LibNet migration to Drupal
By Chris Carrington, on 4 November 2019
On Tuesday 5th November, our LibNet Intranet site is being migrated from the current Content Management System, Silva, into the UCL’s new CMS, Drupal.
Throughout the day LibNet should be considered “at risk” and there may be periods of downtime for the site.
What’s changed?
Essentially, only the mechanics behind the site have changed and the pages will look very much like their current state. The migration is not a redesign.
However, the authentication in Drupal is different so you may notice changes in logging in to the site. For example, the home page does not require a login. Also, PDFs and Word documents have been moved into a new SharePoint area which requires a separate UCL login. All links have been updated where relevant.
The move to Drupal should also see better performance of the site and end the recent outages we’ve seen.
Reporting problems
Should you notice any problems on Tuesday there is no need to report them. We expect the site to run normally from Wednesday 6th November. From Wednesday if you experience any problems using the site, please report them to lib-websupport@ucl.ac.uk
Updating web pages
Assigning author rights to colleagues will be reviewed in due course. For the time being, if you require an update to your LibNet pages please email lib-websupport@ucl.ac.uk