Islandora for OER Discussion
Waite Park, St. Cloud, March 30, 2018
Alex is a former archivist from the MN Historical society
statistics, custom interface, preservation tools, automatic processes, multiple formats, metadata – core features
My Q/s to Alex/Tim:
- at the August OER meeting: https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2017/08/28/oer-workday-librarians/ there were more contenders to house OER. E.g., the Minnesota Library Publishing Project is based on Edublog, thus more familiar platform
What makes Islandora a better choice?
Additional question related: why not use already existing solutions, as used across the world. Alex response: open source. Tim: content available across institutions. text banks and other data can be grouped by disciplines. Follow up q/n: MLNC, OER Commons. Solution already exists and why don’t we use existing accumulated work. Answer by Karen: pulling many resources, promoting collaboration btw 2 and 4 year institutions. Bigger then just having a repository, collaborative effort on different levels
- Access to a “sandbox” to test Islandora: who to contact when and how.
Alex response to “estimated date for faculty upload” – August 2018 approximately
- Transferability/ compatible: how east it is to migrate Islandora content to a different platform (e.g. the Minnesota Library Publishing Project) shall other platform is chosen as MN OER platform?
- How will this structure ensure that the OER initiative (Islandora in particular) is not “owned” by one branch on campus (e.g. librarians) but it is a mutual effort by faculty and staff (e.g. ATT) in terms of access, e.g. access to different admin levels in Islandora?
From the Adobe COnnect online attendees:
Barbara Sandarin: Regarding “Admin. Rights,” does this restrict who may upload items?
Maintenance: weeding out old materials
the history of Islandora: who when developed. 2009, U of Rhode Island
Branding (Tim)
Stephen Kelly: how does Inslandora integrate video. microsite solutions
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structure of repository:
Islandora only stores, but the actual creation is outside of Islandora adoption scope
how do the individual teams are built, communicate with
open pedagogy: students creating open textbooks. creating of D2L courseroom. Karen: learning circles. Gary Hunter’s form regarding copyright issues etc.
storage: unlimited yet, but might be if file size are big.
Robert Bilyk: Look at OpenStax on how they handle derivative content
Tim: what do we want to be able to search for: 1. Title 2. subject 3. Format 4. type 5. permission to modify or not 6. keywords 7. author 8. home institution of author 9. peer revieewd 10. author info (advanced feature) 11. Robert Bilyk: Assurance of accessibility — tables, images, etc. 12. course 13. hashtags
Robert Bilyk: Curriki allows any submission — but their editorial board eventually gets around to review — and then this is indicated
OTL (Open textbook library): https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/
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http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/products/primo-library-discovery/
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more about Islandora in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=islandora
Campus Academic Technology Teams Webinar:
Online Education Report:
https://mnscu.sharepoint.com/sites/SO-UG-Educational-Innovations/Shared%20Documents/CATTs/2017-11-28/Advancing%20Online%20Education%20-%20Full%20Report.pdf?slrid=9d6b319e-e02a-4000-c1b7-12461657a5be
PALS: Enhancing Library System Solutions
PALS is housed in Mankato, 40+ years, shared by all MnSCU institutions. smaller libraries with smaller staff benefit.
Funding: Centrally from the Chancellor Office and privately.
Ex Libris. Alma (management software) discovery software is Primo. Implementation from Sept 2017 to 2019
value-added services? A value–added service (VAS) is a popular telecommunications industry term for non-coreservices, or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. However, it can be used in any service industry, for services available at little or no cost, to promote their primary business.
The new library system: backroom processing: – acquisitions – resources management (phys + electr) – analytics / reports /APIs
fulfillment : circulation and ILL
Discovery (Primo)
– phys + electr
– institution, consortium, remote resources
advantanges:
Hosted apps
web-based staff interface (until now on Windows)
all in one vs four separate apps – staff efficiency, common services, student success?
electronic resource management
Electronic resource management (
ERM) is the practices and techniques used by
librarians and library staff to track the selection, acquisition, licensing, access, maintenance, usage, evaluation, retention, and de-selection of a library’s electronic information resources. These resources include, but are not limited to,
electronic journals,
electronic books,
streaming media,
databases,
datasets,
CD-ROMs, and
computer software.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_resource_management
Primo – comprehensive discovery
one search point; phys + electr; integrated into central system; academic resources available in central index; analytics and reporting; library consortia
EZ Proxy – provides access to library resources off campus
Islandora – open source digital asset management solution tha preserves, manages, and provide access to docs, unique history (photos, publications); research, other resources
Islandora is considered for OER, link to course materials through D2L
Leganto – expensive ExLibris for D2L integration
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Thurs, Nov 30 – continuation from Tues, Nov 28
Islandora. open source digital assessment tool. STCC is using Islandora
Primo is the discovery tool for campus only w subscription. PALS does not fund Primo. PALS does it through state-wide dbases.
ILL of electronic resources among campuses; the new system is making it easier.
your comments about the new system making electronic resources more available : does it mean that I will not have to go through my campus ILL persona can “borrow” directly? or it is too optimistic to expect that?
Stephen Kelly: Tim Anderson has shared with me some thoughts on how Islandora can assist with archiving Open Educational Resources (OERs), but could you comment further on that for the benefit of everyone on the call? Answer: safe place to save OER. Drupal-based front end. Customizable. What is the connection to Primo
Stephen Kelly: Could it facilitate easier sharing of resources between institutions? For instance, if an OER was created at one institution and uploaded to Islandora, could it easily be populated for every other institution to access the materials as well?
Piggybacking on Stephen Kelly: are the account permissions similar to the average social media tool, where faculty can decide how “wide” the permission of h/er OER product is? E.g. a blog or YouTube / Kaltura can have: private / unlisted / public levels. Does Islandora function the same?
ownership of the OER.
copyright can be placed on each screen.
Librarians OER Workday
SCSU ad hoc team on open books from Spring 2015
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2016/04/06/e-textbook-ad-hoc-team/
Gary Hunter
Creating OER Texbooks using copyright and CC licensed materials.
http://www.minnstate.edu/system/asa/academicaffairs/policy/copyright/index.html
http://www.minnstate.edu/system/asa/academicaffairs/policy/ip/index.html
What can be put on the OER textbooks:
D2L upload: every time, it is called “distribution.”
plays, music, prerecorded files such as DVD, music CD.
sculpture or painting on a Web site,
five rights avoid violating. System procedure 3.27.1 copyright clearance
DMCA Digital Millennium Copyright Act
there are certain works which are not protected
The difference between Plagiarism and copyright infringement
CI is a violation of a federal law. Plagiarism can turn into CI.
creative commons
NC – no competitor can take our work and use it against us.
faculty can use anything in F2F, which is lawfully obtained. Flickr, photo without violating the regulations, it can be used in a PPT, but only on a F2F classroom. In OER, it needs to be revised.
Gary can share a “media release” form (slid 17).
Open Textbook Institute (Kimberly Johnson)
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Shane Nackerud and Matthew Lee
use of Pressbooks (it is open source). Minitex pays a vendor to host it, but it can be hosted locally, because it is open source
https://mlpp.pressbooks.pub/
Minnesota Library Publishing Project – partner ship between Minitex and public libraries.
authoring tool. Platform to edit and publish.
Building an Ebook Platform from Scratch: Are You Daft?
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2017/03/07/library-technology-conference-2017/
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Alex Kent, Digital Initiative Librarian
Islandora
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OER stakeholders and critical contacts on your campus: CETL, TLTR
Preparation: as per link above, the libraray (former LRS) met in the spring of 2015
what is the role of the library staff in the OER movement. promote what already exists. Open textbook group https://www.cccoer.org/
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Stephen Kelly, OER Project Grants Manager
https://www.opened.com/
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more on OER in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=open+source