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Islandora

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Islandora
Developer(s)Islandora Foundation
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeDigital libraries
LicenseGPL
Websiteislandora.ca

Islandora is a free and open-source software digital repository system based on Drupal and integrating with additional applications, including Fedora Commons. It is open source software (released under multiple licenses, including the GNU General Public License). Islandora was originally developed at the University of Prince Edward Island by the Robertson Library and is now maintained by the Islandora Foundation, which has a mission to, "promote collaboration through transparency and consensus building among Islandora community members, and to steward their shared vision for digital curation features through a body of software and knowledge."[1]

Islandora may be used to create large, searchable collections of digital assets of any type and is domain-agnostic in terms of the type of content it can steward. It has a highly modular architecture.

Key Features

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  • Create, manage, and display collections or other compound configurations of any type of file: Images, documents (including PDFs), described audio/video, books/newspapers (and other paged content), and arbitrary file formats (binary files).
  • Display and view any file supported in modern browser technology, with integrations for the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) for images, and native integration with Drupal’s rich ecosystem of modules for digital exhibit creation.
  • Transcode source files for preservation, display, and full text indexing via an optional suite of microservices that enable the system to scale and manage complex media workflows, as well as to move and transform content.
  • Preserve content through integration with common standards for persistent identifiers (such as DOI, ARK and Handle), fixity checking, bag-it compliant bags (Archival Information Packages) creation, PRONOM registry linking, reporting for content health. content versioning support, and the creation of robust administrative metadata.
  • Create, serialize, export, and expose metadata in any format, with out-of-the box support for a robust MODS use case. In Islandora’s current iteration, we have replaced Islandora Legacy (Islandora 7s) form builder with a tighter integration with Drupal's extensive content management system, allowing for better, and more user-friendly manipulation of metadata entry forms and both the transformation and publication of metadata.
  • Utilize world-class, highly configurable research index with faceting, simple search, faceted search, browse functions, and the ability to expose metadata through both OAI-PMH and Sparql endpoints.
  • Secure content through Drupal’s authentication layer, which facilitates the authoring of roles and permissions at multiple layers. Content may be kept dark and exposed to various target groups, and unique workflows can be authored to suit your institution, including the ability to set embargos (often used for institutional repositories). [2]

Islandora's multiple components are maintained using semantic versioning.

Usage and backing

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As of 2020, 331 recorded implementations were noted.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Islandora Governance". Islandora Website. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ "What is Islandora?". Islandora Website. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. ^ "Installations Map | Islandora". islandora.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  4. ^ Castagné, Michel (2013-08-14). Institutional repository software comparison: DSpace, EPrints, Digital Commons, Islandora and Hydra. open.library.ubc.ca (Thesis). University of British Columbia. doi:10.14288/1.0075768. Retrieved 2016-04-25.

Bibliography

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The following Bibliography contains references to material that mentions or discusses Islandora.

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