LITA Happy Hour at ALA Anaheim
Not the best quality shot but hopefully it conveys what a great time I had at the LITA Happy Hour on Friday, June 27. I got most of the signatures for the Drupal IG plus met a bunch of great people.
Libraries
Posted in Submitted by Leo Klein on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 11:15pm.
A Modest Suggestion : LibrarySandbox.org
I got an interesting request a little while ago. A librarian wanted to know if she could get administrative access to a website I was running so she could see how Drupal works.
Naturally I had to say no, but it got me thinking that a "sandbox" version of Drupal -- based on a library website -- might be useful to people who wanted an idea of the "look and feel" of the thing.
Drupal has a module called "Demo" that makes sandboxes possible. So now I'm thinking this might form the basis of an interesting collaborative project.
The goal would be to create a model library website (representing a fictitious institution) that people would have administrative access to.
The website would have events, a list of resources, plus all the other accouterments a modern day fictitious institution would have.
If you'd like to help out or have any advice, feel free to leave a comment here. Or just email me.
I've already registered the domain, www.LibrarySandbox.org, though there's not much up there at the moment.
Posted in Submitted by Leo Klein on Thu, 12/13/2007 - 10:07am.
DRUPAL4LIB Tops 200 Subscribers
Announced less than two days ago, I'm happy to see that we now have more than 200 subscribers!
What better indication of the need for a Library ListServ on Drupal than this?
Posted in Submitted by Leo Klein on Fri, 12/07/2007 - 11:29am.
Tim O'Reilly on Various Library Standards & Applications
(Okay, so he's not directly addressing things like Z39.50, OpenURL or ILS's, but you'd think the same rules apply.)
Under the heading "Lightweight Programming Models", he lists the following "significant lessons" (in abbreviated form):
- Support lightweight programming models that allow for loosely coupled systems. [...]
- Think syndication, not coordination. [...]
- Design for "hackability" and remixability. [...]
Go ahead and read the whole thing...
