[Web4lib] FW: Drupal for library staff intranet?

[VanderHart, Robert]

Resending this message since I didn't ever see it show up on web4lib. 

-----Original Message-----
From: VanderHart, Robert 
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:24 AM
To: 'web4lib at webjunction.org'
Subject: Drupal for library staff intranet?

I'm chairing a library team that's charged with reorganizing content on
our staff intranet, used by about 40 people.  We're also expected to
recommend an open-source solution that will allow our intranet to be a
little more self-servicing.  Specifically, we need to be able to
collaborate online to produce documentation (suggesting a wiki).  We
also have a fairly sizable collection of photos from library events and
conferences that currently sit on a networked drive, and we'd like to be
able to provide tags and collect them into various sets/albums.

I see there has been plenty of discussion on this list about Drupal.  I
know it's based on PHP, and although I have some basic knowledge of PHP,
I'm really a ColdFusion developer at heart and by experience.  So my
specific questions:

1) Would Drupal be "overkill" for our needs that I've expressed above,
especially for an intranet used by 40 people?
2) Would there be a huge need for me, as the admin, to be up to snuff on
PHP to even consider deploying Drupal?
3) Are there other software solutions you might suggest?  I know about
FarCry, an open-source CF-based CMS; has anyone used that?

Thanks!

Robert Vander Hart
Electronic Resources Librarian
Lamar Soutter Library
University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester  MA  01655

Voice: 508-856-3290
Email: Robert.VanderHart at umassmed.edu
Web: http://library.umassmed.edu