[Web4lib] Questions for LibGuiders

[Joyce Ouchida]

The system we moved from was an end-of-life Ruby on Rails application 
that was no longer being supported and that seemed to be better suited 
for book-type content. Our main site CMS (Adobe Contribute) is "easy to 
use,"  but not well liked. I think it has to do with the strict template 
layout, which restricts content to one column and does not easily 
accommodate multiple-page content areas with subnavigation. It is not 
easy for users to incorporate Web 2.0 content (esp since we disabled the 
ability to add scripts). We chose LibGuides for many reasons - ease of 
use, user control, more flexible layout options, ability to integrate 
dynamic/Web 2.0 content, fast implementation, low cost.

--Joyce

Mark Gooch wrote:
> For those of you who are using LibGuides, are you doing so because you 
> don't have an "easy to use" CMS for your website.  If you do have an 
> "easy to use" CMS were there other reasons for going to LibGuides?
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>

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Joyce Ouchida
Senior Web Developer
USC Libraries
phone: 213-821-2298
e-mail: jouchida at usc.edu