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A big thanks to everyone who responded to my question about A to Z lists - now I have lots of stuff to try! Michele DeSilva Central Oregon Community College Library Emerging Technologies Librarian 541-383-7565 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Riley-Huff, Debra Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 9:38 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] A to Z lists We built our A-Z list, Databases by Subject and Database Trials sets in Drupal. It has worked out really well for us and we also have those lists populate our subject guides through taxonomy. http://apollo.lib.olemiss.edu/guides/glossary/dbases-az If you are interested in how we built any of this let me know. Debra On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Michele DeSilva <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Code4Lib-ers, > > I want to chime in and say that I, too, enjoyed the streaming archive from > the conference. > > I also have a question: my library has a horribly antiquated A to Z list of > databases and online resources (it's based in Access). We'd like to do > something that looks more modern and is far more user friendly. I found a > great article in the Code4Lib journal (issue 12, by Danielle Rosenthal & > Mario Bernado) about building a searchable A to Z list using Drupal. I'm > also wondering what other institutions have done as far as in-house > solutions. I know there're products we could buy, but, like everyone else, > we don't have much money at the moment. > > Thanks for any info or advice! > > Michele DeSilva > Central Oregon Community College Library > Emerging Technologies Librarian > 541-383-7565 > [log in to unmask] > -- Debra Riley-Huff Web Services Librarian Assistant Professor JD Williams Library University of Mississippi University, MS 38677 662-915-7353 [log in to unmask]