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Ask questions and/or tell us what your library or organization is up to.
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Resources
For an introduction to how Drupal can be used by libraries, take a look at Ellyssa Kroski's excellent overview.
You can also check out library-related Slack channels on the Drupal team (#libraries) and the Code4Lib team (#drupal4lib).
SCUG Meetup this Thursday, September 3
It's that time again, folks. Drupal Southern Colorado Users Group (SCUG) will host its monthly meetup at East Library this Thursday September 3, from 6:30 - 9 p.m.
This meeting will cover two broad topics:
- We will continue our discussions surrounding "Fix My Site", appropriate for people brand new to Drupal along with people who have very specific problems to be fixed.
Chicagoland Drupal Library BoF - Fall '09
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.
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Taxonomy for Public Libraries?
Can I invite you to share insight on your library website's TAXONOMY?
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New Library-Related Module: Link Resolver
"The Link Resolver Module provides Drupal with a local mechanism to add and maintain institutional link resolver data (institution name, resolver url, etc). Data can be added manually but is also "automagically" captured via the WorldCat OpenURL Gateway IP lookup service as users visit your site, imported en masse via CSV (a default list is included in the module) or added via a WorldCat Registry Institutional ID lookup."
http://drupal.org/project/link_resolver
Cheers,
-Chad
Drop-Down Menu for Frequently used Databases
Hello,
We're working on implementing a drupal library website at library.wheaton.edu and need to create a drop-down box like the Research by Subject link at http://library.queensu.ca/
Does anybody have any code that would do this for us?
Read moreDrupal4Lib BoF at ALA in Chicago (7/12) - Report
I'm delighted to report that we had a wonderful Drupal4Lib BoF with maybe 25-30 people (agenda here). You know it's a good sign when after the thing is over, you wish it had lasted maybe another half an hour or more!
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DrupalCon Paris Library Session Proposals, Please Vote
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.
Read moreLibrary BoF at DrupalCamp Colorado
I just wanted to quickly recap the Library BoF that took place at DrupalCamp Colorado this past weekend. There were about 10 people interested in libraries and Drupal attending, spanning a variety of disciplines, including public, academic, and special libraries, vendors, and consultants.
Discussion centered around the following:
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Paris DrupalCon Library BoF
Drupal4Lib BoF at ALA Chicago
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
Library RFP examples for consultants
My library is getting ready to migrate to Drupal shortly and I am interested to see examples of RFP's that other libraries have used to hire their consultants. I don't know that it would be appropriate to post them to this site, so please send examples directly to me.
If there is interest, I would be glad to post and/or forward them.
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Drupal4Lib BoF at ALA Chicago?
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.
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Denver Library Birds of a Feather Gathering in Denver on May 14th
There's a growing number of libraries and library-like organizations using Drupal to manage various parts of their systems in Colorado. Having Amy Qualls-McClure come to Denver gives us an incentive to get folks together.
Location
Denver Open Media at 7th and Kalamath in Denver (this is where the monthly Denver Drupal User's Group meetings happen). Google maps can help you figure out bus or light rail options, or parking is available in a lot across the street.
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Project information
(Original) Project page on drupal.org: http://drupal.org/project/biblio
Student: Kornel Lugosi (Coornail on d.o, Coornail on g.d.o)
Mentor: Kristof Van Tomme (kvantomme)
Co-mentor(s):
* Ron Jerome (rjerome@drupal.org)
* Robert Douglass (robertDouglass)
* Benjamin Melançon ( http://drupal.org/user/64383 ; http://agaric.com/contact )
Current status: Planning.
Description
Biblio is a Drupal module that allows users to manage and display lists of scholarly publications. It is currently used on approximately a 1000 installations (and raising). Its use in projects like The Science Collaboration Framework, however is bound to increase its use even more.
Currently the module is still using custom nodes with its own database tables instead of CCK nodes/fields. Because of this it has to implement and maintain it's own widgets, integration with CCK reduce redundancy in the Drupal contrib codebase. Lately several features from Biblio have been reimplemented in the CCK framework. Also several glue-modules emerged that seek to incorporate functionality that already works for CCK
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module with multiple dates
I have been trying to shoehorn a specific form into drupal using cck and views, then date api with cck and views, and it just ain't working. :) What I am trying to do is track when issues of a magazine arrive. So I want fields for title and issue, and fields that can be filled in when the magazine arrives. I could do this with MySQL and PHP, but in this particular situation end user access would be easier if I could put it on a drupal site. Does anyone know of a module that might fill the bill?
Thanks,
Carol
Basic Libraries Distros
Since implementing Drupal on our library website, I've spoken to a number of library Drupal programmers and seen many implementations of Drupal for library websites. Many of the implementations do the same things as one another but in different ways, which can cause module clashes and frustration for new Drupal users trying to maintain newly-transformed library websites. While all of these sites have needs unique to them, they also all have some basic needs in common that are unique to library sites.
Read moreChicagoland Drupal4Lib BoF (3/20) - Report
We had a wonderful turnout of close to 20 librarians from all parts of the Chicagoland area. Knowledge and skill-level ran from seasoned veterans to people being introduced to Drupal for the first time.
Chicagoland Drupal4Lib BoF (3/20) - Agenda
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
Read moreEZProxy, Drupal Auth and SOPAC 2
Most probably already have a module local as this is so easy but here is a snippet people can work off of. The code below doesn't do much error checking or anything. You'd likely want to edit the below to make it more robust. The one below checks a SOPAC 2 table to make sure that they have a verified library card associated with the account. This prevents normal drupal accounts that don't have a library card from accessing resources. If you use some other module to add cards to profiles you would want to use that field instead. You may also want to use SSL though I haven't checked how well EZProxy handles it for external script auth. This presumes your using normal drupal accounts and not things like LDAP, etc.
For ezproxy you would use something like this for your auth:
::external=http://yourdrupallib.org/ezproxyauth,post=ezuser=^u&ezpass=^p,valid=+OK
Feel free to edit the below to make it better.
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