News from NYAM: Newly Digitized William S. Ladd Collection of Prints
Some great news from our friends at the New York Academy of Medicine:
Islandora is in use, but not yet complete or publically accessible.
Islandora Camp Switzerland - Registration Now Open!
Islandora Camp will be in Dübendorf, near Zürich, Switzerland from June 17 - 19, 2019.
Registration is now open for for this three-day event, packed with Islandora content: two days of conference-style sessions and presentations, and one day of hands-on workshop training with tracks for developers and front-end users and managers. We will also have plenty of content dealing with the next major version of Islandora, which pairs Drupal 8 with Fedora 4.
We hope you can join us!
Islandora Camp in Dübendorf!
The Islandora Foundation is very pelased to announce our first event of 2019: Islandora Camp Switzerland, taking place June 17 - 19 in Dübendorf, Switzlerand. We are partnering with Islandora Foundation member Lib4RI to hold the camp at Eawag. While we won't be anouncing the full schedule until some time next year, we expect to follow the usual camp schedule of:
Islandora Newsletter September 2018
The latest edition of the Islandora Foundation's newsletter has been released. You can check out past issues and subscribe here.
iCampCA Call for Proposals - Now Open!
We are now accepting proposals to present at Islandora Camp in San Diego, November 7 - 9, 2018. Sessions should be roughly 20 - 25 minutes and be related to Islandora or its community. We are accepting submissions until September 1st.
Islandora Camp in San Diego, CA
The last Islandora Camp of 2018 will be in sunny San Diego, CA from November 7 to 9, hosted by San Diego State University. Islandora Camp features:
Islandora Foundation joins DuraSpace
The Islandora Foundation is very pleased to announce that it has joined DuraSpace as an affiliate member. We look forward to collaborating with DuraSpace more closely to further not only Islandora's growth and sustainability but also to learn from and support allied open-source communities. See DuraSpace's press release for more information.
iCamp EU Limerick T-Shirt Contest
One of the features of Islandora events is the t-shirt given to all attendees. Every camp has its own logo, and we want to give a free registration and an extra t-shirt to the iCampEU Limerick attendee who comes up with the best logo to represent the camp.
This was the logo from our previous contest (for IslandoraCon in Hamilton, ON):
Islandora Technical Advisory Group (TAG) First Meeting
Just wanted everyone to know that Islandora's Technical Advisory Group had it's first meeting to discuss PHP 5.3.3 given that we have had problems with Travis around it recently. Fortunately, Travis has merged in changes to address the issue. Community member Jonathan Green deserves big thanks for filing it!
Islandora 7.x Committers Calls are on a new platform
Ever wanted to come to the bi-weekly Islandora Committers Call but don't like using Skype? Good news! We have moved the call to the FreeConferenceCallHD line used by the weekly Islandora CLAW Calls and many of our Interest Groups.