1. Library Technology Conference: Building Exhibits
March 14, 2018
PALS
Library Technology Conference: Building Exhibits
Alex Kent (Digital Initiatives Librarian), Simon Mai (Systems Developer)

2. What is Islandora?
Islandora is an open source digital asset management solution that preserves, manages, and showcases your unique digital material
Helps you preserve unique damaged assets
Taking you out of the basement
To a robust online repository

3. PALS Background and Services
Host server and application
Help plan repository
Build interface and custom ingest forms
Provide training and support
Nurture collaborative opportunities among partners

4. Current
partners

5. Islandora core features: Meeting your needs
Supports many formats through Drupal solution packs
Automatic processes
User interface/features
Preservation tools
Metadata
DAM it, and relax
Islandora all about meeting your needs
Supports many formats all in one repository
Automatic processes generate derivatives and preservation metadata
User interface can be developed/customized to meet your needs
Data entry forms make it easy to enter metadata and keep it consistent
Keep Calm, DAM it
DAM it keep calm: Islandora features support flexible and robust repository that meets your needs

6. Islandora core feature: Supporting multiple formats
“Solution Packs” enable the support of multiple formats in Islandora, from audio files to newspapers and streaming videos
“Solution Packs” are groups of Drupal modules that provide appropriate tools to support/display different formats

7. Islandora core feature: Automatic processes generate derivatives
Ingest original TIFF image….
MODS record Dublin Core metadata Technical metadata Thumbnail JPG JPEG 2000
Original and derivatives are stored together and can be easily managed

8. Islandora core feature: Interface
Custom interface that can meet your needs

9. Interface examples

10. Islandora core feature: Preservation tools
File integrity tools: Checksums track degradation of files over time
Backups and disaster recovery
Replace/regenerate derivatives
Technical metadata automatically generated at ingest

11. Islandora core feature: Metadata
All sites currently use MODS metadata
Ingest form used to describe objects
Custom metadata display
Hyperlinked metadata terms
Maps automatically to Dublin Core (Dublin Core used by Solr/Fedora for searching and indexing)

12. Islandora core feature: Statistics

13. Additional functions Simple workflow My favorites (bookmarks)
Social media sharing

14. Exhibit module overview
Build timeline or slideshow view in Islandora
Can use an existing collection or build a new one

15. Exhibits demo collection Exhibits demo video
Exhibits module on Github: