[Web4lib] Event management and registration tool

[Leo Robert Klein]

Hi Jim,

One possible solution is to use Drupal plus the "Volunteer Module" -- 
People sign up but they then need to be approved.

Events on Drupal are easy to manage and you get a calendar to boot.  The 
more you get into it, the more you find how to customize it.

More info at: Drupal.org

LEO

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Leo Robert Klein
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Jim Coble wrote:
> The Center for Instructional Technology at Duke has, over the past few
> years, developed a home-grown event management and registration system that
> we use to publicize and manage the registration for various events that we
> sponsor (presentations, workshops, annual Showcase, etc.).  There is now
> interest in having a system like this available for use library-wide.
> Before jumping in and altering our existing home-grown CIT system to meet
> this expanded need, we wanted to see if there are other tools out there
> (preferably open source) that could meet our needs just as well or even
> better.
> 
> So, I thought I'd query this list and see how other folks are handling this
> need, especially if you have a system or tool that you think does a
> particularly good job at this.  I imagine there are a number of tools out
> there that could handle event calendaring -- it's the event registration
> piece (signing up for an event, maintaining a waiting list if the event
> fills up, recording attendance, handling walk-ins, etc.) that I think may
> be more difficult to find.
>