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:…
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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…
Martin Luther King, Jr collection available in Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Arch digital repository
The audio of Martin Luther King, Jr’s speeches, and transcript are now available at Minnesota State University, Mankato’s digital repository known as Arch. Read more about the collection at Minnesota State University, Mankato’s news highlights and stories from KEYC and…
New PALS Islandora community partner: Augsburg University
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…
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…