http://dltj.org/article/general-purpose-repository/ We're Disrupted, We're Librarians, and We're Not Going to Take It Anymore Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:46:34 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://dltj.org/article/general-purpose-repository/comment-page-1/#comment-18409 Re: Sakai Fedora Tool Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:24:42 +0000 http://dltj.org/2006/01/general-purpose-repository/#comment-18409 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] the Fedora repository. (See "On the Need for a General Purpose Digital Object Repository" http://dltj.org/2006/01/general-purpose-repository/ for a more in-depth discussion.) > We've been working on a proof-of-principle sakai-fedora-tool. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] the Fedora repository. (See "On the Need for a General Purpose Digital Object Repository" http://dltj.org/2006/01/general-purpose-repository/ for a more in-depth discussion.) > We’ve been working on a proof-of-principle sakai-fedora-tool. [...]

]]> http://dltj.org/article/general-purpose-repository/comment-page-1/#comment-48 τεχνοσοφια » The Jester’s Case for Fedora Tue, 02 May 2006 21:39:25 +0000 http://dltj.org/2006/01/general-purpose-repository/#comment-48 [...] In the first piece, On the Need for a General Purpose Digital Object Repository, it is argued that having a unified repository simplifies management of information systems or “silos.”  For instance, there needn’t be duplication of workflows or synchronization of content if a number of an organization’s repositories, digital libraries, electronic journals, course management systems and so on are all built atop a robust institutional repository.  A unified repository is useful if one desires a search across previously disparate digital projects or collections, if one wishes to eliminate redundancies in coding, if one intends to have a particular object, collection of objects, or part of an object shared across different systems — e.g., a journal article repurposed in a course management system and deposited into an open archive.  With an open, flexible repository, like Fedora, such a configuration is possible assuming your organization, unit, or consortium has someone to devote to managing and customizing the repository.  [...] [...] In the first piece, On the Need for a General Purpose Digital Object Repository, it is argued that having a unified repository simplifies management of information systems or “silos.”  For instance, there needn’t be duplication of workflows or synchronization of content if a number of an organization’s repositories, digital libraries, electronic journals, course management systems and so on are all built atop a robust institutional repository.  A unified repository is useful if one desires a search across previously disparate digital projects or collections, if one wishes to eliminate redundancies in coding, if one intends to have a particular object, collection of objects, or part of an object shared across different systems — e.g., a journal article repurposed in a course management system and deposited into an open archive.  With an open, flexible repository, like Fedora, such a configuration is possible assuming your organization, unit, or consortium has someone to devote to managing and customizing the repository.  [...]

]]> http://dltj.org/article/general-purpose-repository/comment-page-1/#comment-10 LibbyTheLibrarian.org » Blog Archive » The Need for Convergence, part 2 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:17:49 +0000 http://dltj.org/2006/01/general-purpose-repository/#comment-10 [...] For another cogent argument on the need for convergence in the “digital library” world, check out the Disruptive Library Technology Jester’s post on “The Need for a General Purpose Digital Object Repository” at http://dltj.org/2006/01/general-purpose-repository. [...] [...] For another cogent argument on the need for convergence in the “digital library” world, check out the Disruptive Library Technology Jester’s post on “The Need for a General Purpose Digital Object Repository” at http://dltj.org/2006/01/general-purpose-repository. [...]

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