Many times when first talking to someone who is interested in Islandora I get the question “But what’s the difference between the Islandora Project and dgi?” I completely understand where this question comes from. We are located in the same city, have numerous employees who have worked for both the project and for discoverygarden, and we tend to talk about Islandora as if it’s ours at dgi. I think that we tend to talk about Islandora as if it’s ours because it becomes everyone’s project as soon as they’ve starting working with it and contributing to it. Everyone can take a little bit of ownership to an open source project.
Read More...Open Repositories 2013 has announced the session list for this July and we are happy to say that there will be plenty of Islandora presentations in the mix. These sessions are being presented by a combination of Islandora Project staff, dgi staff, and community members. We are especially impressed with the amount of participation by community members, who are highlighting some neat things that they've accomplished with Islandora.
Read More...PASIG, the Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group, will be holding its next international meeting from May 22-24, 2013 at the Washington Court Hotel in Washington DC. Conference registration and discounted hotel rooms are available via the conference web site:
http://www.preservationandarchivingsig.org/events/2013/PASIGDC2013.html
Our President, Mark Leggott, along with our Sales and Marketing Associate, Kathleen Van Ekris will be at the event, including an Islandora Workshop on May 21st.
Read More...The National Data Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) is speaking with a variety of individuals working on open source projects including our founder Mark Leggott.
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Many times when first talking to someone who is interested in Islandora I get the question “But what’s the difference between the Islandora Project and dgi?” I completely understand where this question comes from. We are located in the same city, have numerous employees who have worked for...
Read More...If you're landing on this post, then you probably already know the strengths and challenges of an open-source approach to software development. With Islandora, we strive to maximize the strengths, and meet the challenges. But, let's face it - any open-source project can only ever be as good as its contributors. Being a great...
Read More...Hey APLA bound Islandora users! You may want to check out the following Islandora-ish sessions at next week's conference:
Goats in the Garden: Managing Data
Fertilizing a Homegrown Repository: Growing IslandScholar
A Community Garden: The PEI Legislative Documents Online Project
Legislative documents, institutional...
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