Dear List,
Several days ago I queried the list as to database
recommendations for an imaging project that complied with all Dublin Core
requirements. I wish to sincerely thank the five people who responded with
recommendations.
Because I also had three requests to share this
information, I will attempt to summarize:
1. "Have you looked at Content from the
University of Washington?"
2. "Any good database can be configured to
meet Dublin Core field requirements. We use Filemaker Pro, but many others
use Access--equally successfully."
3. "I suspect the answer you don't want to
hear is that you should build your own database from a standard DB
package."
4. "I am looking seriously at two:
First, InMagic's DB/Textworks.....Second, I am looking into
CONTENTdm..."
5. "I thought about replying but decided
against it because our system doesn't quite do all this yet--but we are
developing such a system. The database I am referring to is MAVIS (Merged
AudioVisual Information System..."
My understanding of the Imaging Project here at
Indiana University Library is that ACCESS is the DB upon which all else is
built.
My choice for my project is using ENCompass with
the Voyager Imageserver as that will be the best "match" to the ILS now in
use. The targeted institution is very small, does not have the resources
[or requirements] of a large research institution, the luxury of qualified
programers, nor the time to play around making a customized database which even
then would be of questionable conformity to the Dublin Core standard. What
I need is something that is nearly "plug and play" and I suspect that other
folks are in this situation, too.
Thanks to all,
Richard Lytle
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