SobekCM is a software engine and suite of associated tools for digital libraries. SobekCM was developed at the University of Florida Libraries

George A. Smathers Libraries

The University of Florida's George A. Smathers Libraries, is one of the largest university library systems in the United States. The system includes eight of the nine libraries of the University of Florida and provides primary support to all academic programs except those served by the Lawton...

 by Mark V. Sullivan. SobekCM powers many digital collections, libraries, and repositories. The largest digital repositories powered by SobekCM are the University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC)

University of Florida Digital Collections

The University of Florida Digital Collections are supported by the University of Florida Digital Library Center in the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida. The University of Florida Digital Collections comprise a constantly growing collection of digital resources from the...

  and the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)

Digital Library of the Caribbean

The Digital Library of the Caribbean is an international digital library operated collaboratively by the contributing partners.-Partners:...

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Within the University of Florida Libraries

George A. Smathers Libraries

The University of Florida's George A. Smathers Libraries, is one of the largest university library systems in the United States. The system includes eight of the nine libraries of the University of Florida and provides primary support to all academic programs except those served by the Lawton...

, Mark Sullivan began developing SobekCM in June 2005. The system went live in April 2006. In September 2011, Florida's Council of State University Libraries selected SobekCM to power a common digital library system across the state, replacing the software currently powering the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM) collections.

SobekCM has been released as open source

Open source

The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...

 software with a GNU GPL license. The SobekCM software can be downloaded from the SobekCM Software Download Site. The site also includes documentation for installing and configuring the SobekCM software.

External Links

• University of Florida Digital Collections
• Digital Library of the Caribbean
• NewspaperCat, a portal and record-only collection