MLIS 7505 Assignment 4

MLIS 7505 Assignment 4

 

Community:http://mlis.library.gatech.edu/handle/123456789/17

    Creating my community was very easy. I followed the steps that Fatih walked us through in the LC and I had no trouble creating my community. I liked that I could upload a logo, which I did for both the community and my collection. I made sure to provide a short description as well as plain text copyright. I didn't add any new authorizations or policies to my community.

Collection:http://mlis.library.gatech.edu/handle/123456789/18

    For my collection, I decided to do European History, which is what I specialized in for my MA in history. I also added my logo to this page. Again, I provided a short description and plain text copyright. I also added a sentence of introductory text so that people will know what is in my collection. Finally, I added a sentence for the Provenance section so that people will know that the papers are originals written by me.

 

Metadata field

    I had Larry Hansard add a metadata field for me. It was 110/subject/maswanson. It added subject keywords on the input form.

 

Object: http://mlis.library.gatech.edu/handle/123456789/106

    The object that I submitted to my collection is the introductory chapter to my MA thesis. I made sure to fill out my metadata field with key words that identify my thesis chapter. Here is what the file looks like:

Title:	Thesis Introduction
Authors:	Swanson, Margaret
Keywords:	King George IV Queen Caroline
Issue Date:	8-Jun-2009
Series/Report no.:	Margaret Swanson;1
Abstract:	This is the introductory chapter to the thesis entitled: George and Caroline: The Gendered Discourse of a Royal Scandal
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/106
Appears in Collections:	European History

Advanced Search:

    When you run an advanced search under the keywords that I put in my metadata field-- 19th Century British satire, caricatures, pamphlets, Parliament, gender, separate spheres, middle class, my thesis introduction is found. Search example: ((keyword:19th keyword:century keyword:british keyword:satire)).

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Issue Date	Title	Author(s)
8-Jun-2009	Thesis Introduction	Swanson, Margaret

Assignment 3: Interview with Debra Riley-Huff

Interview with Debra Riley-Huff, Web Services Librarian and Assistant Professor at the University of Mississippi

(M: Margaret Swanson & D: Debra Riley-Huff)

M: How and where did you hear about CMS?
D: I heard about and became involved in using Drupal about 5 years ago. It was recommended to me by a colleague at the University of Kansas.

M: What were your motivations to adopt a CMS?
D: I needed to able to deliver news via RSS Feeds and allow Librarians with no or few Web skills to create Web content.

M: Why use it for subject guides and government documents?
D: Subject guides are maintained by bibliographers with few Web skills. This allows them to be creative and take ownership of their content without much intervention on my part. Our Government Documents site needs frequent updates and our Gov Docs librarian expressed an interest in it.

M: Do you use Drupal for anything else at the OleMiss libraries?
D: We will be putting our database listings, news and archives subject guides in it very soon. We may also have blogs here for subject librarians

M: What were your decision making criteria for a CMS?
D: We needed power, flexibility, and good documentation.

M: How did you end up with Drupal?
D: It met all our requirements and it is free!

M: Was there anything in particular about Drupal that tipped the scales in its favor?
D: Taxonomy features and a large user community. It is a very respected open source CMS. Also I know PHP and MySql, which Drupal is based on.

M: What are the important benefits or advantages of Drupal over the old system or another CMS system you've used in the past?
D: Drupal has a great taxonomy system, huge module list, good themes. The only other CMS I have used is Wordpress and Joomla which are very nice but just not powerful enough for a large site

M: What would you say are the best features of Drupal?
D: It is based on a core framework, so you add modules and never touch the core. This makes development very straightforward. Taxonomy, CCK and Views modules. Great security team.

M: What would you say are the most frustrating aspects of Drupal?
D: There is not an integrated WYSIWYG editor, and those available are not that great.

M: How was the learning curve?
D: It is a bit steeper than others as it is a bigger program.

M: About how long did it take you to get Drupal up and running?
D: It can be up and running in an hour. Customizing it though takes time, depending on how extensive your customizations are. Ours took a few weeks.

M: How many people do you have regularly working with/updating Drupal?
D: We have about 15 people contributing content. I am the only one that administers the site.

M: Are you pleased with how Drupal works?
D: Yes, very pleased.

M: How often do you update versions of Drupal?
D: I always apply minor security version updated right away. I apply major upgrades (version 5 to 6) about 6 months after the new version is out.

M: Given the option, would you choose to use Drupal again? Or would you choose another CMS?
D: I would no doubt go with Drupal.

Drupal and Assignment 3

After watching/reading the coures content on Drupal, I must say I am impressed with the libraries that are using the CMS in varied ways. I don't have any firsthand experience with Drupal as all of my coursework has revolved around WP, but I am interested to learn more about it. I've heard many complaints that it is harder to use than WP so it will be interesting to see what I hear from my interview on Drupal with Debra Riley-Huff. She is the Web Services Librarian and Assistant Professor at the University of Mississippi (OleMiss). I was fascinated by how she used Drupal for the libraries' subject guides and government documents. I can't wait to read her responses to the questions I sent yesterday.

Mike Kastellec and I also decided to do our final project on Drupal. It will be interesting to see what we discover as we learn more about the CMS.