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Building Library Web Site Using DrupalBuilding Library Web Site Using Drupal
Samrat Guha Roy
Sr. Library Information Assistant
MCA, MLIS, UGC NET (Qualified)
Central Library, IIT Kharagpur
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Objectives Building the Library Web Site
Designing Library Web Site Introduction to Drupal
Features of Drupal Content Management Using Drupal Contents for Library Web Site Sample Web Sites
Drupal Theme User Management
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Introduction to Drupal
Open Source softwareUsing Drupal an individual or a community
of users can easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on their website.
Drupal was created in 2000 by a Belgian student: Dries Buytaert.
It is publicly released in 2002
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blogs
video course
searchpoll
e-journalse-booksweb
pages
Userlogins
e-mails
RSS
news
Drupal EngineDrupal EngineDatabaseDatabase
Features of DrupalFeatures of Drupal
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Features of Drupal
Content Management SystemsCollaborative authoring environmentsBlogsPodcastingPicture galleriesUser login is present
Like admin login for site maintenance
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Peer-to-peer networking Newsletters Forums Feedback File uploads and downloads Comments RSS Feeds
Features of Drupal
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ThemeTheme
SearchSearch
ContentContentAPI’sAPI’sDrupal
Drupal
Content Management
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Content Management Using Drupal
CMSEngineCMS
Engine
Create Web PageCreate Web Page
PublishWeb
Content
IndexingContent
Links, URL, Database UpdatingLinks, URL, Database Updating
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Contents for Library Web Site
Content Management
System -- Drupal Engine
Library Sections
Library FAQ
Library Contacts
E-Resource
Ask Librarian
Repository
User Profiles
Blogs
Theme API and other details are inserted
Module API Installed
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Drupal Themes
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Library Architecture and Drupal
Drupal Database
Library Web Server
Digital Repository Database
Drupal and API Modules
BiblioOAI-PMHMARCZ39.50
Apache Web ServerHTTPD
Static Web Pages and Other Links
Library Automation Software
e.g. Libsys (3rd party)
Libsys DB
Out side Worldi.e. Client BrowserInternet / Intranet
DSpace IDRSearch EnginesDSpace Search
Drupal Site SearchWeb OPAC Search
IIT KgpLAN
MailServer
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Typical academic library system architecture is having four major servers
1. Library Automation Server2. Library web server – Drupal 3. Digital Repository Server – DSpace 4. Mail Server
Library Architecture and Drupal
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Drupal System Requirement
Hardware Server Client
Software Operating System – Windows / Linux Database – MySQL Web server – Apache Drupal binary
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Drupal Layers
Data Storage i.e. database engine
Apache Web Server [Middleware]
Drupal Engine
UserBrowser
UserBrowser
UserBrowser
Theme Subsystem
Web Server / PHP Engine
Module subsystem
Layer 1
Layer 2
Layer 3
Librarycontent
XML
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Drupal Layers
Layer 1: This layer is the client interface i.e. the browser using which the user browses the site.
Layer 2: This layer is the middleware where the drupal application engine.
Module subsystem Theme subsystem
Layer 3: This layer is the data store where the all contents are stored.
