Libraries

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.

Libraries

Single Sign-On with a Domain Controller

tleeson — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:18:33 +0000

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.

They've asked me to set up a Single Sign-On system, wherein employees that log into their staff stations are automatically logged in to the staff intranet website. I've learned from the IT workers (the library outsources their IT to another company) that the authentication is done using a Domain Controller. The server runs on Apache, not sure of the OS at this point. (I think it might be linux...) We're on Drupal 5.7.

Has anyone had any experience with this sort of thing? What steps did you take?

Libraries

Is there a tutorial for setting up an index?

davidjeanneret@drupal.org — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:05:45 +0000

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.

So that a user can search for: "I want a film based session that deals with violence" or "a music based session that looks at identity" etc. - and the website will return the Year, Month and Title and page number of a session plan.

Does anyone know of a tutorial for setting up this kind of a website using Drupal?

Cheers

David

Libraries

Introduction to Views for Drupal 6

sdavis — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:23:57 +0000

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

Libraries

Corporate Library Catalog Proposal based on Drupal

whayes — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:53:44 +0000

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.

Corporate Library Catalog Design Proposal

We are currently using Drupal for our library website and an RSS item database (for non-RSS enabled alert sources). I've also prototyped a multi-user blog and an internal news service.

Libraries

Drupal4Lib BoF (ALA Anaheim)

leoklein@drupal.org — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:50:12 +0000

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.

Research and academia

Investigating event management for a biggish public library

crawleyde — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:14:38 +0000

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. From looking at the Event Manager and Signup modules (are there others?), we would need to undertake, or commission, a wholesale rewrite of those modules to get what we need.

Event management is an important item for many libraries. Has anyone implemented event management specifically for libraries in Drupal using one of these modules or another? Is anyone out there thinking along a similar line? Can you share the requirements you've met with code, or that you have and, like us, haven't met yet?

Many thanks,

Devin Crawley
Virtual Library Services Librarian
Ottawa Public Library/Bibliothèque publique d'Ottawa
101 Centrepointe Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K2G 5K7
Phone: 613-580-2424 X41494
devin.crawley@BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca/
http://www.BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca/

Libraries

Hello from Columbus

sdavis — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:52:38 +0000

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.

Libraries

Library modules

dalcorta — Sat, 24 May 2008 22:05:07 +0000

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

Thank you

Libraries

Library web site taxonomy

gsennema — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:48:05 +0000

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

Libraries

Time & Place of Drupal4Lib BoF?

leoklein@drupal.org — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:52:32 +0000

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?

What are the biggest conflicts? For me that would be the Lita Happy Hour (Fri. 6/27, 5.30-8p) and the Opening General Session (Sat. 6/28 5:30p-7:30p).

I'm sure other people have other conflicts. The idea would be to meet maybe before any of these -- or on Sunday.

I really don't have a handle on the conference program yet so your comments and suggestions are appreciated. Please leave them here!

Libraries

Drupal and Libraries Presentation

Ellyssa — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:39:19 +0000

A big thanks to all of the libraries and librarians who helped me out by talking to me about how they're using Drupal for my presentation at the Computers in Libraries conference earlier this month. It went really well, here's the prez with audio for anyone interested.

Libraries

Do you have any tips for small colleges using Drupal?

rvanschaik — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:54:29 +0000

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/

If you have been involved in setting up Drupal for your post-sec institution, please email me at richvanschaik at gmail.com.

Libraries

New release of Millennium module for libraries

janusman@drupal.org — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:10:19 +0000

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

Libraries

Drupal in Libraries Presentation Info Request

Ellyssa — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:06:33 +0000

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
Favorite Nodes
Feedback
Forward
Guestbook
Masquerade
Month
Service Links
Signup
Tabbed Blocks
Thickbox
TinyMCE
Buddylist
Tagadelic
Views

If anyone would like to copy and use my user profile code for their own social network, please feel free to download my file here: http://www.box.net/shared/bdcyzl9rnd

Please excuse the cross-posting - I posted similarly on drupalib

Libraries

Library Snippets

Cary Gordon — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:29:52 +0000

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,
https://www.stanford.edu/group/cubberley/node/217, https://www.stanford.edu/group/cubberley/node/2019), I modified the theme_biblio_long themable function using this code.

PHP Script to Generate Open Hours

The attached script, days_hours.txt, pulls the library's hours from an array and displays them as such:

Thursday, April 24
9AM - 9PM

Libraries

Library Reserves and Drupal?

EWB — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:27:43 +0000

Has anyone implemented a library reserves system using Drupal?

Libraries

BoF on Drupal4Lib at ALA in Anaheim?

leoklein@drupal.org — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:25:02 +0000

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!

Libraries

Drupal in Education BoF

billfitzgerald — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:58:37 +0000

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.

If, however, there is something you want to talk about/ask about, include it in the comments here, or voice your opinion over at the poll.

Final decisions on which sessions will run will be forthcoming in February.

Cheers,

Bill

Research and academia

Dev version of Millennium Integration module

janusman@drupal.org — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:44:41 +0000

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

http://drupal.org/project/millennium

Libraries

What do you want most from the Education Meetup at DrupalCon 2008 in Boston?

billfitzgerald — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:40:46 +0000

Scorm

Drupal in Libraries Boston BoF?

libsys — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:00:52 +0000

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

Libraries

Drupal Partners with U of M Libraries - Formal Lab Usability Testing of D6

libsys — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:44:11 +0000

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!

Libraries

A Modest Suggestion : LibrarySandbox.org

leoklein@drupal.org — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:28:33 +0000

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.

The goal would be to create a model library website (representing a fictitious institution) that people would have administrative access to.

The website would have events, a list of resources, plus all the other accouterments a modern day fictitious institution would have.

If you'd like to help out or have any advice, feel free to leave a comment here. Or just email me.

I've already registered the domain, LibrarySandbox.org, though there's not much up there at the moment,

LEO

Libraries

Library Websites powered by Drupal

janusman@drupal.org — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:47:58 +0000

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!

Library name (please link to live homepage)	Description	In service since (mo-yr):	Modules in use / Integration with other library systems	Contact email
Monterrey Tech Library	Homepage for Library serving 18,000+ students in Monterrey, Mexico. Focuses on listing all services, listing recommended books and videos along with relevant news. Serves as gateway to the library OPAC, which runs under Innovative Millennium.	sep-2007	Modules: nice_menus, tinymce + img_assist, polls. Integration: We run a homebrew generic database (a'la dabbleDB) so requests for support, suggestions, petitions for library instruction, etc. head to the database instead of to an email address.	alejandro.garza@itesm.mx

Library OPACs (Catalogs) based on Drupal

Libraries

ALA TechSource LTR "Working With Drupal" Publication

cgharris@drupal.org — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:20:24 +0000

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.

Libraries

Announcing DRUPAL4LIB, a ListServ for Librarians Interested in Drupal

leoklein@drupal.org — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:19:09 +0000

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

www.leoklein.com (site)
www.ChicagoLibrarian.com (blog)

aim/msn/yhoo/goog: 'leorobertklein'

Research and academia

Leo Klein on Drupal (Chicago)

leoklein@drupal.org — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:48:35 +0000

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!)

I'll first go over the basics of the system -- the good, the bad, and the buggy -- in the context of open source software. Then, I'll discuss how certain features of Drupal can be used to solve typical library content needs.

You don't have to be an expert to attend this thing -- just someone interested in how modern content management systems work.

For more info and to register: http://tinyurl.com/2hwua3

Hope to see you,

LEO

www.leoklein.com (site)
www.ChicagoLibrarian.com (blog)

aim/msn/yhoo/goog: 'leorobertklein'

Research and academia

DrupalEd 5.2-1

billfitzgerald — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:19:37 +0000

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.

Code updates:

With the exception of CCK, none of these updates are related to security issues, but they bring the codebase up to date.

With the Views Bonus Pack, we upgraded to the dev version released August 11th to include the ability to export views in either CSV or DOC format.

To upgrade an existing 5.2 install, or to install a new site using DrupalEd, you can download the full codebase here.

Portland (Oregon)

DrupalEd install profiles

billfitzgerald — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:35:19 +0000

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.

Site Description: the functionality/use case for the site (and we have started on the descriptions in the various site descriptions in this wiki page).
Roles: the various user roles, and brief explanations of how they will function if this is not self explanatory
Content Types: the different content types in use on the site, and the roles that will be able to access them
Install Process: the install profile will lay out different options -- what do we want the options to be? We can also use the steps of the install profile to deliver training/documentation on how to use the site. While I don't want to get overly laborious with this section, this is also a possibility to document how the site works, and relay that info to the end user
Module List: What core modules will be turned on, and what contrib modules will be added?

For future iterations of these profiles, I think we should make some options within the profile for block and menu variations, but for the first pass I suggest we set up some sensible defaults.

So, let's create some profiles and make this happen.

1. School Portal

A place for a public-facing web presence for a school. This will be the most simple profile and will look like a very generic Drupal installation with content types "story" and "page" and a couple of default pages and settings: "Welcome", "About us", "Contact".

2. Academic Department

A site that provides an overview of an academic department in higher education. This looks a lot like the School portal but will have more default pages, including for instance the different faculties and educations, and some default "views" to list them all.

3. One teacher, one or multiple classes

One teacher providing all information to the different classes. This is a very simple version since the roles are easy to distribute: there's one "moderator" namely the teacher and all other users have the "student" role in succession to their class role. Using taxonomy_access each piece of content will have it's own tag/class that only those students can see, next to a "protected" tag so that any student can see the content and a "public" tag for anyone (not logged in) to see. A group can be created per class, as well as a "student group" for the pupils to gather and discuss. A forum should probably be set up with some default categories.

4. Social Learning Space

A site where teachers can manage blog-based classes, teachers and students can create working groups, with support for multiple content types broken out by role -- the current DrupalEd install is a middle ground for this type of profile. This is the largest set-up and will need a great deal of consideration about the whats and hows.

5. Research Space

A site that supports modules and plugins that collect and analyze data, and publish the results. This could include elements such as polls, quizzes and views of web stats, and possibly support integration with research tools such as libsna, and reporting & visualization tools such as pentaho? A note to consider: since those products are open-source but not GPL, we will not be able to include them with the distrubtion, forcing users to download and install them manually. This should clearly be advertised on installation.

Next steps

Over the next few days, I'll create a project on d.o for DrupalEd -- I'll post here when it's live, and then we'll have a central place to discuss and manage version control of different profiles. ~billfitzgerald

Comments and thanks

Thanks Bill. The project space will definitely help with this endeavor. Not sure what happened with the Organic Groups Drupal Ed thing. That looked cool. In looking at my school district, I think they would be better off offering teachers their own space for each teacher to create their own groups - one group per class. I've got that setup pretty easily but haven't figured out the grading and tracking homework part. As student login, they can view their grades and homework assignments. In the meantime, each class (which is an organic group) would be it's own portal or blog. That way the student has a list of classes (portal/blog) that he/she can go to in order to discuss assignments or get help. That is how my on-line schooling is setup at Western Governor's University and it is pretty effective (other than using a mangled Oracle portal product). ~harriska2

I removed the "One teacher, one class" since this is just a simple form of the "many classes", no special options are needed. I sorted them in order of simplicity ASC. I'm very happy with these categories: they are easy to understand and very flexible. Good work Bill! ~wmostrey

DrupalEd Rocks! Thanks to all involved. I added research #5 above. ~ethang

All of these are wonderful ideas, and I can think of several ways to use each profile type. Everyone working on this project is amazing and I am grateful for the work Bill and others put in. When it comes to my primary needs, the public-facing portal, I don't think we should be quick to assume too much simplicity.

I'm currently working on replacing the public-facing site for a small college and need a lot more than is detailed here. Many smaller schools (2000 and fewer students) have a unified site rather than seperate departmental sites, so I want to be able to do hierarchical pages with lots of different content elements. Also, moderation is a big deal since 30 people from around campus (many of whom managed to get Ph.D.s without learning to punctuate) update content regularly, so we need workflow and moderation that's flexible to some extent but, most importantly, just works. Also, a well thought out personnel directory is incredibly important for the public. Our particular plan calls for the personnel directory to link to a bio page the employees can update themselves and also allow them each to maintain their own blogs. Likewise, we plan on having each standing committee and student club have their own group with both public and private content including calendars that get aggregated into one comprehensive campus calendar and event list.

In other words, in order to make the site truly useful and appealling to both internal and external audiences, we need more than simple "about" pages on the public-facing portal.

I'm not saying the group has to scratch my itch, especially since I'm a writer/editor/PR person with a Web site in my charge rather than a real developer who can contribute much besides ideas. But, I have a feeling a lot of organizations, whether academic, non-profit or mid-sized business, would find an install profile that does what I've detailed incredibly appealing. ~Scott (sacushman)

Research and academia

DrupalEd Now Available

billfitzgerald — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:03:03 +0000

DrupalEd is now available for download --

The full announcement is available here --

In distributing this version, we opted to distribute the site as a tarball with all relevant code and third-party libraries. Down the road, we'd like to figure out a way around this, but given that both TinyMCE and the audio module require LGPL'd libraries that can't be hosted on d.o, AND that many people in education are working through software issues without a great deal of tech support, we figured a tarball with all the necessary code would lower the barrier to entry sigificantly.

However, we would like to move away from this in the medium to long term -- we'd love to hear some ideas on ways around this --

This version bundles some useful functionality, it is by no means done -- the biggest priority short term is to build out an install profile, but we'll be writing up some more comprehensive notes over the next week.

So, enjoy the site!

Cheers,

Bill

Research and academia

Hello? Anybody here?

glendac — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:04:07 +0000

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

Libraries

Libraries

Drupal Rocks Library Websites [Updated v2]

Library Modules

Would you help in creating a full featured Drupal ILS?

Websites and blogs about Drupal in libraries

Websites:

Blogs:

Drupal Libraries

Libraries Using Drupal

Public libraries:

School (K-12) libraries:

Special libraries:

University libraries:

Library services:

Library Related Drupal Activity

Modules

Libraries Using Drupal

Drupal in Libraries -- from the ALA

Content Organization ?

Single Sign-On with a Domain Controller

Is there a tutorial for setting up an index?

Introduction to Views for Drupal 6

Corporate Library Catalog Proposal based on Drupal

Drupal4Lib BoF (ALA Anaheim)

Investigating event management for a biggish public library

Hello from Columbus

Library modules

Library web site taxonomy

Time & Place of Drupal4Lib BoF?

Drupal and Libraries Presentation

Do you have any tips for small colleges using Drupal?

New release of Millennium module for libraries

Drupal in Libraries Presentation Info Request

Library Snippets

Hyperlinked Call Numbers Using the Biblio Module

PHP Script to Generate Open Hours

Library Reserves and Drupal?

BoF on Drupal4Lib at ALA in Anaheim?

Drupal in Education BoF

Dev version of Millennium Integration module

What do you want most from the Education Meetup at DrupalCon 2008 in Boston?

Drupal in Libraries Boston BoF?

Drupal Partners with U of M Libraries - Formal Lab Usability Testing of D6

A Modest Suggestion : LibrarySandbox.org

Library Websites powered by Drupal

Library homepages powered by Drupal

Library OPACs (Catalogs) based on Drupal

ALA TechSource LTR "Working With Drupal" Publication

Announcing DRUPAL4LIB, a ListServ for Librarians Interested in Drupal

Leo Klein on Drupal (Chicago)

DrupalEd 5.2-1

DrupalEd install profiles

1. School Portal

2. Academic Department

3. One teacher, one or multiple classes

4. Social Learning Space

5. Research Space

Next steps

Comments and thanks

DrupalEd Now Available

Hello? Anybody here?