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On 3/10/2011 12:56 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:chrisc@catalyst.net.nz">chrisc@catalyst.net.nz</a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Certainly some people will tell you that Koha will work, but DSpace is
much much better IMHO.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.dspace.org/">http://www.dspace.org/</a>
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<pre wrap="">Koha is not designed to work as a digitial repository. You could bend it
to make it do that, but you'd be much better off using a digital
repository like dspace, fedora or my personal favourite kete
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://kete.net.nz">http://kete.net.nz</a>). Kete plays very nicely with Koha, and is another
project started by Horowhenua Library Trust and Katipo Communications.
Chris
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Well I am no expert but we use Koha to host our "digital branch". We
have alot of holding that are historic and fragile so we created
digital iteration and set them up as a virtual branch. The url link
to a jpeg copy of our tiffs that live on a RAD server. We also load
them into a <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buttepubliclibrary/">Flickr</a>
account which has increased discoverability and drives traffic back
to our library where more images and info are available. We really
like this because it gives users and searchers more info and access
for their time. Here is a link to our <a
href="http://catalogue.buttepubliclibrary.info/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?idx=kw&op=and&idx=kw&op=and&idx=kw&limit=branch%3ADigital&sort_by=relevance&do=Search">digital
branch</a> and our<a href="http://www.buttepubliclibrary.info/">
web page </a>. We also upload jpeg of our images to the <a
href="http://cdm103401.cdmhost.com/cdm4/browse.php">Montana Memory
Project</a> which is catalogued in Dublin Core. These records are
loaded into World Cat which also increases discoverability.<br>
I don't know if this is what you have in mind but it works well for
us, mainly because we control our TIFFs and originals, which is very
important to us. My February post on <a
href="http://leephillips2.wordpress.com/">my blog</a> also talks
about how we are going to use Koha to catalog a local museum's
images.<br>
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So hope that helps. I think Koha works great for our digital
projects. <br>
Lee Phillips<br>
Library Director<br>
Butte, MT<br>
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