Discovery Garden at Digital Library Foundation Forum in Denver
Big things are happening at Discovery Garden, and we’re excited to share them with you at the DLF Forum 2025.
We’ve always been committed to helping institutions preserve and share the world’s digital heritage and this year marks a major milestone: Discovery Garden has merged with Born-Digital, uniting two trusted leaders in open digital repositories. Together, we’re introducing Aurora — a fully cloud-hosted instance of Islandora designed to deliver enterprise-level performance and accessibility at a sustainable cost.
If you’re attending DLF, we invite you to stop by our booth to:
- Experience Aurora firsthand and see how it simplifies repository management while maintaining the flexibility and power of Islandora.
- Meet the Discovery Garden team and learn how we’re supporting libraries, archives, and museums across North America as they modernize and scale their repositories.
- Explore success stories from institutions using our solutions to preserve, manage, and share their digital collections with confidence.
Join Our Sessions at DLF
We’re also proud to have Akanksha Singh, Solution Architect and Product Manager, presenting two sessions at the Forum:
Wednesday, November 19 | 10:15 AM | Tabor-Molly Brown
Challenges and Opportunities in Migrating to a Modern Digital Collection Platform
Natalie Baur(1), Debbie Cornell(2), Paula Kiser(3), Akanksha Singh(4)
1: University of Iowa; 2: William & Mary; 3: Washington and Lee University; 4: Discovery Garden
Learn how three institutions—William & Mary, Washington and Lee University, and the University of Iowa—navigated digital asset management migrations to Islandora. Panelists will share insights on metadata remediation, image quality, staffing, content weeding, and more, offering practical strategies and lessons learned from projects of varying size and scope.
Wednesday, November 19 | 11:30 AM | Elizabeth Piper Ensley B
Lost in the Web: Safeguarding the Visibility and Integrity of Digital Collections
Akanksha Singh
Discoverygarden Inc, Canada
This session explores strategies to design discoverable content and avoid content loss, whether through failed migrations, broken URLs, missing metadata, or outdated systems. Topics covered include metadata resiliency, the use of persistent identifiers, optimizing content for search engines, and digital sustainability.
Join us for a Happy Hour
Join us for a relaxed end of day Happy Hour on Tuesday evening—a chance to unwind, connect with fellow DLF attendees, and continue the Islandora conversation; attend the Islandora Foundation Meet-n-Greet to be added to the guest list.
Tuesday, November 18 | 1:00 PM (Location TBD)
Islandora Foundation Meet-n-Greet hosted by the LAC-GLAM Interest Group
An informal get together to learn about the Islandora Foundation and meet fellow community members. Attendees will be encouraged to share Islandora projects, concerns, and solutions with fellow Islandora users and those considering Islandora.
We look forward to connecting with the DLF community — see you there!
