[Dspace-general] digital image collections

[Catherine Hodge-Bodart]

Hello all,
 
I'm new to this list so please forgive me for asking an obvious
question.  My institution is considering using DSpace as both a
repository of scholarly work and for the library's digital image
collections.  In poking around at the web sites of libraries that use
DSpace, I've not found many that use it for their digital collections
(or I somehow managed to miss them!).  I spoke with someone whose
library uses DSpace for scholarly papers, but uses ContentDM as the
platform for digital collections, and that seems to be the norm.
 
Is DSpace an appropriate platform for our library's digital collections
of documents and images such as photographs?  What are the strengths and
weaknesses of DSpace compared to, say, ContentDM?
 
Thank you in advance for you help.
 
Cathy
 
 
Cathy Hodge-Bodart
Cataloging & Metadata Librarian
Trexler Library
Muhlenberg College
2400 Chew St.
Allentown, PA  18104
(484) 664-3575
chodge-bodart at muhlenberg.edu 


"Hold back the edges of your gowns, Ladies, we are going through hell."

—William Carlos Williams' intro to Alan Ginsberg's "Howl and Other
Poems."
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