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Drupal at NORWELD

Drupal is an open source web site publishing framework, distributed under the GPL (“General Public License”) that allows easy publishing, managing and organizing of a wide range of content. Thousands of people and organizations are using Drupal to power a variety of web sites, including community web portals, corporate web sites, social networking sites, personal web sites or blogs, and more.

Watch this 20 min tutorial for more details

NORWELD has been working with a number of our regional libraries to develop Drupal web sites that will make it easier for libraries to maintain their content, while implementing more Library/Web 2.0 capabilities than ever before. NORWELD has developed a Drupal training workshop, to facilitate site transition and updating. New Workshops TBD

NORWELD Drupal sites:

We have 50 member libraries. And, of this 50, we host 35 Drupal sites and 2 non-Drupal sites.

Other Ohio Drupal sites:

Worthington Libraries
ExploreOhio
Westlake Porter Public Library
Athens County Public Library
Cleveland Public Library

National Drupal sites:

Warner Brothers Records
The New York Observer
Popular Science
Lifetime Television
The Onion
Fox Searchlight - The specialty film division of 20th Century Fox
Amnesty International.

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WHAT'S NEW WHAT'S NOW - NEWEST EDITION AVAILABLE!

Hello, the February issue of the WHAT'S NEXT, WHAT'S NOW! newsletter is now available - Enjoy!

GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES

EZRA JACK KEATS FOUNDATION

70 $500 minigrants will be given to qualifying teachers and librarians at public schools and libraries across the U.S.. The deadline for grants submissions is March 15, 2012. To learn more about the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation MIni-Grant Program and to apply, log on to http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/news/minigrant-program/

JANUARY ISSUE OF WHAT'S NEW? WHAT'S NOW! Available!

The January issue of the What's New? What's Now! Newsletter is now available. This month's issue focuses once again on EBooks! This continues to be a hot topic in libraries as more and more patrons come in asking for help to use their new devices. Learn about more resources available on EBooks to help your patrons!

WHAT'S NEW? WHAT'S NOW! NEWSLETTER, VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM NORWELD!

On behalf of the staff and Board of Trustees of the Northwest Regional Library, here's wishing you the happiest of holidays and a very Happy New Year!

We look forward to serving you in the coming year.

The December What's New, What's Now newsletter is now available here.

TURNOVER RATES

Do you know the turnover rates of your print and non-print collections? Turnover rates can help you determine how well used any given collection is and suggest what collections may need added to, weeded or even discontinued.

Ideas from OLC Conference in Toledo

I am attending the OLC Conference in Toledo this week. I have attended some great sessions and have picked up a lot of information I will be sharing over the coming weeks. Here is a laundry list of some of the ideas for libraries I picked up here in the first two days:

Creating small meeting spaces for students or others who want to collaborate on a project or for those who do their work in the library and need a place to plug in and spread out a lilttle.

Archiving your community - collecting objects, pictures, and stories from community members to share at the library

Welcome to "Planting Seeds" - my new blog!

NORWELD'S mission is to help our member libraries be the best they can be - by providing services that help you, your library staff and your library grow!

With this blog, I hope to plant the seeds for new ideas; new service delivery methods; new books from the profession and elsewhere and sometimes just seeds for thought. I may also use this space to share information about what is happening at NORWELD and around the region.