Digital Collections Backend - digitaldu

Table of Contents

• README
• Project Documentation
• Releases
• Contact

README

Background

The backend of the University of Denver's Digital Collections repository, https://specialcollections.du.edu.

Contributing

Check out our contributing guidelines for ways to offer feedback and contribute.

Licenses

Apache License 2.0.

All other content is released under CC-BY-4.0.

Local Environment Setup

Have MySql 5.5 - 5.7
Have ElasticSearch 7.10
cd into digitaldu-backend
npm install
Add .env file in root folder (see .env-example)
Import mysql schemas "repo" and "repo_queue" to db, schemas found in db folder.  Change extensions from .txt to .sql
run "node repo.js"
http://localhost:8000/login

Maintainers

@freyesdulib

Acknowledgments

@kimpham54, @jrynhart, @jackflaps, @josephlabrecque

https://github.com/ColorlibHQ/gentelella

Project Documentation

• v.1.0.0-beta pre release Repository Demo
• Documentation - Digital Repository Object Lifecycle Structure - document that describes the different supported object types and their structure - Last Updated: 2019 July
• Digital Collections BETA Architecture - diagram that shows how our ecosystem, the repository frontend and backend is a component of this system - Last Updated: 2019 May
• Digital Collections Use Cases - use cases for the repository sofware and the ecosystem, frequently updated - Last Updated: August 2019
• 3 month release plan - release plan from May to August 2019 - Last Updated: August 2019
• Digital Collections Ecosystem Functional Requirements - high level requirements for the ecosystem - Last Updated: September 2018
• Digital Collections Personas - personas for the ecosystem and repository software - Last Updated - December 2018
• Digital Collections Content Interoperability Map - system inteoperability and where content resides - Last Upated: January 2019
• Survey for Requirements for Search in the DU Digital Collections Repository - anonymized responses available on request - Last Updated: April 2019
• Survey for Requirements for Streaming Media Player Requirements in the Digital Repository - anonymized responses available on request - Last Updated: May 2019
• Survey for Requirements for Digital Collections Repository Use Survey - anonymized responses available on request - Last Updated: January 2019
• Presentation, Open Repositories - Building a connected digital collections ecosystem - Last Updated: August 2019

Releases

• v1.0.0-beta [release]() [notes]()
• v1.1.0 [release]() [notes]()

Contact

Ways to get in touch:

• Kim Pham (IT Librarian at University of Denver) - kim.pham60@du.edu
• Create an issue in this repository