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The Libraries birds of a feather session at the Bay Area Drupal Camp will be held at 11:15 AM on Sunday, October 12th. The schedule should be up soon at http://badcamp.net/

Drupal in the Libraries [340007]

Web 2.0 technologies promise to streamline your web management and provide your patrons with new ways to experience and connect with your library. In this two-day workshop we will explore Drupal, an open-source content management framework that provides the power and flexibility to transform your library's web presence. On day one we will initiate you into the world of Drupal , looking at how it is being used across a variety of libraries and participating in a fresh install of the system. You will then walk through customizing a site, adding functionality, managing users, and tackling other administrative tasks. On day two, we will work through the process of building a website using the pieces that Drupal provides and we will explore ways to enhance the user’s experience.

Instructor: Brian Mayer

Location:
Metropolitan New York Library Council
57 East 11th Street
New York, NY 10003
212-228-2320

John Blyberg has released the first public beta of SOPAC2, the social catalog system for Drupal that he started at Ann Arbor District Library and has continued to develop for the newly launched Darien Public Library catalog. SOPAC2 consists of three components, Locum -- a catalog abstraction layer, Insurge -- a service for managing social interaction, and SOPAC2 itself, which is the Drupal module that ties it all together. Of course, a less Drupal-centric evaluator might say tha Locum ties it together and SOPAC2 connects it to Drupal.

As an abstraction layer, Locum also uses connectors to communicate with the catalog, and at this juncture, only a Millennium connector has been created.

The software comes with caveats about its beta status. While this is fine at Darien, it might be (and should be) a production blocker for those libraries where Mr. Blyberg is not employed, as he warns that the database structure will change in the next release.

http://www.thesocialopac.net

Just a preliminary head's up that we'll be having a Library Drupal BoF as part of the Chicago Drupal Camp taking place at UIC on Friday & Saturday, Oct. 24 & 25.

They're still working on the program, but the Library BoF will be on Friday (10/24) in the early afternoon (probably starting at 2pm or 3pm). Location: Innovation Center (1240 W. Harrison - near Racine) in Chicago. (website: http://drupalcampchicago.org)

The goals of the Library BoF (besides getting together) are:

• Showcase library-related Drupal projects in the Chicagoland area.
• Talk about future plans and aspirations, field questions and compare experiences.

So whether you've done a project or would like to do a project, this event is for you. We had a great time doing this in Anaheim for ALA and it's good to organize something similar for the home team.

Mark you calendars today!

UPDATE (9/26/08): Here's the official link for the event on the Drupal Camp Chicago site:

http://drupalcampchicago.org/day1-session3b

BADCamp is shaping up to be a great regional event. If you will be in the Bay Area, you should sign up immediately at http://badcamp.net, as there is limited room at the venue on the Cal campus. There is a star-studded roster of presenters and attendees.

Got something to show? You can propose a session!

I have proposed a BoF session on Drupal in Libraries.

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Event Info | Register | Directions | Map | Sponsorship

BADCamp 2008

Saturday and Sunday, October 11th and 12th

UC Berkeley

The second annual Bay Area Drupal Camp will take place Saturday, October 11th and Sunday October 12th, 2008 at UC Berkeley Campus in Berkeley, California. Last year's event was a

smashing success with over 220 registered attendees and approximately 30 sessions.

Register now as space is limited! Also, submit

your session proposals right away so people have time to vote on them. We only have a couple more weeks!

BADCamp is a FREE event put on by the people, for the people and with the help of some friendly sponsors. We are currently accepting submission proposals so please head on over to the site, register, and have a look at our list of proposed sessions and submit your own now! Some of your favorite, dedicated, Drupal developers will be joining us so don't miss out!

What is BADCamp? For those of you new to Drupal or Drupal camps, BADCamp, inspired by the BarCamp events, is a small (to medium sized) gathering of like minded people to discuss and learn about Drupal, share ideas, get involved in the community, and meet in person, the people you see so often online.

A huge thank you goes out to CITRIS for providing the venue! If you are interested in sponsoring or

volunteering, please donate online with PayPal or contact Jen Lampton or Chris Bryant.

To find out more information please visit badcamp.net or contact us.

Apache Solr
Biblio
Biblio Facets
Faceted search
Library
MARC
Millennium
OAI-PMH
oai2forcck
SOPAC2
z39.50

(based on billfitzgerald's comment and matt_paz' post)

Please add to this list. Your site is particularly welcome. If you do not see an edit tab, go to the wiki version of this page.

drupalib: a place for library drupallers to hang out

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• Your blog here...

Please add to this list. Your library is particularly welcome. If you do not see an edit tab, go to the wiki version of this page.

Altadena Library District
Ann Arbor District Library
Athens County Public Libraries
Benicia Public Library
Brawley Public Library
Camarena Memorial Library
Cleveland Public Library
Douglas County Libraries
ExploreOhio (sponsored by OPLIN)
Franklin Park Public Library
Great River Regional Library (Central Minnesota)
Hoover Alabama Public Library
Idaho's statewide public library web site project: eBranch
Jackson District Library
Kansas City Public Library
London Public Library
Metropolitan Cooperative Library System (Los Angeles)
Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library
New York Public Library
Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)
Oregon Libraries Network
Palos Verdes Library District
Red Deer Public Library
San Anselmo Public Library
Schlow Centre Region Library (Central Pennsylvania)
South San Francisco Public Library
Skokienet run by Skokie Public Library
West Lake Porter Public Library
West Linn, Oregon Public Library

Genesee Valley BOCES - School Library System
School Library System of Genesee Valley Boces

Idaho Commission for Libraries
The Newberry Library - ChicagoAncestors.org
Resource Center Lending Library
Southwest Ohio and Neighboring Libraries (SWON Libraries)

Consortium Library University of Alaska Anchorage Alaska Pacific University
Cowles Library at Drake University
Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA)
Florida State University Libraries
Hamline Law Library
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
McMaster University Library
Monterrey Institute of Technology Library
Portland State University Library Not a Drupal site
Queen's University Library
Rochester Institute of Technology Libraries
Simon Fraser University - Learning Commons Workshop Signup tool
Simon Fraser University - Multicultural Canada
St. Lawrence University Library planning site
University Alaska Fairbanks Libraries
UMN Biomedical library
University of Calgary Library
Nash Library | University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
University of Technology, Sydney Library Australia
Università degli Studi di Padova - Sistema Bibliotecario di Ateneo
Wilfrid Laurier University Library

MaintainIT Project

Original list by Ellyssa Kroski, copied from presentation by Kieran
copied from a post by matt_paz

The list of Libraries in this page has been incorporated into the larger list being compiled at http://groups.drupal.org/node/13473.

Biblio
Library
OAI-PMH
MARC
Millennium
z39.50

Ann Arbor District Library
School Library System, Genesee Valley BOCES
Oregon Libraries Network
Monterrey Institute of Technology Library
Franklin Park Library
St. Lawrence University Library planning site
UMN Biomedical library
Consortium Library University of Alaska Anchorage Alaska Pacific University
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Simon Fraser University Learning Commons
Florida State University Libraries
Red Deer Public Library
University Alaska Fairbanks Libraries
Hoover Alabama Public Library
Cleveland Public Library
Idaho Commission for Libraries
West Lake Porter Public Library
School Library System of Genesee Valley Boces
Hamline Law Library
List by Ellyssa Kroski, copied from presentation by Kieran

Just saw this publication from the ALA:

http://www.techsource.ala.org/ltr/drupal-in-libraries.html

I have yet to read it, but will pick up a copy soon -- the sample of the text gives a decent idea of what the book is about.

Cheers,

Bill

Hi everyone, Please help!

I'm just getting started entering content into my first Drupal 6 site and I am struggling with how to keep all the content organized and reusable. I already have what I think are too many content types. Seems like the content types should be generalized and less descriptive so I can reuse them whenever I want. What is the best way to keep Content Types simple/easy-to-use while maintaining reusability?

BTW, I'm using Views to create custom queries for page display.

Hey,

I'm a computer programming student working at a local library for the summer. I was asked to build an intranet website using Drupal, and I've hit a bit of a snag when it comes to the authentication.

They've asked me to set up a Single Sign-On system, wherein employees that log into their staff stations are automatically logged in to the staff intranet website. I've learned from the IT workers (the library outsources their IT to another company) that the authentication is done using a Domain Controller. The server runs on Apache, not sure of the OS at this point. (I think it might be linux...) We're on Drupal 5.7.

Has anyone had any experience with this sort of thing? What steps did you take?

Hi there,

I'm not a librarian.

But I think that a library type of site is pretty close to what I'm after.

I subscribe to a magasine that has session plans in it and I'm investigating setting up a searchable index of those resource online.

Basicaly I want to store, for each session plan:: Year, Month, Page, Session Title, Session Type, Author, then half a dozen or so keywords.

So that a user can search for: "I want a film based session that deals with violence" or "a music based session that looks at identity" etc. - and the website will return the Year, Month and Title and page number of a session plan.

Does anyone know of a tutorial for setting up this kind of a website using Drupal?

Cheers

David

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