[lita-l] Using Sharepoint as a CMS/public-facing site

Thu Dec 8 11:23:24 EST 2011

if you are willing to pay a modest price for a very flexible cms, try  
expressionengine:

http://www.expressionengine.com

probably the best midrange (< 200$) cms out there.

Ward Smith
wardgsmith at gmail.com

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On Dec 8, 2011, at 9:30 PM, Jean Graef wrote:

> Librarians following this thread might be interested in our article  
> “What librarians should know about SharePoint.” See http://www.montague.com/review/sharepointlibrarians.html
>
> Jean Graef
> The Montague Institute
>
> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU]  
> On Behalf Of miles stauffer
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 10:51 AM
> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] [lita-l] Using Sharepoint as a CMS/public- 
> facing site
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I have had a very positive experience with SharePoint, especially  
> within the library environment. I few years ago a wrote a small  
> article for MS about this same topic:
>
> http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=242
>
> My key takeaways from this process:
>
> 1) The Business Data Catalog is amazing. This tool is revolutionary  
> to me. Essentially you can create a custom SQL or web services query  
> to index your library data and seamlessly integrate the resources  
> into your SharePoint instance.
>
> 2) If you want to do more than just basic integration you will need  
> a C# developer. There is a portal editor which is quite interesting  
> as well.
>
> miles stauffer
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Ryan Hess <mhess8 at depaul.edu> wrote:
> Hi Alison,
>
> We are expected to move to SharePoint as well early next year and  
> I’ve been blogging about our preparations thus far, which has led to  
> many emails from other institutions that are having SharePoint  
> brought to them by their IT departments. So it seems like this is  
> emerging as a trend. What I’m also picking up is that people who  
> have used SharePoint loath SharePoint for some of the reasons you  
> cite, compatibility issues, etc. My own concerns rest in two areas:
>
> How much of a community of practice is there with SharePoint in  
> libraries, from which we can draw for advice, ideas, solutions. This  
> is definitely true with Wordpress and Drupal, but from what I can  
> tell, it is very early days for SharePoint as a library CMS.
> Interoperability and standards. We all know how well Microsoft plays  
> with others and how they tend to develop their own standards.
>
> Still there is at least one success story out there. Sandia National  
> Laboratories (a special research library) has a public-facing  
> SharePoint site, which they presented at Internet Librarian.  
> Danielle Pollock was the presenter.
>
> I would also offer up DePaul’s (www.depaul.edu) main homepage as an  
> example of what a public-facing SharePoint site can look like. The  
> project team here did a very good job in terms of design and I have  
> to say I was impressed (and soothed) by what I saw.
>
> I’ve worked a little bit with Drupal and can say that the CMS world  
> is definitely a quirky one for people used to hand-coding and  
> working within Dreamweaver. And with Drupal, at least, it definitely  
> starts to feel “patchy” in that to get the system to do everything  
> you want, sometimes feels like more work than if you just built it  
> from scratch.
>
> I’m also building back-up pages in LibGuides these days (our current  
> CMS is unsupported and not stable) and am actually quite surprised  
> at what you can do with a little creative thinking. And I would  
> recommend looking into that option as well. It’s actually not that  
> difficult to create a regular-looking, fully functional site that  
> looks nothing like LibGuides’ boxiness.
>
> Good luck and do report back to the list on how it all pans out.
>
>
> M Ryan Hess
> Web Services Coordinator
> DePaul University
> JTR 120, DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus, 2350 N Kenmore  
> Ave., Chicago IL 60614
> office: 773-325-7829 | cell:  650-224-7279 |  fax: 773-325-2297  | mhess8 at depaul.edu
> On 12/8/11 8:46 AM, "Pruntel,Alison" <Alison.Pruntel at fauquiercounty.gov 
> > wrote:
>
> **Apologies in advance for cross-posting**
>
> Our county is considering the use of Microsoft Sharepoint for our  
> public-facing site; all county departments will be expected to use  
> this as our CMS. As we already find using it as our intranet  
> laborious/inefficient, am hoping for feedback from other libraries  
> using Sharepoint for this purpose (public site, CMS) and pros/cons.  
> I realize there has been great success using Joomla, Drupal,  
> WordPress, etc., but the decision-making entity is keen on  
> Sharepoint. Would love links to successful local government/library  
> “for the public” sites using Sharepoint.
>
> Also, if you considered Sharepoint and went with something else, can  
> you send me your “Wow factors” for choosing something other than  
> Sharepoint. (Note: When given a list of reasons for going with tools  
> other than Sharepoint, a key decision-maker asked for “Wow” factors  
> -- no elaboration given -- that would make him consider something  
> other than Sharepoint).
>
> Thanks for considering,
>
>
> Alison Pruntel
> Electronic Resources Librarian
> Fauquier County Public Library
> 11 Winchester Street
> Warrenton, VA 20186
> 540-422-8515
> alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov
> FCPL Web Site: http://library.fauquiercounty.gov <http://library.fauquiercounty.gov 
> >
> My Blog: http://fcpleresources.blogspot.com <http://fcpleresources.blogspot.com 
> >
>
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