In August 2019, Augsburg University archives staff completed Augorah, a site where faculty, students, and other members of the Augsburg community can upload oral histories. Augorah includes an oral history toolkit with […]
Opendora usage
Opendora continues to draw interest through the summer months. From June 1, 2019 – August 1, 2019, there were 841 visits from users in the United States, Canada, Philippines, India, […]
2019 PALS Islandora Workday
PALS will hold the next Islandora workday on August 16 at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minnesota. For more information on the workday, click here. The workday is for current […]
Opendora interest continuing strong
Statistics are showing a continued strong interest in Opendora. From March 1st to June 14th, there have been 2,654 visits. Top 3 most popular resources are: Out from the Shadows […]
The impact of ARCH digital collections on Sesquicentennial Celebrations
Minnesota State University, Mankato recently celebrated its Sesquicentennial and saw the impact of its digital collections in ARCH. In particular, the staff was able to take advantage of the search […]
Library Technology Conference Report
The Library Technology conference did not disappoint this year. Evocative and thoughtful keynote speakers began each day and sessions were useful, and each contained valuable insight. The snow was also […]
The first month for Opendora
Statistics show a strong interest in Opendora for the first month, March 2019. There were: Nearly 1500 visitors Nine resources loaded One course module Two journal articles Five textbooks The […]
Textbook Affordability Fair conversations
Opendora: The all-in-one solution for the storage of open educational resources for Minnesota State On Wednesday, April 10th, 2019, PALS attended the Textbook Affordability Fair held at Minnesota State University, […]
Selecting copyright statements in Opendora
All material in Opendora must have a Creative Commons copyright statement. For more information on selecting a license, see this document. To learn more about each license visit the Creative […]
Implementing Opendora
PALS began working with the Minnesota State on Opendora in January 2018. Our goal was to provide a central repository for open educational resources (OER) to reduce the cost of […]