Building Online Exhibits with the Islandora Digital Asset Management Solution

PALS supports a growing community of partners using the open source Islandora digital asset management solution. We have worked to build digital repositories for Minnesota State University Mankato, Southwest Minnesota State University, Bethany Lutheran College, Winona State, The College of St. Scholastica, St. Cloud Technical and Community College, Luther College, and we are working on implementing Leech Lake Tribal College\u27s repository. Islandora provides a strong, viable option that can fit unique needs. We are happy to show new functionality that PALS has developed to help make Islandora even more appealing. This feature gives a general administrative user the ability to build online exhibits within Islandora. One can either set up a new collection or use existing collections to create an exhibit and choose one of three displays: timeline, map browse, or slideshow. Once the collection is created it only takes a few steps to setup the exhibit. There is no need to learn new software and it can be done by someone without technical expertise. This presentation will show how Islandora meets local digital asset management needs, and how the exhibit module can be used. We will also touch on strategies for getting started with digital asset management, and how to justify such an initiative