[Web4lib] Content Management

[Andrew Hankinson]

An interesting middle-of-the-road suggestion is to go with an Open  
Source solution (like Wordpress or Drupal) but purchase a support  
contract from someone who specializes in those systems. If you're in a  
larger metropolitan area, you may even be able to find someone local,  
meaning on-site consultations won't cost an arm and a leg.

Drupal has companies like Acquia (http://acquia.com/products-services/drupal-technical-support 
) or Koumbit (http://koumbit.org/en/node). There are likely others.

This gives you the confidence knowing that you're not locked in to a  
proprietary solution (if you don't like your chosen support situation,  
you can switch vendors), and if you do ever get the chance to bring  
things in-house, you can.

-Andrew

On 2009-10-16, at 12:35 PM, Megan Gurney wrote:

> What content management system is used by your library?
>
> We need to migrate from Serena Collage and are starting to look at  
> possible CMS's to use.  Mid-tier, php, asset management.  We do not  
> really have the staff on hand right now (and not for the forseeable  
> future) for an open source product.
>
> Thanks,
> Megan
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