Re: [CODE4LIB] complex drupal taxonomy question
Thanks very much, Cary. I'll check out that module and repost on drupal4lib. Laurie
[CODE4LIB] complex drupal taxonomy question
Hi, I'm working on a drupal site with a very complicated taxonomy. Backstory: A polisci professor and team of students designed this project first as a theoretcal exercise as part of a senior thesis double major in political science and computer science, and then as the project of a very devoted and smart student using drupal. It's both amazingly cool and technically complex. At this point, we are trying to help rein it in to the library servers and help support it so that new crops of students can maintain it without needing to be CS majors, and also to help them address a few issues and problems that have been discovered over the past year or so. My colleague and I are totally new to Drupal, and to this database. While he's working on the solr indexing, I'm trying to help figure out the taxonomy issue. See here: http://gtrp.haverford.edu/aqsi/aqsi/statements/mustafa-abu-al-yazids-interview-al-jazeera Basically, the site indexes the public statements of al-qaeda. Each statements is assigned a bunch of terms by students who have studied jihad and al-qaeda. Each term is composed of two parts. First part: a keyword from a controlled list of keywords - there are many of these and they include places, people, theories, and other things. So, "Afghanistan", "Barack Obama", and "media" are all keywords. Second part: a context from a much smaller (around 20) collection of contexts, including I guess how the keyword figures in this statement. Example include "area of jihad, enemy of islam, religious relations" and others. So, the full term would be "media - enemy of islam" for example. And each record includes a large number of these. Going forward, we'd ideally like to allow users of the site to find all three of the following: 1. Records that contain a particular two part term. (easy - that's what taxonomy is for) 2. A list of terms that begin with the first part so that they can select the modifier for it (also easy, if we make the second term a subterm or child of the first, this will work fine) 3. A list of terms that have the second part as a qualifier. So, for example, show me all terms in which anything is called an "enemy of islam" and then let me choose which keyword is referred to as an enemy of jihad and show me that record. It's that third one that we can't figure out. The only way we can think to accomplish this is to basically duplicate each entry so that we'd say "Haverford - enemy of islam" and "enemy of islam - Haverford" I think that will work, but since there are many statements, and each statement has many terms, this solution doesn't seem ideal. Do any of you have ideas? Thanks very much. Laurie -- Coordinator for Digital Scholarship and Services Haverford College Library 370 Lancaster Ave Haverford, PA 19041 610-896-4226 lal...@haverford.edu
[CODE4LIB] Job Announcement - Digital Scholarship Librarian
At least 2 year’s experience in academic or library services. Demonstrated experience in project management. Strong analytical skills; strong understanding of research methods. Experience with library technology, reference, instruction, and outreach services. Background in, knowledge of, and a record of achievement with digital scholarship and services. Self-directed and collaborative. Goal-oriented. Preferred: Experience with system administration and web servers. Experience developing and troubleshooting applications using scripting, programming and database languages. Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Web-related markup languages, features, and protocols including HTML, CSS, PHP etc. Dual advanced degrees –M.A. and M.L.S.; M.L.S. and M.A., or Ph.D. The Position and the College: Located on a wooded suburban campus less than ten miles from the center of Philadelphia, Haverford College is a highly selective liberal arts institution of approximately 1,175 students and 120 faculty. The Quaker foundation and traditions of the college encourage a respect for the individual and an openness of exchange that make it attractive to intellectually ambitious and socially conscious students. The library staff of 25 offers a supportive environment for self-motivated, team-oriented, creative, committed librarians seeking intellectual and professional growth through involvement in the work of faculty and students. Local Haverford library and information technology resources are substantially augmented by consortial relations with Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Colleges. This position affords an excellent opportunity to pursue a career at an outstanding college and in a collaborative, consortially-oriented work environment. The college seeks candidates who take an expansive approach to the work of libraries, to the possibilities afforded by information technologies for achieving the college’s goals for student and faculty work, and to the integration of their work with that of other units within the library and among the Tri-College libraries. TO APPLY: Please tell us how you meet these qualifications in your letter of application, and send the letter, your résumé, and the names of three references to Laurie Allen, Magill Library, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, Pennsylvania 19041-1392 (lal...@haverford.edu). Review of applications will begin on September 19, 2011, and will continue until the position is filled. Please direct questions to Laurie Allen (lal...@haverford.edu). Please visit the library’s website at http://www.haverford.edu/library.
