Introductions
Erin Tripp, Bus. Dev.
Staff librarian since 2011. Erin delivers Islandora training at events worldwide and has
managed more than 40 digital repository projects.
Contact Details
● Email: [email protected] ● Twitter: @eeohalloran or @discgarden● Hashtags: #Islandora
#IslandoraJuneWebinar
Agenda
● Islandora Overview
● Discovery Settings
● Record Display
● Indexing by Google /Google
Scholar
● Harvesting to aggregators via
OAI-PMH
The TechnologyPresentation & Collaboration
Drupal is the leading open source content management system with over 30,000 user contributed modules from almost 100,000 active community members.
Drupal serves as the presentation and collaboration layer in Islandora.
Islandora is a set of Drupal modules which allow users to manage and preserve digital assets.
The TechnologySearch & Discovery
Solr powers some of the most heavily-trafficked websites and applications in the world.
Key features include:
● Full-text search● Search faceting & filtering● Highly scalable/Fault tolerant● Near real-time indexing
The TechnologyStorage & Preservation
Fedora Commons is purpose built for data preservation and long-term data accessibility.
Key features include:
● Auditing & Fixity checks● RDF Support● Scales to millions of objects● Support for virtually any filetype● Files are readily accessible (no
lock-in)
Service ProviderRemoving Barriers to Using Open Source
• Partner in the Islandora Foundation
• Launched in 2010
• 92% of Islandora code is written by discoverygarden on behalf of customers
• Services listed here: http://www.discoverygarden.ca/services/
Why should we care?
February 2015 LITA panelists said Top Technology Trends include enhancing discoverability (Enis, 2015)
Making content accessible where the search originates (e.g. Google, Google Scholar, WorldCat, DPLA, Europeana) creates value for digital libraries and users (Enis, 2015)
Solr Settings: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/ISLANDORA715/Islandora+Solr+Settings
Record Display: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/ISLANDORA715/Islandora+Solr+Metadata+Display
XML Site Map: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/ISLANDORA715/Islandora+XML+Sitemap
OAI-PMH: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/ISLANDORA715/Islandora+OAI
Top Takeaways
● Discovery Matters○ If you can’t find it, it doesn’t exist
● Tools are Easy to Configure
● Help Available!○ Documentation and Discussion
Forums ■ Wiki Docs ■ Islandora Metadata
Interest Group