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Registration Open – Lake Superior Libraries Unsymposium
The ninth annual Lake Superior Libraries Unsymposium is going virtual this year! The 2021 ‘unconference’ will be held Friday, January 8, 2021, from 1-4 pm. The online meeting platform Unhangout will be used to brainstorm and vote on discussion topics…
PALS Newsletter
Topics in this Newsletter Alma Highlights In-Depth: From Perry’s Desk Member Highlight: Jane Young, Century College CRM update Happy New Year! Click here to see the full newsletters. Author Dani Kroon Dani is part of the Support and Training Services…
Building Resources in Islandora 8
In Islandora 8 traditional objects such as video files, audio files, PDFs, and photographs become Drupal resource nodes. Resource nodes are different from the “regular” Drupal nodes we described in our Drupal nodes post. Regular Drupal nodes include content on a…
Islandora Objects
Everything in an Islandora repository is an object. In Islandora, an object is a collection of properties describing something. Since Islandora 7 was built on top of Fedora an object in Islandora 7 is essentially a Fedora object. In Islandora…
PALS Newsletter
Topics in this Newsletter Alma Highlights In-Depth: Working with Ex Libris Support Member Highlight: Erica Nutzman, Minnesota State Law Library Book a consultation with PALS Support Click here to see the full newsletters. Author Dani Kroon Dani is part of…
Drupal Nodes
Drupal nodes are an integral part of how a Drupal 8 site works. Understanding them will help understand how an Islandora 8 site functions. All content on a Drupal site is stored and treated as nodes. Regular Drupal nodes include…
PALS Newsletter
Topics in this Newsletter Alma Highlights In-Depth: Work Days changing to an online conference Member Highlight: Bekky Vrabel, Winona State University Book a consultation Click here to see the full newsletters. Author Dani Kroon Dani is part of the Support…
Scan’N’Toss API now available
Scan’N’Toss is a widget that creates a set of items to be used with the Item Withdraw job. The widget also makes a text file with OCLC numbers to be used with the Connextion Client to delete holdings from WorldCat.…
An Engaged, International Islandora Community
The Islandora community consists of implementers, developers, service companies, and users working as transparently and collaboratively as possible towards better documentation and an always open-source code base. The community operates under a Code of Conduct. Involvement is formalized through various levels…
Islandora, Open Source built on a Strong Foundation
Islandora is more than just software. There are a lot of dedicated people who contribute to Islandora’s success, brought together under the umbrella of the Islandora Foundation. The Islandora Foundation is a community driven non-profit that serves several key roles in the Islandora Community. These roles include:…
Getting to Know Islandora 8
In Islandora 7, Drupal acts as a “front-end” for Fedora. Fedora is designed for the management and dissemination of digital content. Fedora IS NOT designed to handle the management, indexing, discovery, and delivery of digital content. That functionality gets added…
Islandora 8 Learning Series
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.…