Islandora An Open Source Digital Repository Solution PALS

Islandora: An Open Source Digital Repository Solution PALS Islandora Demonstration 2016

Outline • Background • What is Islandora? • Islandora Features • Migration • Demo • Questions

• PALS – a program of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; providing library technology services since 1978 • Experienced knowledgeable staff: systems, programming, training, support • Host and support Islandora, an open source Digital Asset Management System

Islandora is a an open source digital asset management (DAM) solution that preserves, manages, and showcases a wide variety of your unique materials.

Islandora Open Source Community • • Univ. of Prince Edward Island Discovery Garden Islandora Foundation Google Group Interest Groups Camps and conferences Hundreds of implementations worldwide http: //islandora. ca/islandora-installations

PALS Islandora Services • Host server and application • Assist with planning repository and metadata • Create customized interface and ingest forms • Training and Support We’ll help you go from this. . . to this!

What is Islandora?

Islandora Core Features • Web based • “Solution Packs” • Automatic processes • Customizable interface, tools, forms • Preservation

Islandora supports multiple formats with Drupal “Solution Packs”

Automatic Processes Generate Derivatives Ingest original TIFF image, you get… MODS Record Dublin Core TECHMD JPEG 2000 JPG Thumbnail Original and derivatives stored together

Customizable User Interface and Tools • Can add Drupal modules, themes, functions based on your needs

Data Sets Islandora supports research data • Combination of Solution Packs : Compound + Binary Other options • Data Solution Pack • Chemistry Solution Pack • Biosciences Solution Pack SFUdora Simon Fraser University Image: www. allegany. edu Learning in Neural Circuits University of Toronto Scarborough

Institutional Repository Tools • IR features available in a collection of Drupal modules known together as “Island Scholar” • Used to support dissertations, masters’ theses • Examples: • Moss Landing Marine Laboratories • Tulane University • University of Prince Edward Island

Preservation Tools • Technical and Preservation metadata automatically generated • Original master object stored with derivatives • Backups • File integrity: Checksums

Preservation Metadata • Technical and Preservation metadata generated automatically with Islandora FITS and PREMIS Drupal Modules

Preservation: File integrity • Islandora generates checksums automatically • Check checksums with checksum checker • (How many checksums can your checksum checker check…)

Simon Fraser University: Migrating 1. 3 Million Objects • SFU migrated 1. 3 million objects from Content. DM Islandora • Created the “Move to Islandora Kit” which can be used to manage a large-scale migration: https: //github. com/Marcus. Barnes/mik. • Created other tools

DEMO https: //youtu. be/f. Ee. J_ZHXp. Gg

Questions?

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