1. ________________________________________________________________________________ McMaster University Libraries library.mcmaster.ca 905.525.9140 x22533 library@mcmaster.ca Life in the Digital Trenches McMaster University Library Carl Spadoni Nick Ruest

2. ________________________________________________________________________________ McMaster University Libraries library.mcmaster.ca 905.525.9140 x22533 library@mcmaster.ca Digital Collections What do we need? * Dublin Core standard metadata * OAI-PMH Version 2 * Searching * Browsable * Collection Sets * Image display - ideally JPEG2000

3. ________________________________________________________________________________ McMaster University Libraries library.mcmaster.ca 905.525.9140 x22533 library@mcmaster.ca Digital Collections What are some additional features? * Scholarship * Tagging * Social Bookmarking * Faceted Searching * Visually rich environment * Profiles, internal site bookmarking * Contact forms, image requests, questions * Commenting * Content Recommendation

4. ________________________________________________________________________________ McMaster University Libraries library.mcmaster.ca 905.525.9140 x22533 library@mcmaster.ca Drupal So what is it? * Drupal is a highly modular, open source content management system, with an emphasis on collaboration. * PHP with MySQL (PostgreSQL)

5. ________________________________________________________________________________ McMaster University Libraries library.mcmaster.ca 905.525.9140 x22533 library@mcmaster.ca Digital Collections & Drupal So how do we do all of this with Drupal!? * Drupal out of the box? * Modules! * CCK & Category!!! * OAI-PMH

6. ________________________________________________________________________________ McMaster University Libraries library.mcmaster.ca 905.525.9140 x22533 library@mcmaster.ca

7. ________________________________________________________________________________ McMaster University Libraries library.mcmaster.ca 905.525.9140 x22533 library@mcmaster.ca Digital Collections & Drupal So how do we do all of this with Drupal!? * Searching * Browsable * Collection Sets * Image display - ideally JPEG2000

8. ________________________________________________________________________________ McMaster University Libraries library.mcmaster.ca 905.525.9140 x22533 library@mcmaster.ca Digital Collections & Drupal Back to those additional features - how? * Scholarship * Tagging * Social Bookmarking * Faceted Searching * Visually rich environment * Profiles, internal site bookmarking * Contact forms, image requests, questions * Commenting * Content Recommendation

9. ________________________________________________________________________________ McMaster University Libraries library.mcmaster.ca 905.525.9140 x22533 library@mcmaster.ca Questions?

10. ________________________________________________________________________________ McMaster University Libraries library.mcmaster.ca 905.525.9140 x22533 library@mcmaster.ca Contact Carl Spadoni: spadon@mcmaster.caspadon@mcmaster.ca Nick Ruest: ruestn@mcmaster.caruestn@mcmaster.ca