IRLS 675 Unit 8

This eprints installation was pretty straightforward. I thought the other two were pretty straightforward also. Of course, it helped to have very good instructions. I changed the welcome message and the logo. Both were pretty easy although I was really careful editing the message so as not to mess up the file. Right now I'd say I'm the least comfortable with configuring eprints probably because I haven't really done a lot yet. I found DSpace and Drupal fairly easy to configure also. DSpace and eprints are not as configurable as Drupal, but they have a more limited function than Drupal. eprints seems to be mostly text based, which can be cryptic to change. As long as you know what your doing, it can be changed more quickly than, say Drupal, which has a lot of configuration through the GUI. Drupal's GUI can get tedious if you need to do a lot of changing, although there is a way to import stuff. However, the GUI can keep you from making mistakes and can guide you without looking at as much documentation. Overall, I think I favor DSpace for my collection at the present time, although next week that may change after I use eprints some more.