LITA Drupal Interest Group Chairs: Nina McHale & Christopher Evjy
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LITA Drupal Interest GroupChairs: Nina McHale & Christopher Evjy
ALA Midwinter Meeting January 21 2012
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Drupal IG Renewal/Charge
IG formed in 2009; renews in 2012 “Explore and promote the use of Drupal
among libraries and librarians, facilitating communication and establishing best practices.”
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Survey Says…
12 question survey ran from 12/27/11 – 1/6/12
Sent to drupal4lib, web4lib, lita-l, code4lib
Posted to Twitter, Facebook, and the Libraries group on Drupal.org
79 responses!
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Survey Says…
Content of the survey was based on Dale Askey’s “We Love Open Source Software. No, You Can’t Have Our Code” column http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/527
Questions asked respondents what barriers might keep them from contributing code back to the Drupal community
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Respondent Data: Type of Employment
I have a permanent, full-time position working in a library environment: 82%
I am a web development consultant with one or more clients: 10%
Other: 8% Library vendor, combination
permanent/consultant, part-time library employment
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Respondent Data:Library Type
Public: 44% Academic: 54% School: 4% Special: 10% Other: 10%
vendor, government, nonprofit, consortium
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Respondent Data:Have You Contributed Code Back to the Drupal
Community?
Yes, I have: 15% No, but I’d like to: 68% No, but I can’t: 13% No, and I don’t want to: 4%
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Askey’s Reasons for Not Participating
Perfectionism Dependency Quirkiness Redundancy Competitiveness Misunderstanding
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“Unless the code is perfect, we don’t want anyone to see it.”
Very likely: 14% Likely: 37% Neither likely/unlikely: 17% Unlikely: 28% Completely unlikely: 4%
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“If we share this with you, you will never leave us alone.”
Very likely: 12% Likely: 24% Neither likely/unlikely: 15% Unlikely: 24% Completely unlikely: 11%
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“We’ll gladly share, but we can’t since we’re so weird.”
Very likely: 12% Likely: 19% Neither likely/unlikely: 15% Unlikely: 40% Completely unlikely: 14%
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“We think your project is neat, but we can do better.”
Very likely: 3% Likely: 12% Neither likely/unlikely: 23% Unlikely: 55% Completely unlikely: 8%
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“We want to be the acknowledged leader.”
Very likely: 0% Likely: 10% Neither likely/unlikely: 21% Unlikely: 21% Completely unlikely: 49%
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“A fundamental [misunderstanding] of how an
open source community works.”
Very likely: 0% Likely: 14% Neither likely/unlikely: 21% Unlikely: 40% Completely unlikely: 25%
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What could the IG do to support code contribution back to Drupal.org?
Education/training: ALL levels Programming (PHP) Process of submission (contrib standards)
Showcasing colleagues’ work Communication:
With vendors Meet-ups Foster collaboration among developers
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Select Responses
“Perhaps eliminate any FUD surrounding issues of oss.”
“Maybe focus on getting library-specific vendors to support product integration…”
“it would be great to have a “match making” service to find co-maintainers…”
“Provide space to share ideas and develop a developer group for a module of interest.”
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Select Responses, contd
“We [are] all out there, we’re just not connecting.” “I’ve developed a couple of very small modules. I
don’t both to contribute via official Drupal channels because it would require learning the contrib standards…”
“More library-specific meetups and events to showcase others’ work and possibly foster better collaboration.”
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Proposal for IG Direction
Increase communication venues/opportunities Develop a “wish list” of modules Establish a formal/official relationship with the
Drupal.org libraries group Drupal.org is THE venue for Drupal
community Removes possibility of redundancy