[WEB4LIB] Library Web Manager's Reference Center

[Lee Jaffe]

 From personal experience, I'm not sure DMOZ is the way to go.
I was initially very enthusiastic about it, but I don't feel that
they've managed to fulfill the potential that is promised.  Site
organization is very uneven  -- take a look at Arts (http://dmoz.org/Arts/ )
and tell me where fine arts or painting should go -- and far-
reaching decisions can be very arbitrary, without recourse.

-- Lee Jaffe, UC Santa Cruz


At 4:46 AM -0700 6/26/01, Jerry Kuntz wrote:
>web4libbers,
>     About two years ago Roy took me up on an offer to reorganize the 
>companion web site to this list, the Library Web Manager's Reference 
>Center:
>http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/RefCenter/
>     The purpose of LWMRC is to organize links that have been 
>mentioned in common Web4Lib threads.
>     However, as a link collection, the site isn't very 
>sophisticated. As plain HTML, changing the topical categories is a 
>pain, and there's no option for user input.
>     I recently approached Roy about some options for changing LWMRC 
>(including getting your reactions):
>--Leave as is. It does what it's supposed to do.
>--Use one of many open source link organizer programs now available: 
>Link Conservatory, Zink, phpHoo2, Links-Engine...all these look like 
>they use PHP and MySQL [neither of which I have any experience with, 
>but that's no deterrent].
>--Approach DMOZ about integrating LWMRC into their directory. Paul 
>Lareu already edits a substantial section on "knowledge management":
>http://dmoz.org/Reference/Knowledge_Management/
>and Seth Maislin edits a section on "Information Architecture":
>http://dmoz.org/Reference/Knowledge_Management/Information_Architecture/
>--Letting some other Web4Lib subscriber take a whach at reoganizing it.
>
>--
>Jerry Kuntz
>Electronic Resources Consultant
>Ramapo Catskill Library System
>jkuntz at rcls.org
>Author, KidsClick! Web Searching Skills Guide, 
>http://www.neal-schuman.com/db/3/173.html
>--