jean jean_rainwa...@brown.edu Subject: Online course reserve systems We've used a home-grown course reserves system for text, audio, and video since 2003. That system is showing its age and we're exploring whether to replace or completely overhaul it. We know of ReservesDirect - are there other open source applications out there? If folks have experience with ReservesDirect and are willing to share that would be useful too. Thanks! Jean -- Jean Rainwater Head, Integrated Technology Services Brown University Library 10 Prospect Street / Box A Providence, Rhode Island 02912 401.863.9031 jean_rainwa...@brown.edu -- Emily Lynema Associate Department Head Information Technology, NCSU Libraries 919-513-8031 emily_lyn...@ncsu.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Online course reserve systems
Emily -- Do you feel good enough about the NCSU additions to ReservesDirect to add an entry for it to FOSS4LIB? That would bring its growing list of Electronic Reserves systems to two! Since Emory is not developing it anymore, I think y'all would be in a good position to let folks know about the additions and bug fixes. Peter On Jan 30, 2012, at 8:20 AM, Emily Lynema wrote: Jean, We are actively using and developing ReservesDirect here at NCSU Libraries. I'd be happy to share our experiences with you (privately or publicly). We released a slightly updated version of the code in early 2011, since it's no longer being actively developed by Emory University. You can see more on Google code, in case you hadn't seen this yet. http://code.google.com/p/reservesdirect-ncsu/ Do you have any specific questions? -emily -- Peter Murray Assistant Director, Technology Services Development LYRASIS peter.mur...@lyrasis.org +1 678-235-2955 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 800.999.8558 Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org LYRASIS: Great Libraries. Strong Communities. Innovative Answers.
[CODE4LIB] Online course reserve systems
We've used a home-grown course reserves system for text, audio, and video since 2003. That system is showing its age and we're exploring whether to replace or completely overhaul it. We know of ReservesDirect - are there other open source applications out there? If folks have experience with ReservesDirect and are willing to share that would be useful too. Thanks! Jean -- Jean Rainwater Head, Integrated Technology Services Brown University Library 10 Prospect Street / Box A Providence, Rhode Island 02912 401.863.9031 jean_rainwa...@brown.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Online course reserve systems
Rainwater, Jean jean_rainwa...@brown.edu 1/27/2012 6:14 AM We've used a home-grown course reserves system for text, audio, and video since 2003. That system is showing its age and we're exploring whether to replace or completely overhaul it. We know of ReservesDirect - are there other open source applications out there? If folks have experience with ReservesDirect and are willing to share that would be useful too. Hi Jean: Syrup (source repo visible at http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=Syrup.git;a=summary - most recent commit 3 weeks ago, so it's a going concern) is a Django-based reserves system that Art Rhyno and Graham Fawcett built over the past few years. It's in use at a few institutions, I believe, including the University of Windsor; it has good integration with Evergreen but was built to be ILS-agnostic, communicating with an ILS via SIP and Z39.50 (when communication with an ILS is necessary at all). It was inspired by ReservesDirect, and so enables uploading digital objects, although I don't think it offers the fax gateway that ReservesDirect did / does. It can hook into LDAP to provide authentication and authorization (restricting visibility to courses via class lists if your IT infrastructure is that sophisticated; giving certain accounts access to upload materials / edit courses so profs can delegate permissions to TAs and the like), and allows pretty deep structuring of course content. That said, I haven't actually installed or admin'ed Syrup myself, so take my description for what it's worth :) Dan Scott
Re: [CODE4LIB] Online course reserve systems
I've added a package type for Electronic Reserves on FOSS4LIB.org: http://foss4lib.org/package-type/electronic-reserves It is empty right now, and it would be great if folks would start filling it up. (Art or Graham -- want to add an entry for Syrup there, please?) Peter On Jan 27, 2012, at 12:29 PM, Dan Scott wrote: Rainwater, Jean jean_rainwa...@brown.edu 1/27/2012 6:14 AM We've used a home-grown course reserves system for text, audio, and video since 2003. That system is showing its age and we're exploring whether to replace or completely overhaul it. We know of ReservesDirect - are there other open source applications out there? If folks have experience with ReservesDirect and are willing to share that would be useful too. Hi Jean: Syrup (source repo visible at http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=Syrup.git;a=summary - most recent commit 3 weeks ago, so it's a going concern) is a Django-based reserves system that Art Rhyno and Graham Fawcett built over the past few years. It's in use at a few institutions, I believe, including the University of Windsor; it has good integration with Evergreen but was built to be ILS-agnostic, communicating with an ILS via SIP and Z39.50 (when communication with an ILS is necessary at all). It was inspired by ReservesDirect, and so enables uploading digital objects, although I don't think it offers the fax gateway that ReservesDirect did / does. It can hook into LDAP to provide authentication and authorization (restricting visibility to courses via class lists if your IT infrastructure is that sophisticated; giving certain accounts access to upload materials / edit courses so profs can delegate permissions to TAs and the like), and allows pretty deep structuring of course content. That said, I haven't actually installed or admin'ed Syrup myself, so take my description for what it's worth :) Dan Scott -- Peter Murray Assistant Director, Technology Services Development LYRASIS peter.mur...@lyrasis.org +1 678-235-2955 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 800.999.8558 Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org LYRASIS: Great Libraries. Strong Communities. Innovative Answers.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Online course reserve systems
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Dan Scott dsc...@laurentian.ca wrote: Rainwater, Jean jean_rainwa...@brown.edu 1/27/2012 6:14 AM We've used a home-grown course reserves system for text, audio, and video since 2003. That system is showing its age and we're exploring whether to replace or completely overhaul it. We know of ReservesDirect - are there other open source applications out there? If folks have experience with ReservesDirect and are willing to share that would be useful too. Hi Jean: Syrup (source repo visible at http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=Syrup.git;a=summary - most recent commit 3 weeks ago, so it's a going concern) is a Django-based reserves system that Art Rhyno and Graham Fawcett built over the past few years. It's in use at a few institutions, I believe, including the University of Windsor; it has good integration with Evergreen but was built to be ILS-agnostic, communicating with an ILS via SIP and Z39.50 (when communication with an ILS is necessary at all). It was inspired by ReservesDirect, and so enables uploading digital objects, although I don't think it offers the fax gateway that ReservesDirect did / does. I'm curious, as the one who originally put in the fax support for ReservesDirect (which I cribbed from eRes), do people still think this is useful? It was written about 10 years ago -- scanners were neither commonplace nor terribly easy to use. All that's changed, while fax machines are probably becoming less common. My point is that the fax part was kind of a pain to set up and maintain, but the enthusiasm that it received from faculty made it worthwhile. If (as I assume) every academic has a scanner nowadays, is there any justification to run a fax gateway? I ask because I'm about to embark on a similar project. -Ross. It can hook into LDAP to provide authentication and authorization (restricting visibility to courses via class lists if your IT infrastructure is that sophisticated; giving certain accounts access to upload materials / edit courses so profs can delegate permissions to TAs and the like), and allows pretty deep structuring of course content. That said, I haven't actually installed or admin'ed Syrup myself, so take my description for what it's worth :) Dan Scott
