Hi everyone, Please help!

I'm just getting started entering content into my first Drupal 6 site and I am struggling with how to keep all the content organized and reusable. I already have what I think are too many content types. Seems like the content types should be generalized and less descriptive so I can reuse them whenever I want. What is the best way to keep Content Types simple/easy-to-use while maintaining reusability?

BTW, I'm using Views to create custom queries for page display.

Hey,

I'm a computer programming student working at a local library for the summer. I was asked to build an intranet website using Drupal, and I've hit a bit of a snag when it comes to the authentication.

Hi there,

I'm not a librarian.

But I think that a library type of site is pretty close to what I'm after.

I subscribe to a magasine that has session plans in it and I'm investigating setting up a searchable index of those resource online.

Basicaly I want to store, for each session plan:: Year, Month, Page, Session Title, Session Type, Author, then half a dozen or so keywords.

For my fellow NOOBS, here's a quick (~9 mins) introduction to the Views modules in Drupal 6. I found a lot of value in this so I thought I'd share.

http://learnbythedrop.com/drop/22#comment-18

Hi all,

I'm looking at re-vamping our library catalog and going with something more social and lighter-weight. We are a small corporate library in the biotech space. I've put together some thoughts on what I'd like to see and would appreciate your criticism. I've been researching the catalog workflow (user and admin), but I could easily have missed something along the way. I'm also not a Drupal guru yet - though I am a big fan and have created several websites with it. Any comments or suggestions regarding the ideas in the blog article would be greatly appreciated.

Okay, we'll be meeting for our Drupal4lib BoF on Sun. (6/29, 3:30p-5:00p) -- in the LITA Bloggers Room (till they chase us out).

This will be an informal get-together of people to talk about how they've implemented Drupal or how they'd like to implement Drupal. Whether you're a newbie or pro is fine. Everyone is welcome. I'll see if I can dig up a projector so people can do brief presentations of their projects.

Please leave comments and suggestions.

We're a 33-branch public library in Ottawa gradually getting up to speed on Drupal. (Extremely early sandbox stage, let's say.) We have a pressing, and as yet unmet, need for handling event registrations at all of those branches. Our requirements include, among other things, allowing signups for a recurring class with multiple dates (i.e. one registration for all sessions), adding a waiting list, being able to globally start all registrations on a specific date, and being able to cancel a session and send an email to all participants.

Columbus Metropolitan Library (Columbus, OH) is starting down the road of Drupal - any words of wisdom? I am a developer working to better understand Drupal's from a technical and terminology perspective. I look forward to sharing with you going forward.

I would like to know if anybody implemented a lend modules for a library?

Thank you

hi
have any libraries created a site wide taxonomy that they are particularly proud of (or not...) that they would be willing to share?
greg

A couple of people have written me about the Drupal4Lib BoF at ALA Anaheim.

Basically the idea is for people to get together informally to talk about how they've implemented Drupal or (equally as important) how they would like to implement Drupal.

People could talk briefly about projects they've been involved with, etc. The model is kind of like a 'Meetup'. I figure an hour and a half get-together would be fine.

Now to the tricky bit: Time & Place?

Hi,

I am responsible for technology implementation at a small post-secondary school in British Columbia. I think that Drupal would be a good fit, not only for the library but perhaps for other areas as well. My interests include public website CMS, intranets, and distance learning. Our focus is to make the sites useful and practical for staff, students, instructors, and prospective students.

Our school's site is: http://capernwray.ca/

I am proud to announce the newest version of the Millennium integration module, which crawls a Millennium WebOpac and converts MARC into Biblio nodes, adds taxonomy terms, and can show holdings information in real-time.

Check it out here: http://drupal.org/project/millennium

Hi, I'm preparing to give a talk on Drupal in Libraries at the Computers in Libraries conference in a couple weeks. I'd really like to speak with libraries who are using the technology. Please contact me if you have a few minutes to spare (really only 10 minutes, tops!) to talk to me about your websites either on the phone or in email at ellyssakroski at yahoo.com. Thanks.

BTW, here's my drupal site I created for the LIS class I taught last fall: http://www.infosherpas.com/fall2007/

Mods used:
CCK
Development
Event
Image
Image Assist
Avatar Selection
Chat Room
FAQ

Please feel free to attach snippets to this page. Add a description to the text.

Hyperlinked Call Numbers Using the Biblio Module

by John Bickar (cubbtech), Stanford University Libraries
To dynamically generate a hyperlinked call number relating to where the book would be shelved (e.g., https://www.stanford.edu/group/cubberley/node/329,

Has anyone implemented a library reserves system using Drupal?

This may be early but since I just registered for ALA in Anaheim (actually last Friday to take advantage of the deep discount) I thought I'd see what people thought about organizing something related to Drupal for Libraries.

Maybe a BoF (Birds of a Feather) session or something similarly casual (and fun).

It'd be great to get together.

Submit your ideas today!

I just submitted a proposal for a Drupal in Education Birds of a Feather session.

If you are attending the DrupalCon, come on over and read through the proposals, rate the existing proposals, and/or write one of your own.

If you would like to attend the BoF, I have started a list of possible topics to cover in the session description. As I say in the description, given Drupal's flexibility and the differing needs of people working within education, there will be plenty to talk about.

This module crawls an Innovative WebOpac and imports MARC information into nodes and taxonomy.

http://drupal.org/project/millennium

Anyone going (http://groups.drupal.org/node/7941)? anyone interested in a BoF?

FYI: http://drupal.org/node/204667

We're not specifically testing a "library installation," but this represents a first step towards establishing a long-term and mutually beneficial relationship with the Drupal community. With a number of core developers, including Dries, in town, we'll also have a chance to run a few ideas by them regarding a couple of the Drupal-powered scholarly communities that we have begun to construct.

¡Viva la Revolucion!

I got an interesting request a little while ago. A librarian wanted to know if she could get administrative access to a website I was running so she could see how Drupal works.

Naturally I had to say no, but it got me thinking that a "sandbox" version of Drupal -- based on a library website -- might be useful to people who wanted an idea of the "look and feel" of the thing.

Drupal has a module called "Demo" that makes sandboxes possible. So now I'm thinking this might form the basis of an interesting collaborative project.

Library homepages powered by Drupal

These are examples of live webpages that Libraries have put together to give service to library users: as homepages, catalogs, or others. Please add yours!

Christopher Harris and Andy Austin of the School Library System of Genesee Valley BOCES are writing an ALA TechSource Library Technology Reports Issue on Drupal in libraries. This issue is set to be released in May/June of 2008, so will be available when Chris, Andy and their colleague Brian present at ALA on their Drupal powered next generation library portal, Fish4Info.org.

I just sent out the following announcement to various library-related email lists:

Hi All,

I'm pleased to announce a new ListServ for librarians called 'DRUPAL4LIB'.

As the name implies, 'DRUPAL4LIB' is for those interested in Drupal, a popular open-source CMS, as it relates to libraries and librarians.

The idea is to have a forum to exchange ideas and advice, share experiences, and maybe even collaborate on a couple of projects that highlight the use of Drupal in a library context.

The ever helpful Cary Gordon has kindly agreed to serve as "moderator" along with your's truly.

SUBSCRIBE

Send the command 'SUBSCRIBE DRUPAL4LIB First_name Last_name' in the body of an email to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU.

Alternatively you can subscribe by selecting 'Join or Leave the DRUPAL4LIB List' from the DRUPAL4LIB Archives Page:
http://listserv.uic.edu/archives/drupal4lib.html

Everyone is welcome, whether beginner or pro!

LEO

Okay, this one is so far off it's almost crazy to talk about, but since they just posted it, I thought I might as well put out the word -- at least for people in the Chicagoland area interested in Drupal.

Drupal of course is a popular open-source content management system. I'll be giving an introduction to it at the offices of the Metropolitan Library System in Chicago on Friday, 2/29, 1:30-4:30. (Yes, leap year day!)

Get release 5.2-1 here.

From the upgrade notes included in the release:

This upgrade is in response to the CCK security announcement.

While this security upgrade only affects a specific use of CCK that is not present in the DrupalEd configuration, anyone running DrupalEd is strongly advised to upgrade. A healthy dose of paranoia regarding security concerns can save you hours of time/emotional distress.

The DrupalEd project is now live on Drupal.org -- we are now ready to use the issue queue to centralize discussion on the different install profiles. In starting to discuss the profiles, I suggest we use the following format, as we will need to answer these questions as we build the various profiles.

DrupalEd is now available for download --

The full announcement is available here --

Modules

Biblio
OAI-PMH
Millennium

Libraries Using Drupal

Ann Arbor District Library
School Library System, Genesee Valley BOCES
Monterrey Institute of Technology Library

Just wanted to say hello. I guess this is a new group. Am a librarian so I thought it apt to join this group.