Library module: Islandora Fedora-Drupal module

Fri, 2008-10-17 09:32 — mark

The Islandora module allows Drupal users to view and manage digital objects stored in Fedora.

Participate in usability testing for the new Drupal.org

Tue, 2008-10-07 18:20 — mark

Not directly library related, but...

Some readers of drupalib might be interested in this post inviting people to particpate in distributed usability testing of the new Drupal.org site.

Not only is this a chance to contribute to a better d.o. site, it is a great opportunity to jumpstart your own usability testing experience.

Library module: Book Post

Tue, 2008-10-07 11:35 — mark

The Book Post module makes it easy to post information about books. Any 10 or 13-digit ISBN placed between double curly braces {{}} in a post will convert into the book cover, title, author and publication info. All data comes from the Open Library Project, an open source catalog that allows users to add books and edit metadata. If there is no cover available for the book you want to post, go on the Open Library and add one!

It is also possible to use the Open Library ID number instead of the ISBN (e.g. OL8378495M). The Open Library has fulltext available for many titles in the public domain. A "Read Online" link will automatically appear in your post if the fulltext is available from the Open Library.

Libraries BoF at BADCamp

Sun, 2008-10-05 18:59 — Cary Gordon

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 at Access 2008

Fri, 2008-10-03 05:28 — mark

Blogging this I was sitting next to Karen Coombs, Library Web Chick. Check out her coverage as well.

So far (start of day 2) there has been lots of discussion about Drupal. I'll update this post as more Drupal stuff comes up throughout the conference.

Library site: University of Calgary Library

Thu, 2008-10-02 12:40 — ppival

At this point we're not running on a live server - the Drupal site gets scraped once per night to update content on the static webpages at the above URL. Later in October we'll have a true dynamic site and it'll behave a bit better. Stay tuned!

Library site: Schlow Centre Region Library

Thu, 2008-09-25 08:22 — nrasmus

Site launched September 15, 2008, after 16 months of planning, server staging and design.

Library Drupal BoF in Chicago - Fri. 10/24

Tue, 2008-09-23 07:45 — leo

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: SSB Building (Harrison & Racine) in Chicago.

The goals (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.

The website isn't up yet but it'll be at: http://drupalcampchicago.org/

They're still taking suggestions for programs at:
http://drupalcampchicago.org/speaker-submission

Mark you calendars today!

Library site: McMaster University Library

Tue, 2008-09-23 07:00 — etches

Runs 5.10

U of Rochester eXtensible Catalog will use Drupal as a front end

Thu, 2008-08-21 09:15 — mark

An article in the June 2008 Information Technology in Libraries by Jennifer Bowen indicates that Drupal will be used as the public and staff (administration and cataloging) interfaces for the University of Rochester's eXtensible Catalog. The article is available online via the U of R institutional repository.

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