[Web4lib] Sharepoint 07 as a CMS

[Norwood, Randy]

The thing to remember about Sharepoint is that it's more of a platform
for development and enhancement than a solution. It's a very complex
system, and needs to be installed, configured, developed and managed by
staff who are trained and knowledgable. It can do many things, but does
not necessarily do all of them well.

At my law school, we're using Sharepoint MOSS 2007 for our intranet, and
it's working pretty well. There was some consideration given to using
Sharepoint WSS 3.0 (which lacks some of MOSS's personalization features)
for our web site. However, that was postponed due to some issues with
campus IT, which wanted us to use their new enterprise CMS (which
they've since postponed themselves).

If I were you, I would not want to be the first on your campus to use
Sharepoint as a web CMS. If others jump in and are successful, and
campus IT supports it well, then maybe I would be amenable to it. In
general, I prefer a dedicated/specialized web CMS.


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Randy Norwood
Sr Programmer/Analyst
Texas Tech School of Law Library
Office: 806-742-3990 x350
Web/Intranet Requests:
http://intranet.law.ttu.edu/Lists/WebIntranet%20Requests/
Support: 806-742-3990 x318, computersupport.law at ttu.edu
E-mail: randy.norwood at ttu.edu




-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Bloy
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 9:52 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] Sharepoint 07 as a CMS

We're looking to move to a content management system for our library's
website, and I've made a proposal to our IT department that a Drupal be
installed for that purpose.  They've told me the campus will be getting
Sharepoint 07 in the coming months, and we could utilize its CMS
capabilities for our website.

I should mention that I'm a strong advocate for accessible sites that
follow web standards.  Currently, the campus is using Sharepoint 03
version as an intranet.  From my experience with that, and what I've
been reading about the 07 version, I must admit to being a little
disheartened.

Is anyone currently using Sharepoint 07 successfully as a CMS for their
library website?  Any experience, or examples you can share?

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Jonathan Bloy
Web Services Librarian
Edgewood College
Madison, Wisconsin
http://library.edgewood.edu

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