FORGING THE LIBRARY WEBSITE WITH OPEN SOURCE PROF. JUNIOR TIDAL LIBRARY DEPARTMENT NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY TECH DAY
FRAMEWORK OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE WHAT IS DRUPAL? WHY DRUPAL? HOW DOES THE LIBRARY USE DRUPAL? FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
WHAT IS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE?
OPEN SOURCE IS LICENSED SOURCE CODE
OPEN SOURCE ALLOWS FOR THE MODIFICATION, REDISTRIBUTION OF CODE FOR FREE
DRUPAL IS OPEN SOURCE
WHAT IS DRUPAL?
DRUPAL IS A MODULAR, CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
MODULES ARE OSS COMMUNITY CREATED SOFTWARE THAT EXPANDS DRUPAL
WHY DOES THE LIBRARY USE DRUPAL?
DRUPAL IS VERY POPULAR AMONG ACADEMIC LIBRARIES
DEVELOPERS HAVE BUILT LIBRARY SPECIFIC MODULES
DRUPAL SUPPORTS RESPONSIVE DESIGN
RESPONSIVE DESIGN DISPLAYS THE SAME SITE ON A MOBILE DEVICE AND DESKTOP WORKSTATION
HOW DOES THE LIBRARY USE DRUPAL?
LIBRARIANS USE DRUPAL TO UPDATE CONTENT ON THE LIBRARY WEBSITE
THE VIEWS MODULE ALLOWS FOR THE QUERY AND MANIPULATION OF MYSQL DATA THROUGH THE SITE’S FRONT- END
IT IS USED TO MANAGE THE LIBRARY’S COLLECTION OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCE DATABASES.
VIEWS ALSO ORGANIZES LIBRARY FACULTY DATA ON THE SITE.
THE LIBRARY WEBSITE AUTOMATICALLY AGGREGATES BLOG, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND CALENDAR FEEDS.
DRUPAL INTEGRATES WELL WITH EXISTING CUNY-WIDE LIBRARY-SPECIFIC TOOLS
TOOLS SUCH AS ONESEARCH AND THE LIBRARY’S BLOG & LIBGUIDES
DRUPAL INTEGRATES WELL WITH EXISTING CUNY-WIDE LIBRARY-SPECIFIC TOOLS
THE LIBRARY HAS USES URL SHORTENER INTO THE SITE
THIS CAN BE USED TO SHARE RESEARCH ARTICLES WITH CLASSES AND FACULTY
FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS
DEVELOPING AN OPEN-SOURCE SEARCH ENGINE USING APACHE SOLR AND JAVA TOMCAT
INTEGRATING APACHE SOLR INTO A “BENTO BOX” SEARCH WITH OTHER LIBRARY SEARCH TOOLS.
QUESTIONS?
CONTACT PROF. JUNIOR TIDAL
THANKS!!