[Web4lib] CM software vs. library cataloging software

[Jonathan Gorman]

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Carmen Barnett wrote:

> One of the biggest priorities I have in the library I am starting is 
> getting my organization's magazine articles searchable on our website, 
> and it is not clear to me if a web OPAC or CM would be better. I would 
> appreciate any info.


While I probably can't comment much on this issue, there is of course a 
third option, which is to use an indexer if the magazine articles are 
already in a text or html form.  That being said, I don't know off-hand of 
any indexers to recommend.  Many people just point to google with a site: 
restriction, but that has plenty of limitations.   A couple of indexing 
programs I've heard about htdig, eXist, and swish-e.

Of course, an indexer program doesn't offer the ability to manage content 
as a CMS would do.

Jon Gorman