[Web4lib] Blog app vs speciality software

[D.H. Mattison]

I was wondering if someone was going to mention the use of blogging software
to produce subject-oriented research guides. That gives me a chance to ask
if anyone's tried the open source and free PHP application developed by the
University of Michigan Graduate Library and called ResearchGuide. You can
check it out at http://researchguide.sourceforge.net/

David Mattison
Victoria, BC, Canada
dmattison at shaw.ca
Tiki Wiki Hut: http://www.davidmattison.ca/tiki
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-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Bobb Menk
Sent: June 22, 2005 4:33 AM
Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] FW: Request for info

I've been very happily using MovableType on an internal web server with
no trouble for over a year. We're using it as a kind of "Content Manager
Lite" to produce subject-oriented research guides as well as internal
newsletters. Works like a charm. Lately I've been exploring ways to make
it act a bit more like an aggregator (like Bloglines), for internally
produced blogs and RSS feeds, but only have the rudiments of that in
place so far.

Bobb Menk
MIT Lincoln Laboratory Library
bmenk at ll.mit.edu