Drupal features you may not know about (Louise)
Louise showed how to:
Louise also discussed “microsites,” which are subsites that use a different template from the standard ala.org one
any unit can request a microsite, but please allow a minimum of two weeks notice so that ITTS has time to implement it before your deadline for it to be live
for a microsite, you’ll need to provide a banner, color scheme, and links; colors can be different from the ala.org template, but not font size
Virtual Meeting Software (Sherri)
Louise is configuring Adobe Connect
please make sure your staff list is current for your unit in the KM system because Louise is creating “groups” now
because of the way the Adobe Connect licensing works, we need to assign one person in each unit to be the main point of contact for using the software
Adobe is trying to convert our iLinc archives
all ALA staff are Adobe Connect users by default
we recommend you put your webinar materials in your unit’s shared folder so that anyone can get to it
Blogs & wikis (Sherri)
ITTS has found software to maintain our blogs and wikis in-house, so we’ll be migrating from DreamHost sometime in the near future
we’ll give plenty of notice and set up a schedule when we have more information
Rollout of network disk space (Sherri)
ITTS is moving files to a new storage location in order to add more storage space
this should stop the network full messages, but please take a few minutes to clean out any files you no longer need
RFPs (Sherri)
Sherri noted that we have several RFPs running right now
ALA Connect (Jenny)
Jenny will hold additional sessions on the redesign in a few weeks
This application is now available for all units to use. At this point, ALCTS, ACRL, LAMA, LITA and ASCLA are all using the application for their appointments processes. Units interested in customizing the application for their appointments should contact the help desk.
Work continues on customizing the volunteer application for four ALA units.
Development work has been completed on the Committee Volunteer Form, and it is being rolled out to the Divisions. The timing of Division appointment activity varies, so we expect full roll-out to occur over the next three months.
Work on the current phase of this project was wrapping up at the end of the month. It is expected to go live in early October.
June/July 2006
The next major phase is to add a robust committee volunteer form that will retain demographic information, education and accomplishments, etc. ALA units have been solicited for their input in hopes of creating a universal volunteer form that can be used by all units.
August 2006
Work continues. We called for unit-specific committee volunteer forms and received approximately 10 responses. These forms will be analyzed for differences and similarities, with an eye toward developing a universal committee volunteer form. We are still on target for a fall release.
Amos Lieberman has been working with Charles Wilt in ALCTS to refine a committee appointment process management application. The system will track volunteers, allow appointing officers to select committee members, and update member records in iMIS. The application continues to be refined as new user needs are identified. It is expected that the application will eventually be broadened for use by all ALA units that have appointments to make.