Introduction to FL-Islandora

FLVC Spring Regional Meetings 2014

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What is a digital collection?

• FL-Islandora is a digital library platform for your institution’s digital collections

• Commercial (vendor) vs. non-commercial digital materials

• Special collections• Institution repositories• Scholarly publications

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What is FL-Islandora?

• FLVC’s implementation of Islandora open-source digital asset management software

• Installed on FLVC servers and maintained by FLVC staff

• Library staff manage their own content• Customized to meet the needs of FLVC

stakeholders with input from the MCLS Digital Initiatives Standing Committee (DISC) and its Islandora Subgroup (ISG)

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What is Islandora?

• Islandora is Open Source Software designed to manage digital assets

• Originally developed by University of Prince Edward Island’s Robertson Library

• Implemented and contributed to by a growing international community

• Utilizes Drupal and Fedora software

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FL-Islandora and other digital services

• PALMM site (Publication of Archival, Library & Museum materials): provides digital access to important source materials

• DigiTool: a legacy digital library platform maintained by FLVC. Most PALMM materials are currently stored in DigiTool

• PALMM will be an FL-Islandora site; DigiTool materials are being migrated to PALMM

• Colleges will be able to participate in FL-Islandora PALMM

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PALMM (palmm.fcla.edu)

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FL-Islandora, DISC and ISG

• The Digital Initiatives Standing Committee of the Members Council on Library Services advises on FL-Islandora development priorities

• The Islandora sub-group (ISG) of DISC advises on the details of FL-Islandora functionality

• The public wiki: islandora.pubwiki.fcla.edu

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What can FL-Islandora do for you?

• Your institution will have its own site: branding, colors, logos

• Showcase your own materials and collections• Institutional history, materials about your

institution (photos, yearbooks, programs)• Intellectual output from your institution• Unique special collections: archives and

donated materials, rare published materials• Florida materials: history and culture

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FSU’s Islandora site

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FAU’s Islandora site

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UCF’s Islandora site

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A newly built site

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Getting started with FL-Islandora

• Begin an inventory of your digital materials and collections

• Familiarize yourself with FL-Islandora by visiting the FSU Digital Library, FSUDL, at http://fsu.digital.flvc.org

• Contact the FLVC Help Desk (help@flvc.org) if you’d like us to build an FL-Islandora site for you

• Once you have an FL-Islandora site you’ll receive training. Then you can build your collections at your own pace, making them public only when you’re ready to do so