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Navigating the Shift to Open Source: Benefits and Hurdles for Worthington Libraries

The Worthington Libraries are transitioning to an open source framework, specifically Islandora, to enhance their local history website, originally built in 2003. While this move promises greater flexibility, a dynamic user experience, and improved staff workflow, it also poses challenges such as adapting to new technology, complex installation, and documentation issues. Our journey involves collaboration, community engagement, and leveraging modern tools to create a seamless digital experience for our patrons, as we work to integrate various records into a unified platform.

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Navigating the Shift to Open Source: Benefits and Hurdles for Worthington Libraries

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  1. Worthington Memory: Advantages / challenges of moving to an open source framework Stefan Langer, Web Developer

  2. About us / Background “Follow me and you will see, the library is fun for you and me!” Thing 1 and Thing 2 illustration, available at MotherKao.com http://motherkao.com/teaching-the-kao-kids-raising-a-reader-part-2/

  3. Web Team: Worthington Libraries • Two person team • Majority of Web sites: Drupal CMS • Work in a Windows environment • Not archivists

  4. Worthington Memory: History • Local history Web site • Launched 2003 (Worthington Bicentennial) • Homegrown: Built by library staff • Technical aspects: • Windows server • ColdFusion • SQL Server • Dublin Core • Content added by trained staff and volunteers

  5. Tour: Homepage

  6. Tour: Browse the Collection

  7. Tour: Expanded record

  8. Tour: Full image view

  9. Tour: Full page view

  10. Tour: Cemeteries database

  11. Tour: Worthington News Index

  12. Tour: Data entry

  13. Islandora

  14. Why Islandora? • Fedora Commons • Underlying architecture for the digital repository • Extremely flexible (everything is an object) • Standards compliant • Uses the OAIS Model • Powerful • Active community • Drupal • We know (and like) Drupal! • Customizable, extensible, themeable • Active community • Islandora • Connects Fedora, Drupal and 3rd party software • Open source (so the price is right!) • Active community + Discovery Garden

  15. Challenges “I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind….” I Had Trouble in Getting to SollaSollewbook cover, available at Digital-Storytime.com http://digital-storytime.com/review.php?id=880

  16. Challenge #1 • We're not archivists! • Fedora Commons and Islandora bring: • New terminology • New mental models • New technology • Software with crazy names

  17. Nerds like Us If I Ran the Zoo illustration, available at Nexus of NERD http://www.nexusofnerd.com/tag/seuss/

  18. ?????!!! If I Ran the Zoo book pages, available at dtc-wsuv.org/bwoudenhttp://dtc-wsuv.org/bwouden/narrative/katroo.html

  19. One site, two site . . .

  20. Additional software • ADORedjatoka • Ant • Apache • Drupal • Fedora Commons • FFmpeg • FFmpeg2theora • FITS • Ghostscript • Gsearch • ImageMagick • Java • LAME MP3 Encoder • Leptonica • Maven • MySQL • PHP • TesseractOCR • Tomcat • Solr 20+ applications!

  21. Components of Islandora

  22. Components of Islandora T-Shirt: Seuss Army Knife image, available at TheAwesomer.com: http://theawesomer.com/seuss-army-knife-t-shirt/54171/

  23. Challenges • Open source software: • Sometimes isn't well-documented • Community may die, leaving software unsupported • May depend on other open source software • Islandora • Doesn't take advantage of Drupal in the way we thought • Isn't Windows-compatible (including documentation) • Complicated installation and configuration • What to do?

  24. Get involved! Yesss I am All Ready illustration, available at Quoteshelphttp://quoteshelp.com/motivational-life-changing-quotes-by-dr-seuss/

  25. Get involved! • Community forums • Ask questions • Share answers • Contribute code • Located Windows-incompatibilities • Submitted 10 patches • Merged into the latest release: Islandora 7.x-1.3

  26. Advantages “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” Oh, the Places You’ll Go! book illustration, available at The Highland Echo http://highlandecho.com/2012/05/

  27. Advantages • Public • Better tools • More dynamic, educational experience • WM, cemeteries, and WNI records in same search results • Each record has its own page!

  28. Advantages • Staff • Better workflow behind-the-scenes • Reduced redundancies / increased efficiency

  29. Advantages • Developers • Customizable • New modules: Islandora Sync • Programmers can create and add missing features • Community • Rapid development (in the future)

  30. Where are we now? “Don't give up, I believe in you all . . . .” The BippoloSeed book illustration, available at NPR http://www.npr.org/books/titles/137897449/the-bippolo-seed-and-other-lost-stories

  31. Web Team back in January . . . . Cindy Lou Who illustration, available at MoviePropsCollectorshttp://www.moviepropcollectors.com/magazine/2010/12/24/merry-christmas-from-the-grinch-cindy-lou-who-and-max/

  32. Where are we now? • Data migration still pending • Main site • Cemeteries database • Worthington News Index • Mostly through the technological hurdles • Lots of decisions to be made: • How to package objects (book, PDF, zoomable image) • Site navigation • Approval workflow • Maintaining standards compliance • Starting to enter more familiar territory

  33. Thank you! Stefan Langer, slanger@worthingtonlibraries.org Argyle Dr. Seuss Thing 1 Thing 2 design, available at shydesignhttps://www.etsy.com/listing/119825895/argyle-dr-seuss-thing-1-thing-2?ref=related-1

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