ALA 2013 Presentation, co-authored/co-presented by Tyler Mobley.
Typo in OpenWMS slide. Should say "Maps from MODS, MARC, in-house text". Will correct when I get a chance.
MS4 level being good citizen -imperative- (1) (1).pdf
Breaking Up With CONTENTdm
1. Breaking Up With CONTENTdm
at the College of Charleston
Heather Gilbert
Digital Scholarship Librarian, College of Charleston
Tyler Mobley,
Digital Services Librarian, College of Charleston
6. WEBSITE
Wordpress, Concrete5 or Drupal?
Drupal – strong track record, active user base
Modules and Core Functions
Taxonomy – media types and partner Institutions
ThemeKey – partner branding based on taxonomies
Highly Customizable
Custom Content Types– collections, lesson plans, more
Custom Search Queries – link to discovery layer results
7. INGESTION
Hardest piece to find
Had to maintain batch tab-delimited text file ingestion
Needed GUI
OpenWMS by Rutgers
Web-based, import/export metadata into/out of Fedora
Beta mapped to MARC, MODS, in-house text – no DC
Required DC to MODS conversion (not a bad thing)
Bugs and Loopholes fixed in stable release
8. DISCOVERY LAYER
Wanted to keep separate from Drupal
Needed multiple views for different media types
Blacklight with Hydra
Gems ready to handle indexing from Fedora to Solr
Facets, views, and display all customizable
Required rethinking ‘compound’ objects
Steepest learning curve (for Tyler, anyway)
9. REPOSITORY
Relatively easy to install/configure
Good documentation and APIs
Some limitations for media handling
It’s repository software, not a digital library
10. LESSONS LEARNED
Freedom isn’t free
Open source means you’re in charge
No, seriously, it’s just you (sometimes)
Control is a blessing and a curse
Use the tools you have, even if you are leaving
them behind
Figure out your timeline, then double it
There is a difference between brave & foolish, be
very brave and a little foolish.