Libraries

I know at least a couple of shops in TC have worked with libraries in the past, so I'm posting this RFC (posted to DRUPAL4LIB) here:

"The Knox County Public Library has issued an RFP for Drupal website development, installation and support. This RFP can be found at http://www.knoxcounty.org/purchasing/solicitations.php under "Website Development", Bid Number: 249. Responses must be received by 2:00 PM August 31, 2010. Bidders must also complete a Vendor's List Application to register with Knox County prior to submitting their response. This application is available for download from the same web page as the RFP.

All questions concerning the RFP or the process must be directed to the representitive of the Knox County Purchasing Deparment as specified in the RFP, not to the Library."

The RFC (PDF)

Which day would be a better day for the planned meet-up where Jamaican Drupal users and developers can pitch Drupal to Librarians?

May 18 - Tuesday
May 19 - Wedneday
May 20 - Thursday

And is 6 PM a good time?

Can last for two hours.

Great stuff at the Drupalcon here in San Fransisco. I went to the Drupal for Libraries session today. I know people in J.A. will find it interesting for the planned drupal camp so look out for the video as soon as it is posted here: http://dc2009.drupalcon.org/sessions

People interested in library related topics shouls join the mailinglist at http://listserv.uic.edu/archives/drupal4lib.html

Some other useful links are:

http://drupalib.interoperating.info/

http://groups.drupal.org/libraries

http://drupalib.interoperating.info/

Please join and participate.

The good: we're having a library-related panel!
The bad: it's on Wednesday morning, on the last day!

I wanted to nudge the Libraries group members to start coming up with a time for a BoF. (BoF, for the uninitiated, means "Birds of a Feather," or an unofficial meeting of like-minded individuals.)

Kate, Tammy, and I will all be in San Francisco by Sunday afternoon, but we're getting together that evening to review our presentation, so I think it's safe to say we aren't available before Monday morning.

If you're interested, post and let's figure out a time that works for everyone.

Thank you to those who are looking into possible venues for the LibraryCamp
I'd like to offer this thread as a chance for those looking into venues to report to the group on the opportunities that exist.

Thank you,
Doug Vann

Greetings Drupal users,

I attended a Library technology Conference in Canada over 2 days. The conference is dubbed “Access” 2009 conference – a library technology conference focused on access issues and the technologies that provide access to information. From that conference, I realized that there are so many Canadian libraries using Drupal and doing really cool stuff with it.

I happen to be the chair of the Library and Information Association of Jamaica. We want to update our Website: http://www.liaja.org.jm/ using Drupal.

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:

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.

[read more after the jump...]

Over the last year, some Drupal users have expressed interest in integrating Drupal with iMIS, a membership and financial management system used by non-profits, membership organizations, and educational institutions. We have successfully implemented a custom solution for an ongoing project that links Drupal to iMIS. The solution includes a custom module for integrating Drupal & iMIS. We plan to release this module to the Drupal community once we have completed testing, made the module more suitable for general use, and prepared detailed documentation. Since the module is not likely to be ready until Spring 2009, we felt that the Drupal and iMIS communities might benefit from a summary of our approach and progress to date.

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

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