PALS is excited to announce that we are now working with Augsburg University to implement their digital repository using Islandora. From Stewart Van Cleeve, Digital Archives and Research Services Librarian at Augsburg University: “Augsburg University is excited to join other Minnesota…
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New PALS Islandora community partner: Northwestern Health Sciences University
PALS is excited to announce that we have another new partner in our Islandora community, Northwestern Health Sciences University! From Susan J. Vossberg, MLIS, Technical Services Librarian at Northwestern Health Sciences University: “We look forward to joining the PALS Islandora…
PALS staff at MLA 2017 in Rochester
PALS staff members are planning to be at the Minnesota Library Association Conference in Rochester next week! We will have a booth (# 17), and will be looking forward to talking with you about all the DAM work that comes…
PALS Islandora Community Newsletter Fall 2017
As classes begin again and summer comes to a close, we thought it would be a good time to review our summer and take a moment to look ahead. For the full newsletter, please follow this link.
Webinar recap: Restricting access in Islandora
The PALS Islandora community held a webinar on restricting access in Islandora on Monday July 10th. This was in some ways a continuation of discussion we held at the first Islandora workday in April, but it also really helped us…
LSLS: Pushing to include everyone
Libraries: Beyond neutral and pushing to inclusiveness (by Alex Kent, Digital Initiatives Librarian, PALS) Recently I attended the Lake Superior Libraries Symposium Conference at University of Minnesota-Duluth, to give a lightning talk announcing our Islandora project with Leech Lake Tribal…
Islandora Conference Debrief
PALS staff member Alex Kent had a great time at the Islandora Conference in Hamilton, ON, Canada. It started with a Hack/Doc at McMaster University’s Mills Library. The conference itself was located at Liuna Station. There were a number…
Managing workflows with burgers and happy hour
This meet up is for those attending the Islandora Conference who want to discuss workflows and enjoy happy hour at the The Works Burger Bistro (next to the Sheraton Hamilton). This is a change from the previous location. Please sign up…
Project Launch: Minnesota Water Research Digital Library
Project launch: Minnesota Water Research Digital Library This week PALS staff met with staff of the Minnesota Water Research Digital Library (MNWRL), which is located in St. Paul, MN. PALS is particularly excited to begin this project. MNWRL’s digital…
Thinking digital thoughts: Islandora Conference 2017
PALS staff will be attending and presenting at the 2017 Islandora Conference in Hamilton, ON next week. Through discussions with our partners these are some of the bigger issues PALS hopes to discuss more with the international community: Records management/workflows…
First PALS Islandora Community Workday
First annual workday: Empowering our community The PALS Islandora community held our first annual workday at Minnesota State University-Mankato on Thursday 4/27/2017. A few of our partners were not able to make it, but we had a great turnout.…
New partnership between PALS and Minnesota Water Research Digital Library for Islandora digital repository
PALS is happy to announce that we have formed a partnership with the Minnesota Water Research Digital Library to build their digital repository using Islandora. The Minnesota Water Research Digital Library is “a user-friendly, searchable inventory of water research relevant…
New partnership between PALS and Leech Lake Tribal College for Islandora digital repository
PALS is excited to announce that we have formed a new partnership with Leech Lake Tribal College to implement their Islandora digital repository. This is only possible because of the hard work put in by Leech Lake Tribal College staff…
The PALS Islandora Digital Asset Management Solution
Please feel free to download and share this document (a PDF).
Ingesting Newspapers in Islandora
I recently made this video on how to ingest newspapers in Islandora for one of our sites. I’m linking it here. Hopefully it is useful to others. Please use as you like!