© 2013 Ken Varnum Let’s Talk Tech – 10 May 2013 Getting Started with Drupal in a Library Ken...

© 2013 Ken Varnum Let’s Talk Tech – 10 May 2013

Getting Started with Drupal in a Library

Ken VarnumWeb Systems Manager

University of Michigan Library@varnum | [email protected]


Overview

• Content Management• Drupal• Concepts• Questions• Drawing for a copy of “Drupal in Libraries”


Content Management Systems

So what is a Content Management System?• They come in lots of flavors:

Drupal, WordPress, Joomla, Plone, etc.• Are a database for your website• Separate words from interface• Centralize back end in one system• Distributed authorship


• Eliminate redundancy– Simplify everything through consolidation

• Control– What needs control or oversight in your

organization?• Staffing levels– Put right staff in right place– Outsource hosting, worry about customizing?

CMS Advantages – Back End


• A CMS separates content creation from programming

• Removes most skill barriers from authoring–May require additional training, procedures

CMS Advantages -- Staff


Why Open Source

• Open source tools are responsibility of those who use them

• Code is available for use, reuse, revision• Security risks identified & patched• Bugs identified & patched• By who? Everyone (in a healthy ecosystem)


Why Drupal

• Arguably most popular open source CMS system

• Heavily used by libraries of all sizes• 6400 modules, 450 themes for the current

release


Libraries Using Drupal• Aarhus public libraries,

Denmark• Adams County Public Library

(OH)• Arlington Heights Memorial

Library• Altadena Library District (CA)• Ann Arbor District Library• Anythink Libraries• Arapahoe Library District• Athens County Public Libraries• Maryland AskUsNow!• Ballerup public libraries,

Denmark• Bellaire Public Library (OH)• Benicia Public Library• Bexley Public Library (OH)• Brawley Public Library• Brighton District Library,

Michigan• Brown County Public Library

(OH)• Camarena Memorial Library• Cambridge Libraries (ON)• Canton Public Library• Cardington-Lincoln Public

Library (OH)• Carnegie Public Library (OH)• Casey-Cardinia Library

Corporation, Australia• Centerburg Public Library

(OH)• Champaign County Public

Library (OH)• Chillicothe & Ross County

Public Library (OH)• City of Commerce Public

Library (CA)• Clark County Public Library

(OH)• Claymont Public Library (OH)

• Coldwater Public Library (OH)• Columbus Metropolitan

Library(OH)• Conneaut Public Library (OH)• Coventry Public Library (RI)• Cuyahoga Falls Library (OH)

(Kids theme, Teens theme)• Daniel Boone Regional Library• Darien Library• Denny Ashby Library (WA)• Denver Public Library• Denver Public Library Teens• Denver Public Library Spanish• Dover Public Library (OH)• Douglas County Libraries• Dundee Library and

Information Services• East Greenwich Free Library

(RI)• ExploreOhio (sponsored by

OPLIN)• Findlay-Hancock County

Public Library (OH)• Fort Recovery Public Library

(OH)• Franklin Park Public Library• Franklin-Springboro Public

Library (OH)• Geelong Regional Library,

Australia• Germantown Public Library

(OH)• Gnadenhutten Public Library

(OH)• Grafton-Midview Public

Library(OH)• Grand County Library District• Great River Regional Library

(Central Minnesota)• Gwinnett County Public

Library (GA)

• Hamilton Public Library(ON)• Harbor-Topky Memorial

Library (OH)• Harrison District Library (MI)• Henderson Memorial Public

Library (OH)• Herbert Wescoat Memorial

Library (OH)• Homer Public Library (OH)• Homewood Public Library (AL)• Hoover Alabama Public

Library• Idaho's statewide public

library web site project: eBranch

• Ida Rupp Public Library (OH)• Jackson City Library (OH)• Jackson District Library

• Jasper County Public Library (IN)

• Jolliet Public Library(IL)• J.R. Clarke Public Library (OH)• Kansas City Public Library• Kate Love Simpson Morgan

County Library (OH)• Keene Public Library (NH)• Kinderhook Memorial Library• Kirtland Public Library (OH)• Kitsap Regional Library (WA)• Lexington Public Library(KY)• Libraries of Stevens County

(WA)• Lima Public Library (OH)• Logan-Hocking County District

Library (OH)• London Public Library• London Public Library (OH)• Loudonville Public Library

(OH)• Madison Public Library (WI)

• Marion Public Library (OH) (Kids theme, Teens theme)

• Marvin Memorial Library (OH)• Mary L. Cook Public Library

(OH) (Kids theme, Teens theme)

• Mead Public Library (Teens theme, Kids theme)

• Meigs County District Public Library (OH)

• Mercer County District Public Library (OH)

• Metropolitan Cooperative Library System (Los Angeles)

• Milton-Union Public Library (OH)

• Minverva Public Library (OH)• Missouri River Regional

Library• Monterey Park Bruggemeyer

Library• Mount Gilead Public Library

(OH)• Napoleon Public Library (OH)• National Library of Australia,

Australia• Northbrook Public Library

(Northbrook, IL)• North Kingstown Free Library

(North Kingstown, RI)• The New Jersey State Library• New York Public Library• Ohio Public Library

Information Network (OPLIN)• Oregon Libraries Network• Orrville Public Library (OH)• Oslo Public Library• Palos Verdes Library District• Pataskala Public Library (OH)• Pere Marquette District

Library (MI)

• Perry County District Library (OH)

• Perry Public Library (OH)• Pikes Peak Library District

(CO)• Piscataway Public Library(NJ)• Portage County District

Library (OH)• Prince George's County

Memorial Library System • Puskarich Public Library

System (OH)• Powell River Public Library• Prince Rupert Library• Red Deer Public Library• Redwood Library and

Athenæum (Newport, RI)• Rhode Island Library

Association• Richland Library (SC)• Ritzville Public Library (WA)• Rodman Public Library (OH)

(Kids theme, Teens theme)• San Anselmo Public Library• Santa Clarita Public Library• Schlow Centre Region Library

(Central Pennsylvania)• South San Francisco Public

Library• Skokienet run by Skokie Public

Library• State Library of Victoria,

Australia• Stockholm Public Library

(Mobile version)• Stow-Munroe Falls Public

Library• Stowe Free Library• Traverse Area District Library• Troy-Miami County Public

Library (OH)

• Tuscarawas County Public Library (OH)

• Warner Public Library• Warwick Public Library (RI)• Washington County

Cooperative Library Services (Oregon)

• Washington County Public Library(OH)

• Vaski-kirjastot consortia (Western Finland)

• Waterford Township Public Library (MI)

• Waukegan Public Library• West Lake Porter Public

Library• West Linn, Oregon Public

Library• Williams County Public Library

(OH)• Wissahickon Valley Public

Library (PA)• Worthington Libraries,

Worthington, OH (mobile site)• Wood County District Public

Library (OH) • Wright Memorial Public

Library (OH)• Zadar Public Library, Croatia

http://groups.drupal.org/node/13473


Building Blocks

• Content• Functionality• Interface

Flickr user Artful Magpie


Content

• Content is defined by a “content type”• Fields of information that go with it• Combines metadata with display data• Define to meet your needs


Functionality

• Functionality is added through modules• There are thousands at drupal.org• Can write your own if you need to• Basically, uses PHP & Drupal’s API


Interface

• Themes are the “skin” for the site• Pick from hundreds that already exist• Customize them• Write your own (advanced)• Themes organize the page into blocks

(regions) that you can place content in


DEMO – Drupal in place, getting started

Switch to live demo


Requirements for Running Drupal

• Web-connected computer• Windows, Unix (Macintosh), Linux• Run it on your own computer


Where to Get It

DIY• Drupal.org• Acquia downloadsHosted Solutions• lishost.org• Cherry Hill, Acquia• Just about any ISP


And the Winner Is….

Drawing for free copy of “Drupal in Libraries”

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