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NYU Health Sciences Libraries

Thu, 2009-05-14 13:51 — Chris Evjy

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The New York University Health Sciences Libraries count 7 libraries under our umbrella including locations at the School of Medicine, the College of Dentistry and Bellevue Hospital. Our new site runs Drupal 6.11. It's our second Drupal site (this was our first) and all the theming and development was done in-house.

The new site unifies 5 web presences, so care was taken to be sure all users are served equally by it's features. Each branch has a location page with basic details about the physical space, hours of operation, a map and the like. The electronic resources interface makes use of two vocabularies, one that is medical-centric and one that is dentistry-centric (switchable via Magic Tabs).

A tabbed search interface (also using Magic Tabs) allows you to search our e-Resources database, the catalog, PubMed and the site itself. Behind the scenes, the site makes extensive use of Workflow and Triggers to draft, approve and publish content. It is integrated with our institution's LDAP authentification system, so no new passwords for library staff to remember. Librarians piece together subject guides using Composite Layout and the Knowledge Center uses the FAQ module and Taxonomy. Couloir Slideshow drives the banner on the homepage and Calendar and Date drive the Events section.

Modules used

CCK, views, computed field, content multigroup, node reference, aggregator, calendar, date, authentification, composite layout, couloir slideshow, FAQ, magic tabs, workspace, workflow and more...

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