A few years ago (or two generations, in Internet time) Drupal was a fringe software product that a few Stanford techologists dabbled in as a side project.

Now, in 2014, Drupal powers some of the largest websites at Stanford, as well as thousands of smaller sites.

Through the presentation of several case studies, I will detail the ways that we use Drupal as a lever to maximize the value of the work that we do at Stanford.

Questions addressed include:

• What is Stanford trying to accomplish via the Web?
• Why Open Source?
• Why Drupal?
• How do we build community?
• How do we build technical expertise?
• Can you get my kid into Stanford?