The Eprints website provides a global solution for repositories, and is used in over 299 archives worldwide. This alone says a lot for it and gives it a high rate of success as a solution that can handle a large number of document requests. It does seem however that one would have to give a lot of detailed thought, as in order to enter the data into the collection you have to go through many steps which seem redundant. Also, it seems that in browsing, you are given the subject headings and then having to choose the controlled vocabulary as well.
My opinion is that EPrints is made for professional institutions, and here is where the strength lies as stated on the homepage, as it can address a large bandwidth of users and document downloads. I found Omeka.org to be a nicely designed website which provided the information in a simplistic, clear fashion which made me want to download and install it. The help documentation was very clear and concise as well.
In my visit to DSpace.org I like the overall design of the website and layout of the menu. It seemed that DSpace allows a lot of customization for the software itself. There is support for the customization; however, the support seems that it could be clearer and simpler in elucidation of the steps. It seems that one could easily get overwhelmed with all of the available customizations in configuring DSpace.
My overall favorite would have to be the Drupal website and software. When you first browse to the website one finds an immediate sense of the Drupal community. The website provides excellent documentation regarding the installation and customization of the software. In addition, it is constantly being upgraded and updated, being an open source project, with over 725,443 people in 228 countries using Drupal, it would be my definite choice for implementing a repository.
Some of the success stories for Drupal include “The White House”, which in itself is very impressive and speaks highly about Drupal capabilities and security. With over 7,269 modules for support, Drupal is set up to handle even the most strenuous requirements of webmasters creativity.
I found that the Harvester website was of course as expected, very technical in nature geared towards the seasoned IT professional. It was very clear and concise and straight forward, in its organization of the support documentation.
Harvester seems to me to be one of the most important tools in the harvesting of information across multiple repositories. In addition, I noticed a myriad of additional tools that can be used in conjunction with Harvester. All in all, I look forwards to further working with Harvester.
The Jhove website is also directed towards the IT professional, with a large amount of experience with integrating plugins, into existing websites. This particular plugin seems to be directed towards be able to automate the task of identifying the format of the digital media in a collection for the purpose of very large collections, where decisions regarding policy, storage, preservation, and processing are the key elements. It provides a CLI for accessing the API, and also a swing based on GUI for invoking Jhove.
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