Presentations

We'll be having our Chicagoland Drupal Library BoF on Friday, Sept. 25, 2pm-4pm at the Offices of the Metropolitan Library System (224 S. Michigan) in Chicago.

Cost is free but we need people to register at:
http://www.librarylearning.info/events/?eventID=5356

The Chicagoland Drupal4Lib BoF is an opportunity for librarians to get together and discuss how they use (or would like to use) Drupal in a library context. We'll ask people to present projects they're working on and we'll field questions on problems and approaches to implementing Drupal. All levels of knowledge from expert to beginner are welcome.

[Agenda after the jump... ]

If you're attending DrupalCon Paris, according to http://groups.drupal.org/node/24060, the deadline for voting on session proposals is this Sunday, July 12. There are two session proposals tagged for libraries: http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/category/session-free-tagging/libraries. There's also a session proposal I found (and maybe others I missed) that isn't tagged for libraries, but is quite relevant to libraries: http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/porting-biblio-cck. And there's lots of other great session proposals.

Okay, this is going to be our get-together at ALA's Convention in Chicago! It'll be a chance to talk about what we're doing and to exchange ideas.

Part of our discussion will be about Drupal 7x and what to expect. Part of our discussion will be about the projects we're doing or would like to do. You're all invited to present!

All levels of experience are welcome. If you're a librarian and interested in Drupal, please come.

Date:
Sunday, July 12 (3:30p-5:00p)

Location:
McCormick Place
West Building, Level 1
Conference Center Rm #11b
Chicago, IL.

EQUIPMENT: First, we've got wireless thanks to ALA. Then I will be bringing my laptop and projector (which hopefully works this year) for people to show their sites and other web pages.

IN CONCLUSION: Okay, we've got a time and we've got a place. Looking forward to seeing all of you!

For more information or if you have a question or suggestion, feel free to email me through the Contact Form...

Main Entrance to McCormick Place West
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Entry Way to Conference Center Rm #11b

Just a request for ideas and suggestions for a Drupal4Lib BoF at ALA in Chicago. Time is marching on!

Last year in Anaheim, we had a fine get-together. A number of people presented projects they were working on and we had a general discussion on implementing Drupal in a library environment.

Here's my write-up: http://chicagolibrarian.com/node/289

ALA CHICAGO

This year we're in Chicago (my home town!) so I'm really looking forward to repeating the event here.

Event Page: http://groups.drupal.org/node/18820
Date & Time: March 20, 2009 (1:30p-4p)
Location: DePaul Loop Campus, 1 E. Jackson, Rm 10028, Chicago

Introductions & Welcome

Round Robin of Participants

Tell us your name and your experience or interest in Drupal.

Discussion of Websites & Projects

Round-robin of projects people are working on or would like to be working on.

Book or Resource of the Month

I'm pleased to announce a Chicagoland Drupal4Lib BoF on Friday, 3/20 (1:30p-4p) at DePaul's Loop Campus, 1 E. Jackson (10th fl., Rm# 10028), Chicago.

GOALS OF THE CHICAGOLAND DRUPAL4LIB BoF

The Chicagoland Drupal4Lib BoF will be an opportunity for librarians to get together and discuss how they use (or would like to use) Drupal in a library context. We'll ask people to present projects they're working on and we'll field questions on problems and approaches to implementing Drupal. All levels of knowledge from expert to n00b are welcome.

Also, since we're the 'host' city for the ALA Convention in Chicago in July, we'll have an opportunity to think about what we might want to do for that.

This Chicagoland Drupal4Lib BoF is a follow-up to our successful get-togethers last year at the Metropolitan Librarian System and at the wildly sold-out Chicago Drupal BarCamp in October.

CHICAGOLAND DRUPAL4LIB BoF - QUARTERLY BASIS

We'll be doing one of these on a quarterly basis -- or at least that's the intention. The people at DePaul have kindly made their location available for March; We'll be meeting at McCormick Place as part of ALA in July; After that we'll be meeting at the downtown offices of the Metropolitan Library System (MLS).

PARTICIPATION AND SUGGESTIONS

It goes without saying that your participation and suggestions are welcome. The format is free and open enough to accommodate a ton of different ideas and needs.

Feel free to sign up below and either leave a comment or email me. And everyone start planning for an informative and rewarding event -- on 3/20!

Hope to see you,

Leo Klein
ChicagoLibrarian.org

UPDATE: TRANSPORTATION

LINK TO: Driving instructions to DePaul's Loop Campus...

There are a number of Parking Lots close to the DePaul Center (Jackson & State). You need to come south on Wabash to just past Jackson. There's a Self-Service Parking Lot on the west and east sides of the street between Jackson and VanBuren.

LINK TO: Street map from DePaul (pdf)...

UPDATE: See Draft Agenda...

This is still a while off but I thought I'd put out an initial request before the holidays officially begin. It's a request for ideas and suggestions for the meeting of the LITA Drupal4Lib Interest Group at the 2009 ALA Conference in Chicago.

Feel free to leave comments either here or on the LITA Blog at:

http://tinyurl.com/Drupal4LibALAchicago

LAST JUNE/JULY IN ANAHEIM

Here is a link to a presentation we did on how we built a special site for library health resources--an OPAC built on Drupal, Solr, the Millennium integration module and Google Custom Search Engine.

http://biblioteca.mty.itesm.mx/mty/workingtogether/Developing_a_Thematic...

You can visit the working site here: http://biblioteca.mty.itesm.mx/pasteur/

This was part of the University of Maryland/Tecnológico de Monterrey sister libraries conference, "Working Together".

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

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.