[Web4lib] Local History Database

[D.H. Mattison]

I use the Scout Portal Toolkit (http://scout.wisc.edu/Projects/SPT/) from
the Internet Scout Project for my British Columbia History Portal
(http://bchistoryportal.tc.ca). Like CWIS recommended by Mark Jordan, the
SPT has specific system requirements and should run right out of the zipped
file as long as you or a system administrator have "root" privileges to
install it. Once you've assigned SPT access and editorial privileges, the
site (not system) administrator can even customize the database by adding
new fields and rearranging existing fields. The system administrator can
also redesign the site's look and feel. The SPT is basically designed as a
collaborative database tool for documenting Web and other kinds of Internet
resources, so if your local history materials are hardcopy only, you're
likely out of luck, because I think the URL is a mandatory field that can't
be changed to make it optional.

David Mattison
Victoria, BC, Canada
dmattison at shaw.ca
Tiki Wiki Hut: http://www.davidmattison.ca/tiki
Ten Thousand Year Blog: http://www.davidmattison.ca/wordpress

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Mark Jordan
Sent: July 7, 2005 8:09 AM
To: Malakia Oglesby
Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Local History Database


Hi Malakia,

Check out CWIS from the Internet Scout team,
http://scout.wisc.edu/Projects/CWIS/

Mark


Mark Jordan
Head of Library Systems
W.A.C. Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada
Phone (604) 291 5753 / Fax (604) 291 3023
mjordan at sfu.ca / http://www.sfu.ca/~mjordan/





On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 10:49:02AM -0400, Malakia Oglesby wrote:
> Good morning everyone!
>
> I am creating a local history portion of our website and am looking for an
open source PHP/MySQL solution for creating a database searchable by title,
subject, year, etc. and also able to show related entries.  I have limited
experience with PHP so I'm kind of looking for an "out of the box" solution
that is easily customizable.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks alot
> Malakia Oglesby
> Asbury Park Public Library
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