[Web4lib] CMS (Content Management System)

Elizabeth Perry eswieri at umich.edu
Tue Oct 30 16:11:45 EDT 2007


As a follow up to this conversation:

I'm a library science student at Michigan and was contemplating taking a
course in CMS next semester. Do you find that this is an important skill to
have as a librarian?

Thanks for you advice,
Elizabeth

On 10/30/07, Lynne Jones <mljones at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> Hi - I would recommend Cmsmadesimple - one of the five finalists in the
> 2007
> Open CMS Awards
>
> http://www.packtpub.com/article/2007-open-source-cms-award-finalists
>
> More info here: www.cmsmadesimple.org
>
> Have tried a few but this beats them all in my view - simple (as it
> says!),
> compliant and its extensibility and ease of use impresses me every time I
> use it
>
> Good support forum as well - very helpful
>
> Regards
> Lynne
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Raumin "Ray" Dehghan
> Sent: 30 October 2007 16:54
> To: web4lib; SYSLIB-L at listserv.buffalo.edu; DLS tech; LITA-L at ala.org
> Subject: [Web4lib] CMS (Content Management System)
>
> Colleagues,
>
>    This is a cross posting.
>
>    Our library is considering implementing a CMS (Content Management
> System)
> for managing our website.  We may end up using it for more things -
> intranet, calendars, email (??)  We are a small to medium size public
> library serving a community of about 20-24,000 people.  One CMS we are
> considering is Drupal.
>
>   I would appreciate any input regarding experiences, advantages,
> disadvantages, opinions, etc. regarding CMS, which is best, etc.
>
>   I would also appreciate any recommendations for books, websites, etc. on
> the topic.
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> Sincerely,
> Raumin "Ray" Dehghan
> West Chicago Public Library
> West Chicago, Illinois
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