Digital Projects Guide
This guide outlines the key considerations for well-planned digital library projects and provides links to pertinent web-accessible resources. The guide includes information that is specific to projects at Harvard University as well as more generalized information.
Systems Configuration
Evaluate local, central and vendor solutions to determine the appropriate systems configuration to support your needs.
Discovery
Local- HUL Union Catalogs
- HOLLIS
- Public Catalog (OPAC)
- Backend Support System (ILS)
- OASIS (Online Archival Search Information System)
- VIA (Visual Information Access system)
- Public Catalog
- Cataloging Support
- Local
- OLIVIA
- HGL (Harvard Geospatial Library)
- E-Research (Metalib)
- Public Catalog (Metalib)
- Backend Support System (Metalib/ERM)
- HUL Collections
- Storage and Delivery
- Local
- HUL DRS for Storage
- DRS Delivery Services
- Asynchrounous Delivery Service (ADS)—used to deliver sets of objects from HUL discovery systems and DRS
- Image Delivery Service (IDS)
- Page Delivery Service (PDS)
- Streaming Delivery Service (SDS)
- Access Management
- Local
- HUL
- Name Resolution Service (NRS - Persistent Identifiers)
- Access Management Service (AMS)