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Dear Bridget Great question. I am sure the list will offer a plethora of options. *Kete* One you might consider is Kete - an open source wiki type community content vault used extensively here in New Zealand. There are lots of instances - each of which is managed by the community of interest concerned. The first Kete was built by a local library trust in Horowhenua - and they still hold the conch for making it happen in the first place - see http://horowhenua.kete.net.nz/ *Download* The main site which explains it all and offers the download etc is here is here - *http://kete.net.nz/* * Elevator Pitch * > 'Kete is open source software that you can use to create online areas for > collaboration for your community. Write topics and upload images, audio, > video, documents. Discuss them all. Link them together. > > It's been called a "relational wiki" and " a mashup between content > management and knowledge managment". It's a fun way to get things done.' > ***Kete part of a bigger NZ picture * Kete is built on Ruby - is entirely open source and has an active community making new pieces. Though it boot strapped itself into life, it also benefited from the Community Partnership Fund - which came out of the NZ Digital Strategy work of a few years ago. More importantly, it also has the backing of a number of NZ heritage/cultural institutions - including the National Library of New Zealand - who have helped fund some of the modifications - e.g. making it*OIA compliant * - and building the *in-line Creative Commons option.* *Digital New Zealand* Kete is also linked to the Digital New Zealand project - which harvests heritage/cultural material into a common repository and then offers API's - mapping - and other tools to get it out. *www.**digitalnz.org/* *Inges*t Most of the Kete projects are ingested into Digital NZ - this providing a powerful backbone to a national common search/discover/re-use option for both formal/institutional and informal/community content. It's this link/connection which I think scans across what I think is your underlying purpose - ie build tools and platforms which link institutional content with user spaces. The examples I give below are almost all from a community POV - however, there is a lot of energy here in New Zealand around developing just the kinds of crossover solutions you hint at in your email. Would be good to see some collaboration around this? *Examples of Local KETE * Kete Horowhenua (http://horowhenua.kete.net.nz)<http://horowhenua.kete.net.nz/>A knowledge basket of images, audio, video and documents which are collected and catalogued by the community. The original site the the Kete software was written for. Ha Kete KÅrero (http://kete.taranakireo.co.nz)<http://kete.taranakireo.co.nz/> Kete Digital New Zealand (http://kete.digitalnz.org)<http://kete.digitalnz.org/>Kete Digital New Zealand holds digital content from those who want to make it easier for others to discover and interact with unique New Zealand content through projects powered by DigitalNZ (http://www.digitalnz.org). In particular, it is a container where you can put or find digital content that otherwise would not be available online (for example in other Kete sites, or repositories). The Cuba Street Memories Project (http://kete.wcl.govt.nz)<http://kete.wcl.govt.nz/>The Cuba Street Memories Project is a collaborative community history. Help us build a history of Cuba Street (Wellington, New Zealand) online - share your memories and pictures of Cuba Street and contribute your knowledge of the area. Kete Hamilton (http://ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info)<http://ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info/>Kete Hamilton is a digital knowledge basket of Hamilton memories, created by the community, for future generations to enjoy. Kete Carterton (http://ketecarterton.peoplesnetworknz.info)<http://ketecarterton.peoplesnetworknz.info/>Kete Carterton is a digital knowledge basket of Carterton community and heritage information, created by the community, for everyone to enjoy. Kete New Plymouth (http://ketenewplymouth.peoplesnetworknz.info)<http://ketenewplymouth.peoplesnetworknz.info/>Kete New Plymouth, is the Puke Ariki Community Kete. West Coast Te Tai o Poutini (http://ketewestcoast.peoplesnetworknz.info)<http://ketewestcoast.peoplesnetworknz.info/>A community initiative lead by the district libraries to gather and archive stories and digital information of the region Kete Pukekura Park (http://kete.pukekura.org.nz) <http://kete.pukekura.org.nz/>Kete Pukekura holds information about the plants, people, places and history of Pukekura Park (incorporating Brooklands) Chinese Digital Community (http://chinesecommunity.org.nz) <http://chinesecommunity.org.nz/>The Chinese Digital Community contains historical and contemporary information, articles, images, audio, video, documents and web links about New Zealand's Chinese community. Horowhenua Library Trust (http://kete.library.org.nz)<http://kete.library.org.nz/>The Kete set up to manage information for, by and about Horowhenua Library Trust as an organisation. Most of the content can be viewed by the public, although some is restricted to staff only, and all content can be edited by staff only. Kete Tararua (http://ketetararua.peoplesnetworknz.info)<http://ketetararua.peoplesnetworknz.info/>Kete Tararua is an online digital repository of media generated and uploaded by our community. Here you will find stories, photos, videos and audio of the land and people of Tararua. Our aim is to bring these stories together so that we can share with each other, Aotearoa New Zealand and the world. Kete Central Hawke's Bay (http://ketechb.peoplesnetworknz.info)<http://ketechb.peoplesnetworknz.info/>Central Hawke's Bay District Kete. http://ketechb.peoplesnetworknz.info/ Central Hawke's Bay Kete (http://ketechb.peoplesnetworknz.info)<http://ketechb.peoplesnetworknz.info/>Home to the digital stories of Central Hawke's Bay <http://kete.net.nz/en/site/kete_sites/new> *Enough* As you can hear - I am a bit of an advocate - but that's okay - both you and the list can check it out for yourselves! And best for the holidays! Paul -- paul reynolds mcgovern online web : www.mcgovern.co.nz blog : www.peoplepoints.co.nz twitter: www.twitter.com/littlehigh cell 1 : +64 [0] 21 850 824 cell 2: +64 [0] 27 263 2421 land: +64 9 3073435 Paul On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 2:01 AM, Bridget McKenzie < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello > I'm looking for good or salutory examples of digital asset banks where > the assets include more than just collection images (but might include > venue maps, articles, videos, learning resources etc), where users can > curate their own wishlists, stories, slideshows, galleries etc. And > also possibly where users can import their own photos/articles etc. > Creative Spaces & Magic Studio are my examples though both are different > and not quite what I'm envisaging so I would like to see more and > different models, and hope it's of interest to the list. > > Also, any thoughts on why or why not this is a good idea? > > Best wishes > Bridget McKenzie > www.flowassociates.com > > **************************************************************** > For mcg information visit the mcg website at > http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk > To manage your subscription to this email list visit > http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email.shtml > **************************************************************** > > **************************************************************** For mcg information visit the mcg website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk To manage your subscription to this email list visit http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email.shtml ****************************************************************