Build%20for%20the%20Library%20with%20Drupal

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Introduction

• Katherine Lynch
• Web developer, Drexel University Libraries
• Libraries Website, catalog interaction
• Drupal
• Wordpress

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What is Drupal?

• Open-source
• Content management system (CMS)

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What is Drupal?

• Open-source
• Content management system (CMS)
• Created in 2001
• PHP, database backend
• Continuing development
• http//www.drupal.org
• High profile site users
• Whitehouse.gov

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What can it do?

• Edit your site from anywhere
• Sites
• Blogs
• Forums
• Interface with outside sources (RSS, social
  networking sites, etc
• Highly customizable internals
• Community support

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What can it do?

• Edit your site from anywhere
• Sites
• Blogs
• Forums
• Interface with outside sources (RSS, social
  networking sites, etc
• Highly customizable internals
• Community support

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What can it do?

• Edit your site from anywhere
• Sites
• Blogs
• Forums
• Interface with outside sources (RSS, social
  networking sites, etc
• Highly customizable internals
• Community support
• Theme it any way you want

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What can it do?

• Page content
• Appears on any one page, can be used on another
  page with Views
• Stories
• Text
• Media
• Feeds/dynamic information
• Blocks
• Static/dynamic information
• Sections of information/navigation native to the
  site

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Drupal sites

• Universities
• Media sites
• Blogs
• News agencies
• Developers

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Ubuntu
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Linden Lab (developers of Second Life)
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Lucas Arts Star Wars The Old Republic
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University of Colorado
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Strayer University
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Duke University
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Stanford University Humanities Center
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Reuters Labs
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CNN Go
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The Onion
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What about libraries?

• Catalog interface
• Facilitate searching
• Databases
• Articles
• Building information
• Hours, phone numbers
• Upcoming events (speakers, workshops)
• Connecting students with librarians
• Tutoring
• Consultation
• Reference Questions

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What about libraries?

• Deliver resources to students.

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What about libraries?

• How can Drupal help?

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NYU Health Sciences Libraries
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Simon Fraser University Library
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Cowles Library, Drake University
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Darien Library
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Building Blocks of Drupal

• CCK
• Views

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Building Blocks of Drupal

• CCK
• Content Construction Kit
• Classify information in content upon creation

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Standard Page create view

• Title, body, taxonomy enabled

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Library Staff create view

• Created with CCK

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Library Staff objects referenced

• Created with CCK

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Systems Department staff objects

• Created with CCK

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Systems Department staff objects

• Sorted by Library

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Subject Librarians Services page

• Librarian object embedded in the page

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Drexel_at_BCC Services page

• Librarian objects embedded in the page

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Building Blocks of Drupal

• Views
• Sort and display information

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Databases with Views

• Environmental Studies, Recommended and not
• Name, URL, notes, date range, description

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Building Blocks of Drupal

• Views
• Pages
• Blocks
• Sorting
• Associated content
• Machine data
• Hidden content
• Build new content (resource links)

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Building Blocks of Drupal

• Views
• Pages
• Blocks
• Sorting
• Associated content
• Machine data
• Hidden content
• Build new content (resource links)
• But there is a problem

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Views new view dashboard

• WTF?

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Building Blocks of Drupal

• Views are

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Building Blocks of Drupal

• Views are
• A way of displaying data on pages in Drupal
  without having to edit the HTML

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Building Blocks of Drupal

• Views are
• A way of displaying data on pages in Drupal
  without having to edit the HTML
• Views can

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Building Blocks of Drupal

• Views are
• A way of displaying data on pages in Drupal
  without having to edit the HTML
• Views can
• Dynamically display data using logic built around
  facets of the relevant data

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Building Blocks of Drupal

• Views are
• A way of displaying data on pages in Drupal
  without having to edit the HTML
• Views can
• Dynamically display data using logic built around
  facets of the relevant data
• Expedite content management and updates

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Building Blocks of Drupal

• Views are
• A way of displaying data on pages in Drupal
  without having to edit the HTML
• Views can
• Dynamically display data using logic built around
  facets of the relevant data
• Expedite content management and updates
• Open up your librarys resources to your students

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Building Blocks of Drupal

• Views powered by

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Building Blocks of Drupal

• Views powered by
• Your contents data

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Building Blocks of Drupal

• Views powered by
• Your contents data
• Machine-created
• Timestamps
• Authors
• Common facets
• Title
• Content
• Uncommon facets
• CCK
• Taxonomy

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Building Blocks of Drupal

• Roles
• Admins
• Content editors
• Librarians
• Developers
• Coders
• Librarians
• Users
• Patrons
• Faculty
• Students

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Building Blocks of Drupal

• Roles
• Permissions
• Create/edit
• Delete
• Own or others
• Access
• Certain types
• Certain modules

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Building Blocks of Drupal

• Content Types
• Site pages (sections)
• Library services
• Policies
• Chunks of information
• Staff members
• Subscription databases
• Collections

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Building Blocks of Drupal

• Taxonomy
• Like tagging in Flickr!

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Building Blocks of Drupal

• Taxonomy
• Like tagging in Flickr!
• Further classify information, tells the system
  where, when, how to use it.

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Building Blocks of Drupal

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Communication

• Librarians create the data and tell the system
  about it through content types, taxonomy, roles
  associated.

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Communication

• Librarians create the data and tell the system
  about it through content types, taxonomy, roles
  associated.
• The student asks the system for what s/he needs.

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Communication

• Librarians create the data and tell the system
  about it through content types, taxonomy, roles
  associated.
• The student asks the system for what s/he needs.
• The system delivers data based on what the
  content creators have educated them about.

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More features

• Other modules
• SOPAC
• MARC
• EZProxy
• LDAP
• Biblio
• Bookmarks
• Fivestar rating
• Google Analytics

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SOPAC

• Social Online Public Access Catalog
• Uses locum to connect to catalog
• Rich social interaction with catalog records
• Reviews
• Ratings
• Backpacks

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MARC

• Import MARC records as nodes (data objects) into
  Drupal.
• Fish4Info library portal
• Recreate the catalog
• Taxonomy
• Types

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EZProxy

• Middleware to connect students with EZProxied
  data
• Drupal login
• Access EZProxy permission
• External script (log in again to EZP)
• CGI script (if already logged in to Drupal)
• Ticket authentication (API)
• Still fairly new, being debugged and experimented
  with.

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LDAP Integration

• Works with LDAP Provisioning module
• Three-in-one
• Authentication
• Groups (Drupal roles)
• Data (read/write LDAP data from Drupal)
• Use LDAP authentication to log in, create Drupal
  users to help minimize security threats on
  students data.

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Bibliography

• Accepts
• MARC, XML, EndNote Citations, more
• Creates nodes
• Exports as XML, Endnote, more (not MARC)
• Outputs in many formats
• MLA, APA, Chicago, IEE, more
• Very recent security vulnerability discovered

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More modules

• Bookmarks
• Favorite Drupal nodes
• Public or private
• Autopopulate for certain user types

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More modules

• Fivestar Rating
• Rate nodes
• Customizable visuals
• Permissions and privacy

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More modules

• Google Analytics
• Easily hook GA into your site
• GA options customizable in the Drupal admin
  interface
• Outgoing links
• File downloads by type
• Allow users to opt out
• Restrict by type, page, etc.

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In conclusion

• Drupals native information architecture is
  immediately useful for bringing resources to
  students.

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In conclusion

• Drupals native information architecture is
  immediately useful for bringing resources to
  students.
• There are already many customizations, profiles,
  and modules specifically for library developers
  making Drupal sites.

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In conclusion

• Drupals native information architecture is
  immediately useful for bringing resources to
  students.
• There are already many customizations, profiles,
  and modules specifically for library developers
  making Drupal sites.
• And if there isnt

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In conclusion

• you can build it!

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In conclusion

• you can build it!
• Drupal is
• PHP
• A database
• Open source
• Cleanly-written
• Hugely supported by a community of developers

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Thank you!

• Resources
• http//www.lullabot.com/
• http//drupal.org/books/
• Contact me
• klynch_at_drexel.edu
• http//www.library.drexel.edu/
• http//www.katherinelynch.org/
• _at_katelynch on Twitter