Information and Library Network Centre (An Autonomous Inter-University Centre of UGC)

National Workshop on

Content Management System Using Drupalth th16 to 18 July, 2014

Dr. Jagdish AroraDirectorINFLIBNET CentreEmail: director@inflibnet.ac.in, Tele. No. + 91- 079-23268201FAX No. + 91 -079-23268111

Course Co-ordinators

Shri Kannan PScientist – C (LS)INFLIBNET CentrePhone :079-23268281

E-mail: kannan@inflibnet.ac.in

Information and Library Network Centre (An Autonomous Inter-University Centre of UGC)

Infocity, Gandhinagar - 382007, Gujarat, INDIA

For more information : http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/

For further information please contact

Shri H G Hosamani

Scientist – C (LS)

INFLIBNET Centre

Phone: 079-23268313

E-mail: hosamani@inflibnet.ac.in

Policy for Refund Course Fee

Road Map to Reach INFLIBNET

If cancellation of request is received from the applicant/institution for training programmes/workshops.

?One month in advance – refund with 10% deduction?One week in advance but less than one month – refund with 20% deduction; and?Less than one week in advance – No refund

In case of cancellation/postponed any courses/workshops by INFLIBNET, the course fee would either be refunded in full or adjusted against registration to another batch of the same course or to a similar course

Gandhinagar is connected to Surat, Mumbai, and Navi Mumbai through National Highway 8A. It is connected to Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Udaipur, New Delhi & Chandigarh through the National Highway 8C.

The nearest airport is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad located at a distance of 15KM from the INFLIBNET Centre, provides connectivity with domestic flights to the Metropolitans and other major cities of India. It also provides many International flights from Ahmedabad to across the world.

The nearest Railway Station is Ahmedabad Railway Station (Known as Kalupur) which is well connected to all metropolitans and other major cities of India other western parts of the country. The Ahmedabad Railway station is located at a distance of 23 Km from the INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar.

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About INFLIBNET

About the Workshop

Objective of the Workshop

Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) is an autonomous Inter-University Centre of the University Grants Commission (UGC). The objectives of the Centre are to modernize libraries and information centres for information transfer and access, to support scholarship, learning and academic pursuit by establishing a national network of libraries and information centres in universities, institutions of higher learning and R & D institutions in India. Creation of national union database (IndCat), development of an integrated library management software (SOUL 2.0), human resource development, on-site training, providing bibliographic information services, extending technical help and guidance from time to time to academic libraries in automation and networking are some of the major activities of the Centre. The Centre provides access to e-resources and Internet connectivity to universities under the UGC-Infonet connectively programme and UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium. The Centre also provides access to 6500+ e-journals and 97,000+ e-books to the colleges in India though programme entitled "National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST)".

ICT has brought a revolution in all walks of life. Organising and disseminating web content is a challenging task for the library and IT professionals. Integrating various library resource and make it accessible to the user community is vital to an organisation or information centre. Several open source software are available to manage the web content in a static / dynamic way. Drupal is the world's leading open source Content Management System (CMS) software. It offers advantage of superior coding and flexible customisation. Many organisation are using Drupal software for developing static / highly interactive content management system and website. The large number of user community spread all over the world to solve issues and problems with detailed documentation on installation, configuration and integration of modules. The INFLIBNET Centre is organising three-day workshop on Content Management System using Drupal during 16-18 July, 2014 at INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar.

The main objective of this workshop is to enable the participant to develop content management system or website for their institution or library. The workshop includes lectures as well as intensive hands-on training, so as to provide both theoretical base and practical skills to the participants. The participant will receive a comprehensive overview on how to build a website or CMS using Drupal including installation, configuration, page layout design and user management, etc.

?Introduction to Content Management System?Drupal fundamental and features ?Basic configuration to know before installing Drupal?Drupal installation and configuration?Adding modules and features ?User and Content Management

Topic to be covered in the workshop are as follows

?Managing page layouts and themes?Multilingual Content ?Drupal hosting and backup

The resource persons are eminent IT/Computer/LIS Scientists/professionals and experts of the country.

Student interested in CMS & website development, Library and Information Science Professional, Information Scientists, System Administrator, Content Developer and other with similar responsibilities. A maximum of 25-30 candidates will be selected for the workshop on First-Come-First-Serve basis.Pre-requisite: Participants should be conversant with basic ICT terminologies, should possess basic knowledge and experience with HTML, PHP and web design will be preferred.

Tentative workshop schedule will be hosted on our website one weak prior to the workshop

The Workshop will be conducted at Information and Library Network Centre, An IUC of University Grants Commission, Infocity, Gandhinagar-382007, Gujarat, India

With accommodation: Rs 4,500/- per personWithout accommodation Rs 3,000/- per personIt covers the cost of workshop kit (containing training materials), breakfast, working lunch, two time tea & snacks during the sessions. The payment should be made through Demand Draft in favour of The INFLIBNET Centre payable at Gandhinagar along with filled-in registration form.

The Centre will arrange accommodation during the period of training at INFLIBNET Guest House (A/C Room) on twin sharing basis. The participants must send prior intimation and charges for accommodation along with registration fees.

The application for admission to the workshop should be submitted in the enclosed prescribed thform/online to INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar on or before 11 July, 2014

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Duration: Three Days

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