During the code4lib conference in February 11-14 in Chicago there will be a drupal4lib conference too. Let me break down that sentence for you. code4lib isn’t entirely about code or libraries. It is a volunteer-driven collective of hackers, designers, architects, curators, catalogers, artists and instigators from around the world, who largely work for and with libraries, archives and museums on...
Chris Cree wrote up for Search Engine Journal a list of the Top 10 WordPress Plugins for 2012 . I always look at such list with an eye of what can I use or learn from it. This was a rather mixed bag. I will start using these: W3 Total Cache – making your website load more quickly Cookies for Comments – can stop spam...
OPAC is a newish module for Drupal 7, that enables libraries to integrate their catalog into Drupal allowing importing records, make advanced searches with faceted results, circulation task etc … This module is intended to work with any ILS by using connectors. Everyone can make its own by creating a php file. Read the full description at drupal.org/project/opac It was developed...
Stanford has recently launched a new main library website, based on Drupal 7. Stuart Snydman wrote a nice blog post describing the technical approach taken for some of the more important features on the new Library website, including the use of cloud hosting of Drupal simpleSAMLphp Shibboleth implementation integration of the SearchWorks API into search results and for link-management elsewhere in Drupal...
Europeana is the European digital library initiative; it “enables people to explore the digital resources of Europe’s museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections. It promotes discovery and networking opportunities in a multilingual space where users can engage, share in and be inspired by the rich diversity of Europe’s cultural and scientific heritage.” The Europeana API module can integrate content from the European...
iFactory worked on Northwestern University Library’s website and then posted a slideshow about the process and the results. The 78 slides were part of Lisa Sawin‘s presentation to the Rice University Library Drupal Group on June 5, 2012. The fourth slide summarizes what one can learn from it: Configuring some aspects of the Drupal admin to enable a wide variety of users...
At the May 23 meeting of the Chicagoland Drupal Library Group Leo Klein gave a presentation on “Drupal: Past, Present & Future“. The 9 slides on Google Docs start with comparison of basic set up and something you can really use between Drupal and the competition (aka WordPress). Then it goes on to cover the good and bad of the early...
ALA TechSource posted a slideshow titled Drupal Basics. It was put together by Sean Fitzpatrick of LisHost, which provides web services to libraries. The 26 slides covers the basics, including what Drupal is, why choose it, the difference between Drupal 6 and 7, terminology (core, contrib, theme, content types, views), advantages and disadvantages, installation, compliance, security, scalability and additional resources.
Last year I attended Drupal Camp at Stanford. It was my first Drupal Camp ever and I learned a lot as documented here, here, here and here. The event is happening again, on May 4 and 5. However this year I may not have the time to go for it, because I have to work. I am still undecided whether I should...
Last month I mentioned that a new book is coming out by Ken Varnum, titled Drupal in Libraries. Now that the date is closer a whole new website has been launched for it, built in Drupal of course: drupalinlibraries.com. The site has a (currently empty) forum and the best news is that a sample chapter is available: Planning Drupal Development in Libraries
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