Chicagoland Drupal in Libraries
The next Chicagoland Drupal in Libraries meeting will be held on Thursday, July 19 from 9:30-noon at Dominican University (7900 W. Division, River Forest, IL) in Crown 111 in the library. Parking is available on the street and by permits available at the meeting.
Speakers:
Richard Kong (Digital Services Manager), Mike Driskell (IT Manager), and Rich Dworianyn (Web Developer) from Arlington Heights Memorial Library will speak about SOPAC
Anne Slaughter and Sean Fitzpatrick will speak about the new oppl.org website.
Drupal webinar: Mitigating Risk with Multiple Content Contributors
Tuesday, April 3rd @ 1pm EST
Register now: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/950320081
In the higher ed web environment, there are often a wide variety of administrative users. While we want the creation and maintenance of content to be easy, we also want to guarantee that non-technical content creators cannot "break" the site.
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Getting Started with Drupal-ALA Midwinter
Nina McHale of Arapahoe Library District, CO and Rachel Vacek of University of Houston will present Getting Started with Drupal. This workshop will provide a thorough introduction to the Drupal content management system. Presenter will guide attendees as they create Drupal sites in a sandbox environment, covering the basics of content creation, themes, modules, and user management. Demonstrations of innovative Drupal sites, including library sites, library intranets, and an electronic journal will be provided. Previous web experience is helpful, but not required.
Read moreDrupal Fail Panelists needed at ALA Midwinter in Dallas!
Did you suck at Drupal? Have you been responsible for a Drupal-related disaster? Or perhaps you’ve created a mess of another CMS? You are not alone!
Consider serving on the Drupal Fail Panel at the LITA Drupal Interest Group Meeting at ALA Midwinter in Dallas. The meeting takes place on Saturday, January 21st, from 1:30-3:30 in room A310 of the Dallas Convention Center.
Drupal FAIL might include:
*Installation FAIL
*Migration FAIL
*Permissions FAIL
*Upgrade FAIL
*Taxonomy FAIL
*Module FAIL
*Theme FAIL
*Roll-out FAIL
*Marketing FAIL
Drupal FAIL panel - did you suck at Drupal?
Did you suck at Drupal? Have you been responsible for a Drupal-related disaster? Or perhaps you’ve created a mess of another CMS? You are not alone!
Consider telling your tale of fail at the Drupal Fail Panel & Group Therapy Session at ALA Annual in New Orleans this summer, sponsored by the LITA Drupal Interest Group.
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DrupalCon Chicago Library Session Proposals, Please Vote
If you haven't registered yet for DrupalCon Chicago, think about doing so today. Registering now not only saves you money by getting you the early bird pricing of $350, it also lets you shape the conference to your interests and needs by voting on the proposed presentations.
Only registered attendees can vote on the proposed sessions, and the voting deadline is this Friday, December 24th at 9am ET, according to http://chicago2011.drupal.org/news/drupalcon-chicago-session-selection-p...
Read moreA report on the first Drupal session for Jamaican Librarians
Hi everyone,
Just attached a report on the last Drupal meet-up sponsored by my Department for Jamaican librarians. The Jamaican community interested in learning Drupal is so far small in number, but should grow.
I have sent it as an attachment. It is a one page report, very brief and to the point covering what took place and some of the topics discussed.
Just sharing on this development in Jamaica.
Regards.
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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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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 moreDrupal4Lib 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
