Islandora


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. 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."
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

  • Create, manage, and display collections or other compound configurations of any type of file: Images, documents, described audio/video, books/newspapers, and arbitrary file formats.
  • Display and view any file supported in modern browser technology, with integrations for the International Image Interoperability Framework 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, fixity checking, bag-it compliant bags 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 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 embargoes.
Islandora's multiple components are maintained using semantic versioning.

Usage and backing

As of 2020, 331 recorded implementations were noted.

Journal Articles and Published Conference Proceedings

  • Adewumi, A., Ikhu-Omoregbe, N.. . Journal of Computing.
  • Barnes, M. E., Ledchumykanthan, N., Pham, K., & Stapelfeldt, K.. . The Code4Lib Journal, 35.
  • Castagné, M.. . doi: 10.14288/1.0075768
  • Crowston, K. and Qin, J.. . "Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology", 48, 1–9. doi:10.1002/meet.2011.14504801036
  • Gourley, D., & Viterbo, P.. . In M. Ioannides, D. Fellner, A. Georgopoulos, & D. Hadjimitsis, Digital Heritage, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
  • Gucer, K., Janowiecki, M.. . International Journal of Digital Curation, 17. doi: 10.2218/ijdc.v17i1.827
  • Hutchinson, T.. . The Code4Lib Journal, 39.
  • Jettka, D.. . ‘’D-Lib Magazine’’. doi: 10.1045/september2014-jettka
  • Jones, S., Lampert, C., Lapworth, E., & Shaw S.. . The Code4Lib Journal, 58.
  • Kimpton, M., Morris, C. M.. Managing and Archiving Research Data: Local Repository and Cloud-Based Practices. Research Data Management: Practical Strategies for Information Professionals, 223–238.
  • King, James.. . Jefferson Digital Commons.
  • Krejčíř, V., Strakošová, A., & Adler, J.. . The Code4Lib Journal, 57.
  • MacDonald, J. and Yule, D. . The Code4Lib Journal
  • Mercer, H., Koenig, J., McGeachin, R. B., & Tucker, S. L.. Structure, Features, and Faculty Content in ARL Member Repositories. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 37, 333–342.
  • Moore, R. W., Rajasekar, A., Wan, M.. IRODS policy sets as standards for preservation. Roadmap for Digital Preservation Interoperability Framework Workshop, US-DPIF'10.. Acm International Conference Proceeding Series.
  • Morton-Owens, E. G., Hanson, K. L., & Walls, I.. Implementing Open-Source Software for Three Core Library Functions: A Stage-by-Stage Comparison. Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, 8, 1–14. doi:10.1080/15424065.2011.551486
  • Moses, D., Stapelfeldt, K.. . The Code4Lib Journal, 21.
  • Paiva, T. S. B., Mello, C. A., Soares, S., & Lima, M. G.
  • Pan, J., Lenhardt, C., Wilson, B., Palanisamy, G., Cook, R., & Shrestha, B.. Geoscience data curation using a digital object model and open-source frameworks: Provenance applications. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2011 IEEE International. doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6050062
  • Sefton, P., & Dickinson, D.. . Journal of Digital Information, 12.
  • Stapelfeldt, K., & Moses, D.. . Journal of the Text Encoding Initiative. doi: 10.4000/jtei.790
  • Stuart, D., Aitken, B., Abbott, D., Chassanoff, A., Hedges, M., & McHugh, A.. . In E. García-Barriocanal, Z. Cebeci, M. C. Okur, & A. Öztürk, Metadata and Semantic Research, Communications in Computer and Information Science. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
  • Thompson, J., Bainbridge, D., & Suleman, H.. . In C. Xing, F. Crestani, & A. Rauber, Digital Libraries: For Cultural Heritage, Knowledge Dissemination, and Future Creation, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
  • Viglianti, R., Barnes, M. E., Ledchumykanthan, N., & Stapelfeldt, K.. . The Code4Lib Journal, 44.
  • Viterbo, P. B., & Gourley, D.. Digital humanities and digital repositories: sustainable technology for sustainable communications. Proceedings of the 28th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, SIGDOC ’10. New York, NY, USA: ACM. doi:10.1145/1878450.1878469
  • Walters, T.. Assimilating Digital Repositories Into the Active Research Process. Research Data Management: Practical Strategies for Information Professionals, 189–201.
  • Walters, T. O.. Data Curation Program Development in U.S. Universities: The Georgia Institute of Technology Example. International Journal of Digital Curation, 4, 83–92. doi:10.2218/ijdc.v4i3.116
  • Westra, B., Ramirez, M., Parham, S. W., & Scaramozzino, J. M.. Science and Technology Resources on the Internet. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 63.
  • Yeh, S. Reyes, F, Rynhart, J., & Bain, P.. . D-Lib Magazine. doi: 10.1045/july2016-yeh
  • Younglove, A.. . RIT Scholar Works.

    Theses, Dissertations, and Coursework

  • Ishida, M.. . University of British Columbia, Graduate paper, 2011 Summer Term 1, LIBR 559L School of Library, Archival and Information Studies .
  • Lopes, Luis Filipe Vieira da Silva.. . Masters Thesis . DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/10455/6698

    Presentations

  • Georgiev, A., & Grigorov, A.. . ShareTEC project to The Fedora UK and Ireland User Group met at the London School of Economics and Political Science .
  • Humphrey, C.. . SPARC Digital Repositories.
  • Leggott, M.. . 4th International Conference on Open Repositories.
  • Ruest, N.. . Open Repositories 2013
  • Zhang, Q. Ishida M.. . Unlocking Knowledge Through Open Access.

    Other

  • Courtney, N. D.. More Technology for the Rest of Us: A Second Primer on Computing for the Non-IT Librarian. ABC-CLIO.
  • Salo, Dorothea.. .
  • Shearer, K. and Argáez, D. . Canadian Association of Research Libraries .
  • Walters, T., Skinner, K.. . Report Prepared for the Association of Research Libraries.