iTunesU

Purpose:

• iTunesU requires a minimum of 6 collections before launching your store
• They suggest putting a maximum number of 30-50 items into a collection
• They suggest putting items into the collection incrementally, rather than all at once, so that people subscribe to your feeds & keep coming back for more

Instructions for creating a new collection in iTunes U

1. Create an Items collection in BHL
   1. Set it to Active
   2. Check the "iTunes U" checkbox
2. Remember the text you include in the "URL" field, you will use it throughout the other steps
3. Create artwork according to the template
   1. Photoshop template for iTunes U collection artwork: iTunesU_BHLCollection_Template.psd
   2. Photoshop template for BHL collection artwork: BHL_Collection_Template.psd
      1. as a JPG
      2. with name Collection_Template_*CollectionURL*.jpg, where *CollectionURL* is the value from step 2
      3. Upload JPG image via Admin Dash
4. Open iTunes U Site Manager at https://sitemanager.itunes.apple.com and login (username: biodiversitylibrary@gmail.com, for password contact Grace Costantino, costantinog@si.edu)
5. Click the "Collections" link in the header
6. Click "Add Collections" icon
7. Choose the "provider hosted" option and enter the RSS Feed URL: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/itunesurss/collection/*CollectionURL*
8. Customize links and other options using the window provided
9. When you are finished making edits, click OK
10. Click "Publish" in the header
    1. Preview your new collection & any other changes
    2. Click Publish
11. Your collection will be live on iTunes U between 3-24 hours.

Ideas for 1st round of collections:

• United States expeditions (or some other national/geographic component)
• Field notebooks (once they're online, see also US Expeditions)
• ¿Publicaciones en Español de Latinoamérica? (ie. Latin America publications in Spanish?) (William)
  • Claro que si. Pero, necesitamos..ok, have exhausted my Spanish. Have created a collection and made it public: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/browse/collection/espanol It has 1,024 volumes. iTunesU suggests 30 or so. How do we select a smaller number?
  • Hmmm, any way I try it (language, region, etc.) there's no quick nor complete solution to get the 30 volumes:
    • On one hand [Latin America (any language)] brings 30 titles but 40 volumes, so we can do something like:
      
      Latin America Heritage (23 volumes: [Subject Latin America, pre-1923, not repeated]). Items (36580, 30644, 58700, 94353, 57280, 57281, 40899, 58833, 58834, 59104, 86801, 66870, 50384, 50247, 50379, 50255, 50248, 50903, 50909, 103732, 30855, 59592, 85938)
      
      
    • On the other hand, I wanted to suggest a Subject like Costa Rica [Costa Rica (any language)] but it shows 38 titles and 42 volumes and a narrow search like Costa-Rica [Search for "title: Costa-Rica"] gives only 27 volumes, but does not include several of the ones tagged with Subject Costa Rica of the previous list. So again, we can propose something like:
      
      Costa Rica en el Siglo XIX y principios del XX(19 volumes: [Subject Costa Rica, pre-1950, not repeated] + 3 volumes [Search "title:Costa-Rica"pre-1950, not repeated]). Items (25990, 20412, 37164, 49018, 100630, 19722, 19747, 19700, 19681, 105858, 37867, 47965, 25997, 24808, 24604, 110111, 20919, 21241, 61852, 6027, 41721, 67309)
      
      
    • And my favorite, Biologia Centrali-Americanacannot even fit one, but two collections:
      • Biologia Centrali-Americana part 1 [Biologia Centrali-Americana (all but Insecta)] 26 volumes
        Items: (14587, 14588, 14589, 14590, 14591, 14592, 14593, 14594, 14595, 14638, 14639, 14640, 14641, 14645, 14643, 14597, 14598, 14596, 14599, 105791, 106364, 105794, 106393, 105793, 106394, 106365)
      • Biologia Centrali-Americana part 2 [Biologia Centrali-Americana (only Insecta)] 38 volumes
        Items (14600, 14601, 14602, 14603, 14604, 14605, 14606, 14607, 14608, 14609, 14610, 14611, 14612, 14613, 14614, 14615, 14616, 14617, 14618, 14619, 14620, 14621, 14622, 14623, 14624, 14625, 14626, 14644, 14627, 14628, 14630, 14631, 14632, 14633, 14634, 14636, 14637, 14635)
    • Latin America and Costa Rica collections.xls
• K-12 collection
• Women authors/illustrators collection

Existing Collections:

• Darwin's Library (Chris)
• Rarest of the Rare (Bianca - zoo, Chris - bot)
  • http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/Admin/collectionedit.aspx?id=27 [all items in collection, continue to add directly via Admin module, see exceptions for titles below]
• Extinct Species (Chris?)
  • http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/Admin/collectionedit.aspx?id=21 [all items in collection, continue to add directly via Admin module]
• The Curious and Bizarre (Bianca, Gilbert)
  • http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/Admin/collectionedit.aspx?id=26 [all items in collection, continue to add directly via Admin module]
• The fungus among us (Bianca)
  • http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/Admin/collectionedit.aspx?id=23 [all items in collection, continue to add directly via Admin module]
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• Pillars of biodiversity (THE quintessential books that established zoological and botanical study) (Chris, Bianca, Social Media)
  • http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/Admin/collectionedit.aspx?id=20 [all items in collection, continue to add directly via Admin module]
• Biota of Cape Cod(Joe deVeer & Matt Person)
  • http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/Admin/collectionedit.aspx?id=25 [all items in collection, continue to add directly via Admin module]