References and resources

The following are some additional resources about Controlled Digital Lending:

Caltech’s DIBS is not the only CDL implementation, nor is it the first. The following are others that the developers of DIBS are aware of:

  • The Open Library is an open library catalog and digital lending system implemented by the Internet Archive. The source code is available from GitHub.

  • Princeton University Library has implemented CDL using Figgy, an open-source digital repository application they developed. Like DIBS, it uses IIIF and the Universal Viewer.

  • Fordham University developed G-CDL, an open-source CDL system that uses Google Drive as its backend.

  • Alma Digital is a commercial repository system that’s part of ExLibris Alma. It supports digital lending, including control on number of concurrent users, cooling-off periods, and more.

  • DLSG’s Directed Lending Solution is another commercial system for digital lending.

Articles about DIBS: