Monday, September 26, 2011

Unit 4: Building Collection in Drupal


Entering my digital collection in Drupal has begun.  Drupal allows the creator of the opportunity to be as basic or extensive as one wants to be when developing the categories one wants to use for their digital collections.  Planning at the forefront and prior to entering any information is critical.  Already having a list of categories and controlled vocabularies makes the entering of information in Drupal a much faster and easier process.  In addition, I appreciate Drupal’s flexibility to allow categories to either be free-tagged or pre-defined.  When using controlled vocabulary, knowledge in this is greatly helpful.  The search function is definitely helpful for users; however it is critical that the record includes the necessary keywords that will allow users to find the information they are searching.  This is when tagging proves to be useful.

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