Membership
The primary means of joining the LDL is through the Louisiana Digital Consortium. For additional information about the Consortium, please see: https://louisianadigitalconsortium.org.
Other means of participating with the LDL include LSU Libraries' digitization awad. For additional information about the award, please see: https://www.lib.lsu.edu/services/digital/award
All participating institutions are bound by the LDL Submission Agreement. Please see the agreement here.
LDL Resources
Subject Guides: Curated tours of the LDL collections around a number of topics. Created for a wide variety of users, the topics are grounded in K-12 Louisiana Student Standards, as well as research questions from undergraduate students and professional researchers.
Metadata Documents: The LDL Metadata Application Profile (metadata guidelines) and LDL Template for Descriptive Metadata are intended for use by LDL participants to ensure both standardization of digital collection description, as well as a level of flexibility to account for a wide variety of needs.
LDL As Data: LSU Libraries has received a grant to explore the use of LDL content as data. Learn about this exciting new opportunity for the LDL community.
LDL Content Administrator Training: Video tutorials covering basic functions of working with the LDL for content administrators.
About the LDL Community
The Louisiana Digital Library (LDL) is the front door to Louisiana's digital cultural heritage. Members include public libraries, academic libraries, museums, and archives from across the state.
Learn more about the LDL community.
About the LDL Technical Infrastructure
The LDL is built with Islandora, an open source digital library system based on Fedora, Drupal, and Solr.
About the Louisiana Digital Consortium
Information about the Louisiana Digital Consortium can be found here: http://louisianadigitalconsortium.org