Since the PALS Islandora team is learning so much about Islandora 8, we decided to share our new knowledge in this blog series. We’ll introduce you to Islandora 8 and cover everything from Drupal nodes and taxonomies to Fedora architecture.…
Category: Islandora
Looking ahead to Islandora 8
Planning for Islandora 8 PALS staff have begun 2020 focused on planning for and learning more about Islandora 8. Our understanding of Islandora 8 continues to grow, and a lot of research and learning remains. We are excited about the…
PALS Islandora Workday 2019: Keeping Digital Archives simple through Metadata and AI
On Friday, August 16th, the PALS Islandora community met at Bethany Lutheran College. PALS began the day with a brief update, noting that thanks to the staff at Augsburg University, PALS will look at testing the user engagement features of…
Augsburg University oral histories site Augorah now available
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 instructions on getting started, equipment guides, links to release forms,…
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, Australia, and others. The most popular summer searches are: PDF…
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 PALS Islandora partners. We are using this as a chance…
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 of Minneapolis You, Writing! A Guide to College Composition Building…
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 capabilities in research related to the festivities. The article on…
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 most accessed resource was “Out from the Shadows of Minneapolis:…
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, Mankato. Even with a spring snowstorm in full force PALS…
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 Commons site.
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 textbooks and other course materials for students. Opendora is a…
Opendora now available Opendora: the all-in-one solution for the storage of open education resources for Minnesota State
Opendora is a central digital repository developed by PALS that empowers you as Minnesota State faculty and staff to preserve, load, share and manage open education resources (OER). Textbooks, syllabi, lecture notes, reading lists, and videos are just some examples. It is possible to add any format including Word documents, PDFs, MP4s and…
Partner Profile: Minnesota Water Research Digital Library
In May 2018 PALS and the Minnesota Water Research Digital Library (MnWRL) launched their online digital repository now available at https://wrl.mnpals.net/. This site is PALS’ first State Agency and PALS hopes that this project and profile can help show how…
Choir recordings now available in Bethany Lutheran College Digital Archives
Bethany Lutheran College is excited to announce that digitized vinyl records of the Bethany Lutheran College Choir performing sacred pieces from various concert programs are available online. Please feel free to explore and listen to them in the Choir Recordings collection. “These…