Thanks again to everyone involved for another successful community sprint. During those two weeks, we reviewed all of our existing documentation and added quite a few new pages to support the new features we've picked up since 1.0.0 was released. You can see it all at islandora.github.io/documentation.
We will be kicking off 2020 with another Islandora 8 webinar showcasing a pilot site. One of the earliest adopters of Islandora 8, and an integral part of its development so far, the University of Nevada Las Vegas will join us on January 21, 2020 to showcase the results of their migration. They will discuss why they chose to go with Islandora 8 back in early 2018, what they have learned so far, and what's coming next for UNLV.
Registration is free. Sign up now.
We're taking another look back at Islandoracon this week, to highlight another one of the amazing projects that came from our Islandora 8 Use-a-Thon.
The latest Islandora 8 sprint focussed on a key aspect of our first release: documentation. It has been a stunning success.
The Islandora Foundation is very pleased to welcome our newest member: Amherst College. Currently the owners of a custom Fedora 3 digital collection (ACDC), the team at Amherst College are explorers on the bleeding edge of Islandora, working with Islandora CLAW and Fedora 4.
This week we have a special two-part Show & Tell, looking at the remarkable Story City from Vancouver Public Library from the point of view of both the library behind it and the service company that helped with development.
Have you published a paper about how you use Islandora? Given a public presentation? Had an Islandora-related poster accepted at a conference? We'd like to put it in our bibliography.
Did you know you can be a member of the Islandora Foundation as an individual?
The Islandora Foundation is a federally incorporated, community-driven soliciting non-profit incorporated in Canada. Basically, our funding comes from our members. That funding pays for things like the salaries of our two employees, Islandora events such as Camps and Islandoracon, and other efforts to support development of Islandora and the Islandora community. Most of our revenue comes from our institutional members, who participate in the Islandora Foundation as Partners ($10,000CAD/year), Collaborators ($4000CAD/year), or Members ($2000CAD/year), but we are also very proud to have the support of several Individual Members, who have joined with their own money to show their personal support for the project. Altogether, this group fund the Foundation for more than $2000, making them the equivalent of a Member.
We offer some small perks, like hats and discounts on events, and leave it to the individual to decide the amount that they would like to donate. If you're interested in joining our list of Individual Members, you can check out the details and make a donation here.