At the Computers in Libraries Conference, I got a chance to hear Ellyssa Kroski speak about the open source Drupal content management system and how libraries are using it. Her slides (with audio!) are below. It’s a great resource with examples, modules, and links for libraries using or thinking of using Drupal. [...]
Darlene Fichter
Data Librarian
University of Saskatchewan
Frank Cervone
Director - Library, Information, and Media Studies
Chicago State University
Firefox: www.SafeCache.com (defends against cache-based tracking)
Firefox: www.SafeHistory.com (protects history privacy)
Firefox: FoxMarks (auto syncs bookmarks)
Firefox: FEBE (Firefox Environment Backup Extenstion)
sync/backup extensions and settings between computers
meebome.com
embed a chat window on your website
LinkBun.ch
put multiple links into one small link
www.docsyncer.com
automatically finds and [...]
Jeff Wisniewski
Web Services Librarian
University of Pittsburgh
Tools to make incremental improvements to your website
Most of these you can do in a minute
Update your copyright statement
PHP and JavaScript example to update it automatically
Add “last updated” code to each page
increase trust in your information
have 1 script that you can from all of your pages
Add photos to contacts
evidence shows [...]
Sarah Houghton-Jan
Senior Librarian for Digital Futures
San Jose Public Library
Sarah began by asking some questions of the audience
How many people in the room working at a small library? Lots
How many work in an underfunded library? Most
How many work in an underfunded dept.? Some
Sarah surveyed digital user Library Activity in 2006
website visit 5-6 per capita
database use [...]
Content Management Systems are a hot tool in libraries right now. At our place alone, we’re using Drupal for our main website, WordPress as a basic CMS for multiple sites, and we are helping one of our member libraries build a new site with Joomla. Libraries are becoming interested in making their websites [...]
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