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.
R.B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index
A cooperative program among the Hayes Presidential Center and 45 Ohio libraries where a web-based index is maintained with over 1.7 million obituary, death, and marriage notices from Ohio from the 1810s to the present day. NORWELD member libraries are provided an initial subsidy by the system to join the project.
R.B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index
Additional information can be obtained by contacting Becky Hill or Allan Gray
