READIT - 2009 - Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
READIT - 2009 - Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
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Proceedings of <strong>READIT</strong>-<strong>2009</strong>, Kalpakkam - 603 102, 29-30 Dec <strong>2009</strong><br />
DRUPAL - OPEN SOURCE CMS<br />
Shyamala R.<br />
The focus would be to provide an overview and introduction to the key<br />
principles of Drupal as an open source plat<strong>for</strong>m and its relevance to the<br />
Librarians in terms of creating the next level of knowledge sharing and<br />
management options.<br />
The main points that will be covered are:<br />
An introduction to Drupal as an Open Source Solution & Content<br />
Management System. The role Drupal can play in building a strong, intuitive<br />
and user friendly interfaces. Drupal's relevance to Librarians and Library<br />
management in today’s context of Semantic web. Drupal's capabilities in<br />
helping Librarians reach out to their community and bring them together.<br />
Drupal will open out the Knowledge repositories and let visitors to interact with<br />
it in new and different ways. The Libraries can then leverage the social<br />
publishing capabilities of Drupal <strong>for</strong> commenting, social tagging, personalized<br />
collections, mashups and a wide variety of other Web 2.0 features.<br />
Technology Department, Netlink Technologies, Chennai - 600 017<br />
Email: Shyamala@netlinkindia.com<br />
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