Islandora as an IR

Islandora can provide a robust and full-featured institutional repository solution. The following documentation inventories the range of modules and configurations that enable core institutional repository functionality in Islandora.

For a full overview of adding IR functionality to your Islandora repository, we recommend reading Islandora as an Open Source Institutional Repository Solution on the Islandora Wiki.

In brief:

  • Islandora Scholar is an existing suite of modules designed to help Islandora 7 function as an Institutional Repository.
  • LASIR is a Mellon-funded initiative to make strategic enhancements to Islandora Scholar and its submodules, with the end goal of creating a turnkey Islandora-based IR platform.

Preliminary research identified gaps in Scholar's coverage in the following areas: Content Discovery, Indexing, Metadata Portability; Scholar Profiles; Analytics, Readership Reports; and Self-Deposit.

LASIR's role

The LASIR project was organized around these task areas, seeking to fill in the identified gaps in five groups:

LASIR: Islandora Wiki Screenshot
  1. Search Engine Optimization
  2. Usage/Readership Statistics
  3. Scholar Profiles
  4. Support for Self-Deposit Workflows
  5. Metadata Export and Data Portability

In addition, a new Wiki Page was created to provide an overview of best practices for handling IR content within Islandora.

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Funding Institutions

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Born-Digital and __ ICG members and collaborators:

LASIR Funding Institutions
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