I’d like to talk more about what I expect to be doing this year, which as an experienced developer, might be somewhat interesting. Then, I’d simply like to speculate on how things that are already happening might play out.
In collaboration with several departments throughout the university, Cornell University Library is beginning to develop a digital asset management system based on the open source Fedora repository that is specifically designed to meet the needs of cultural institutions. The project itself is described along with an analysis of the organizational challenges it seeks to address.