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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…
Alma/Primo Training Update February 25, 2019
The PALS Staff is continuing a series of webinars and Q&A sessions to assist you in making the most effective use of Alma and Primo. We will post the links to the recordings as they become available. Recording links can…
Alma/Primo Update February 22, 2019
Looking for more than milestones? Find the full details including information about system availability dates here. We are almost through February and are nearing a month of being in production on Alma and Primo. The PALS Staff continues to work our…
Alma/Primo Training Update February 4, 2019
This week the PALS Staff will begin a series of webinars and Q&A sessions to assist you in making the most effective use of Alma and Primo. Many of the sessions being held during the first two weeks of February are Q&A…
Alma/Primo Update February 1, 2019
Looking for more than milestones? Find the full details including information about system availability dates here. Congratulations! Congratulations to all of our consortium libraries on being live on Alma and Primo! Johnna, Gretchen, and I have enjoyed speaking to staff from many of…
Alma/Primo Update January 11, 2019
Looking for more than milestones? Find the full details including information about system availability dates here. Coming Up See the calendar for event details Wednesday, January 23, 5:00 pm: Data acceptance notification due to the PALS office (for all but Fulfillment data) Thursday, January…
Alma/Primo Update December 18, 2018
Looking for more than milestones? Find the full details including information about system availability dates here. Coming Up See the calendar for event details 2019-01-18: All data will be loaded on Alma production; some libraries’ data will be ready sooner 2019-01-23: Data…
Weekly Alma/Primo Training Update December 10, 2018
Looking for the full training plan in document form? Find the details here. We have only one session left in this round of training which is preparing you for go-live. There is a final Primo Q&A session on Tuesday. If…