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.
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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.
Document Digitization
In cooperation with the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus, 12 public libraries across nine Northwest Ohio counties and NORWELD are partnering to implement a regional document digitization project.
Participating libraries include: Bellefontaine, Bluffton, Bowling Green, Clyde, Defiance, Elmore, Findlay, Metamora, Pemberville, Rossford, Swanton and Tiffin.
The purpose of the project is to make an array of important and deteriorating local history resources more available to state residents and a worldwide audience of researchers through the Ohio Historical Society's Ohio Memory Project.
Materials to be scanned include books, photographs, postcards, newsletters, pamphlets, atlases, slides, flyers and yearbooks. Subject matter will include community histories; area businesses; community celebrations and festivals; local personalities; school records; family genealogies; and area homes. Participating libraries will determine their own priorities for scanning based on condition and use of their materials.
Funding for this grant is being provided by the State Library of Ohio, Columbus, through the Library Services and Technology Act; the Northwest Regional Library System, Bowling Green; and the 12 participating libraries.
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