Originally published as Library Hi Tech Volume 24 Number 1, 2006
ISBN: 1 84544 940 1
Guest edited by: Bradford Lee Eden.
Libraries have only just begun to realize that their web presence is potentially as rich and complex as their online catalogues, and that it needs an equal amount of management to keep it under control.
"Content management systems" covers a range of topics from implementation to interoperability, object-oriented database management systems, and research about meeting user needs.
Contents:
Luwak: a content management solution
This article discusses how XML is used to separate content from presentation, how this technology is used in a home-grown freeware application, and the results of converting a static website into a database driven one through the use of this application.
LibData to LibCMS: One library's evolutionary pathway to a content management system
The University of Minnesota Libraries have developed and implemented LibCMS, an open architecture content management system. The purpose of this paper is to present overall observations about CMSs and their implementation, and details the requirements and design of LibCMS.
Beyond HTML: Developing and re-imagining library web guides in a content management system
This article reports on the content management system designed to manage the 30 web-based research guides developed by the subject liaison librarians at the Georgia State University Library.
CMS/CMS: content management system/change management strategies
Five web sites, five libraries, numerous departmental pages and thousands of pages of content explained, in part, why users found library resources difficult to navigate. Web redesign became a strategic initiative in 2001 and state funding enabled the purchase of a content management system (CMS). The purpose of this paper is to describe the systematic implementation of a CMS at Texas A&M Libraries
Untangling a tangled web: a case study in choosing and implementing a CMS
This article presents a case study of a library systems department's experience in choosing and implementing a content management system. By sharing this process others may be helped as they look for solutions and face similar situations.
Building a local CMS at Kent State
This article describes the creation of a content management system for the Kent State University Libraries & Media Services website. It describes the requirements for the site and for the CMS, the CMS architecture and components.
Migrating a library's web site to a commercial CMS within a campus-wide implementation
This article examines the issues involved with migrating an academic library's website to a commercial content management system (CMS) within a campus-wide implementation.
Building a collection development CMS on a shoe-string
This article discusses why a content management system for collection development is necessary in a distance education environment, restructuring technical services in preparation for a CMS implementation, and the actual building of a prototype.
Using web services to promote library-extension collaboration
The purpose of this paper is to describe the implementation of a web services application to deliver a calendar of events from the Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC) portal to County Extension web pages.
Leveraging resources in a library gateway
The research presented here shows libraries how they can leverage their investment in databases and the catalog not only to make them more useful to their user communities, but to bring them more in tune with the expectations of users who have grown up with the web.
Copyright in the networked world: copyright police
The purpose of this column is to look at how copyright enforcement is handled. Legal issues in enforcement are examined, as well as the initiatives of organizations like the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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