Topics in this Newsletter Alma and Primo VE March 2021 release In-Depth: CLiC Migration Member Highlight: Nathan Rinne, Concordia University, St. Paul MnPALS Virtual Conference | April 5 – 9, 2021 Meeting of the Minds Book a Consultation with PALS Support Click here to see the full newsletters.
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Topics in this Newsletter Alma Highlights In-Depth: ELUNA NERS enhancement process Member Highlight: Rachel Milani, Hibbing Community College Celebrate! CDI Anniversary MnPALS Virtual Conference | April 5 – 9, 2021 Click here to see the full newsletters.
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 before breaking out into small groups for discussion. The Unsymposium is free and open to everyone. When: Friday, January 8, 2021, 1-4 pmWhere: Unhangout (more information will be provided to registrants)Registration: Now open!Cost: Only your time!
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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.
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 site such as a page, poll, article, or blog entry. These nodes make up the parts of an Islandora 8 site that are not repository objects. While using the term “object” is traditional with Islandora it can get in the […]
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 8, Drupal, and not Fedora, is the primary source of all aspects of an Islandora object. In Drupal terms, an Islandora 8 object is a node. As we learned in last week’s post on Drupal Nodes, nodes have properties that […]
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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.
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 any individual content on a site such as a page, poll, article, or blog entry. The content type of the node will define what fields (or specific information) that node displays. For example, a basic Page content type has (minimally) two fields: title and body. Node management and […]
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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.
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. Simon Mai and Dani Kroon worked together to develop this API for your use. Please open a Support Center ticket if you are interested in using the API for your physical item withdrawal process.
