[Web4lib] Drupal / LibGuides / Library a la Carte question

[Tom Keays]

There was an article in Code4Lib Journal last year called "The ICAP
(Interactive Course Assignment Pages) Publishing System". ICAP is the
old name for Library à la Carte. Poking around on their site,
http://alacarte.library.oregonstate.edu/ , I noticed that Ian Chan had
compared Library a la Carte to Drupal and Moodle.
http://alacarte.library.oregonstate.edu/node/1001 But not LibGuides,
which is a hosted service.

Tom

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Ian Chan <ichan at csusm.edu> wrote:
> We used this tutorial,
> http://blog.codahale.com/2006/06/19/time-for-a-grown-up-server-rails-mon
> grel-apache-capistrano-and-you/, to set-up LAC using a Mongrel cluster
> and Apache.  I did not use Capistrano, as the tutorial recommends, but
> it still worked.  OSU has indicated they might integrate Rails Phusion
> to expedite the installation process.
>
> Our instructional librarians took a serious look at LibGuides but
> selected Library a la Carte.  After several months of use, they have
> found LAC to be a much better product.  In addition, since the database
> is hosted locally in MySQL, I can see lots of potential for integration
> with Drupal and other applications.  LAC is more extensible and
> integrating your own theme is very easy - here's a sample:
> http://lib2.csusm.edu/subject-guide/18.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> Ian Chan
> Web Development Librarian
> California State University San Marcos
> http://library.csusm.edu/about/people/ian/
> 760.750.4385 [office]
> 760.683.4234 [mobile]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Philip Shafer
> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 11:56 AM
> To: Angela Boyd; web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Drupal / LibGuides / Library a la Carte question
>
> I just saw this post and took a look at Library a la Carte.  It looks
> great!
>
> Has anyone successfully set the application up in a Linux/Apache/Mysql
> setting?  Outside of running applications locally, I haven't been too
> successful with actually deploying RoR apps.
>
> Just wondering if there were any good instructions that I could forward
> to
> my sys admin.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil
> ------------------------------
>
> Philip Shafer
> Library System Services
> Rowan University Library
> 201 Mullica Hill Rd
> Glassboro, NJ  08028
> 856-256-4418
> 856-256-4924 Fax
>
>
>
>> From: Angela Boyd <angela.boyd at gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:22:24 -0700
>> To: <web4lib at webjunction.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Drupal / LibGuides / Library a la Carte
> question
>>
>> Thank you to ALL who have answered these questions for me, on and off
> list.
>> We've got a few things to think about now.  There's a bit of a time
> crunch
>> (isn't there always!!!)  But you've all been very, very helpful and
> for that
>> I am really thankful, so THANK YOU!
>>
>> Angela Boyd
>> co-Web Services Librarian @ UCSB Library
>>
>>
>>>
>>> [1] http://www.ithacalibrary.com/subsplus/
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Angela Boyd <angela.boyd at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I have a few questions for you all. My library is currently
> exploring
>>>> Library a la Carte and LibGuides.  We're also migrating all of our
>>> content
>>>> to Drupal.  We'd like to have a subject guide package ready for
> folks to
>>>> work on this coming summer.  So here are my questions.
>>>>
>>>> 1. Does anyone here manage their website content with Drupal  AND
> use
>>>> Library a la Carte or LibGuides?
>>>>
>>>> 2. If yes, have you been able to integrate Library a la Carte or
>>> LibGuides
>>>> into your site search through Drupal?
>>>>
>>>> 3. Are you hosting Library a la Carte or LibGuides locally and on
> the
>>> same
>>>> server as Drupal?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your time!
>>>>
>>>> Angela Boyd
>>>> co-Web Services Librarian @ UCSB Library
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>>>
>>>
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>>> Web Services Librarian
>>> Ithaca College Library
>>> http://www.ithaca.edu/library/
>>> adarby at ithaca.edu
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