When my puppy was just a few months old, we got a silly little card from our vet saying that "everyday is a new adventure." In spite of how corny this sounds, such is the same for a librarian trying to plan their first digital library project.
My project, I feel, has really taken on the shape and direction that I was initially lacking ever since our Director of Academic Computing suggested that whatever I choose should dovetail into Sakai. Whether we use Sakai or not is almost moot, at this point -- the real idea here is that our systems should be wide open and able to "talk" to our other systems. AC is working on that on their end; likewise, we should too.
So... I just learned yesterday about Greenstone's ability to integrate with DSpace. Apparently, you can develop in Greenstone and then transfer your collections and metadata to DSpace rather easily, and vice versa. You can use Greenstone as the frontend for DSpace, or you can scrap it entirely.
We are still looking for our "quick and dirty" UI to mount our collections soon -- This is looking like a highly likely route.
Further reading:
Computer Science Thesis from Virginia Tech, outlining an open XML schema for DSpace
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