Opening Up With Islandora ARLD Day April 24, 2015 Pam Sukalski, Daardi Sizemore, Anne Stenzel, Linda Richter

Outline Southwest Minnesota State University Archives Repository Minnesota State University, Mankato Arch Repository Islandora Components and Features Questions and Discussion

SMSU Digital Archives ARLD - April 24, 2015

SMSU Digital Archives Our Content Initial Project – Summer 2013 Alumni Magazine (FOCUS) Newspaper format Magazine format Book Solution pack Current project – Summer 2014 Student Newspapers (4 titles) Newspaper Solution pack Bound vs. loose issues

SMSU Digital Archives Technical Details Scanning process Limited metadata OCR clean-up Funding & Marketing Grant funded - SMSU Foundation Local Newspaper, SMSU Newsfeed, upcoming FOCUS issue, social media

SMSU Digital Archives Webpage Collaboration was key! SMSU Web Master PALS staff SMSU IT staff SMSU Marketing staff

Quick Overview of our Digitization Experience Began working with MDL in 2000 Started Digitizing photos in 2006 Digitizing student magazine and newspaper in 2010 Providing Access to Oral Histories in 2012 Access University Archives Digital Collections via CONTENTdm Minnesota Digital Library (some items) Old Main with fence, Mankato State Normal School, 1857

Building Islandora for MSU Increased emphasis on digitization MSU CONTENTdm no longer the best fit Islandora by PALS Trusted relationship Provided support and opportunities we were looking for Open Source software A photograph of the construction on Memorial Library addition; Unidentified workers on building; Mankato State University, 1991.

Opening ARCH Rebranded and new marketing opportunities Increased access to school newspapers Expanded access to archival collections Migrated and metadata cleaned up Improved social media connectivity Connected with Google Analytics A picture of the Mankato State University Alumni Arch and Plaza and the Ostrander Student Memorial Bell Tower, 1990s.

Social Media Engagement  Easy sharing for Facebook Admins  Anyone can share/tweet  No login required

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Next Steps Bookmarks/My Favorites New Collections Yearbooks Oral Histories Manuscript collections (multi-format)

Islandora provides access to Publications, newspapers, yearbooks Photographs, videos Minutes, agendas, reports Interviews, speeches, oral histories Web archives …all from one search point!

Open source advantages Best practice open source software: powerful, stable, widely used and supported Community contributions Hosted and supported by PALS Customizable Drupal

Winter Focus text Winter Marshall, Minnesota Sout hwest State University SSU creator Newspaper 1 2 McFarland Library Striegel Archives Alumni msu18232 msu18232.tif MSU-UA Two students embracing one another during commencement at Mankato State University, Two students embracing one another during commencement at Mankato State University, x 13 Color photographs Image/tiff Image/jp2 Still Image creator contributor Epson Perfection 4990 Photo VueScan 9 x32 (9.0.50) Windows 7 University Photograph Collection, 1868-ongoing. MSU Archives 309. Commencement Mankato State University Students Education Mankato Blue Earth Minnesota United States Google Maps English University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato, P.O. Box 8419, Mankato, MN contributing organization Project Affiliation Fiscal Sponsor University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato, P.O. Box 8419, Mankato, MN Scanning Center Crea tive Commons-BY-NC. This material is usable under a Creative Commons – Attribution – Non- Commercial license. Visit our website for additional details and suggested citations. Original material located at Minnesota State University, Mankato University Archives MSU photographSMSU magazine

Features Google Analytics integration Social media Bookmarks GIS integration Image annotation Advanced search Search engine optimization

Preservation Technical metadata – generated automatically with Islandora FITS and PREMIS Modules – extracted from metadata embedded in original file Checksum and Checksum Checker Stores original object and derivatives

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