[Web4lib] decentralized web content
Simmons, Chris (Library)
chris.simmons at biblioottawalibrary.ca
Wed Jan 12 12:17:41 EST 2011
Hi Angela, at Ottawa Public Library, we use Drupal to distribute content creation. We don't have an approval process but rely on training and oversight from our systems staff to occasionally review content and fix the usual culprits, pasting from Word (and the 6 pages of markup that includes) and fixing page layout. Other than minor layout issues we haven't had any problems. We did set up a notice system to alert us when new content is added. Some basic HTML training in floating images and such is useful for the times the editor mucks things up. We did some custom work to create a staff menu so they'd just see create, edit content rather than the byzantine Drupal admin menu. We also edited out all of the unnecessary options in the editor (CKeditor). We also have a couple custom buttons in Ckeditor to insert book titles and links and cover images from our catalogue (Bibliocommons) to eliminate copy and pasting. These buttons also index the content in the catalogue on item records and search results. The idea is to have staff create blog posts and subject guides that will be indexed in the catalogue. We wanted staff to be able to create content in our catalogue since so much of our traffic goes there. We're in the final phase of implementing that project. I believe you are on Bibliocommons too so you may want to look into that if you have a Drupal site.
-Chris
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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:27:06 -0600
From: "Hess, M. Ryan" <MHESS8 at depaul.edu>
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] decentralized web content
To: "Varnum, Ken" <varnum at umich.edu>, <web4lib at webjunction.org>
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At DePaul's libraries, I'm also in the middle of outlining our CM plan. We're moving our site to SharePoint this year from (gasp) Collage so I'm seeing this as a big opportunity to make some changes. Currently, we have distributed editorial permissions for a number of librarians, but the unreliability of Collage is a big disincentive for librarians to make the effort, so few changes are made outside my team.
After we move to SharePoint, of course, it will be much easier and much more intuitive to make changes, and I'm excited about how this will empower our content curators, as I'm calling them here. My plan is to train/remind these curators of web conventions/usability issues and then let them make changes to their areas of the site as needed. From time to time, our new Web Applications Librarian and I will be reviewing the site and advising these curators of any issues we find. My hope is that this distributed model has the right balance of freedom and control to keep our librarians engaged in the site while also ensuring the site's usability.
M Ryan Hess
Web Services Coordinator
DePaul University
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Subject: Re: [Web4lib] decentralized web content
We -- the University of Michigan Library, http://www.lib.umich.edu/ -- moved to Drupal about 18 months ago and distributed authoring responsibilities to people across the library. Roughly 100 people have "page author" permissions (out of a total population of about 400 in the libraries). We are not using any workflow management within Drupal; the people authorized to manage their unit's content are expected to behave properly and discuss anything that might raise an eyebrow with their management/colleagues before doing it. Content is live when published or edited. This has worked well for us, so far. Page authors can create or edit content within their unit (we use Organic Groups to keep content 'siloed' for editing purposes), and can delete any content they create.
We have a second role, "content manager", of which there are about 20. Content managers are responsible for their unit's content overall; they can delete any content in their unit, in addition to the creating and editing that page authors can do. Content managers also have the ability to edit the unit's navigation menus.
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Ken Varnum
Web Systems Manager E: varnum at umich.edu
University of Michigan Library T: 734-615-3287
300C Hatcher Graduate Library F: 734-647-6897
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190 http://www.lib.umich.edu/
On 1/10/11 7:24 PM, "Angela Christofferson" <Angela.Christofferson at spl.org> wrote:
Our library is in the process of decentralizing our web content for our public website. Our goal is for employees throughout the Library to enter content into a content management system.
Does your library use a content management system and have a decentralized web content model? If so, could you share your experiences and workflow? For example, what roles (Author, Approver, Editor) have you created? How does content move through the process? How do you maintain standards, consistency, oversight, etc.? Can employees post directly to your website?
Thanks in advance for sharing.
Angela Christofferson
The Seattle Public Library
Information Technology
206-733-9688
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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:33:46 -0500
From: "Beth Black" <black.367 at osu.edu>
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] decentralized web content
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At Ohio State we have a similar situation to what Ken describes for U of
Michigan. We have 101 content providers (out of 300 active faculty and
staff in the Libraries) who add content directly to the site using our CMS,
SilverStripe. (http://www.silverstripe.org/) When a content providers
publishes a page, it goes live. Content providers are members of groups,
who have access to certain areas of the site. The managers of those units
are generally the "content stewards" for those sections, although we do have
some sections of the site to which multiple units contribute (like FIND) and
for which two managers work together as stewards. We still have some pockets
of content that could use review so we are looking to add a review reminder
step. SilverStripe includes this feature but we haven't implemented it yet.
Another unit on campus has implemented SilverStripe with the SilverStripe
workflow module enabled and found it works for them. Before moving to the
CMS over a year ago, they had only one or two people able to add content to
the site so it fits for them. I think in many ways it comes down to your
organizational culture.
I also agree with other comments suggesting that the more hurdles you put in
the way of a content provider, the harder it will be to get them to add
content to the site.
I hope this helps!
Beth
Beth Black
Assistant Professor and Systems Librarian
Head, Web Implementation Team
University? Libraries
Ohio State University
610 Ackerman Road, Room 5855
Columbus, Ohio 43202
614-688-5428 phone
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black.367 at osu.edu
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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Varnum, Ken
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 11:38 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] decentralized web content
We -- the University of Michigan Library, http://www.lib.umich.edu/ --
moved to Drupal about 18 months ago and distributed authoring
responsibilities to people across the library. Roughly 100 people have
"page author" permissions (out of a total population of about 400 in the
libraries). We are not using any workflow management within Drupal; the
people authorized to manage their unit's content are expected to behave
properly and discuss anything that might raise an eyebrow with their
management/colleagues before doing it. Content is live when published or
edited. This has worked well for us, so far. Page authors can create or
edit content within their unit (we use Organic Groups to keep content
'siloed' for editing purposes), and can delete any content they create.
We have a second role, "content manager", of which there are about 20.
Content managers are responsible for their unit's content overall; they can
delete any content in their unit, in addition to the creating and editing
that page authors can do. Content managers also have the ability to edit the
unit's navigation menus.
--
Ken Varnum
Web Systems Manager E: varnum at umich.edu
University of Michigan Library T: 734-615-3287
300C Hatcher Graduate Library F: 734-647-6897
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190 http://www.lib.umich.edu/
On 1/10/11 7:24 PM, "Angela Christofferson" <Angela.Christofferson at spl.org>
wrote:
Our library is in the process of decentralizing our web content for our
public website. Our goal is for employees throughout the Library to enter
content into a content management system.
Does your library use a content management system and have a decentralized
web content model? If so, could you share your experiences and workflow?
For example, what roles (Author, Approver, Editor) have you created? How
does content move through the process? How do you maintain standards,
consistency, oversight, etc.? Can employees post directly to your website?
Thanks in advance for sharing.
Angela Christofferson
The Seattle Public Library
Information Technology
206-733-9688
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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:18:20 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: [Web4lib] Updated Structural & Link Adjustments: Family
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Family Genealogy & History Internet Education Directory
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Updated Structural & Link Adjustments: Family History & Genealogy
Instructions for use of Country - Nation Area Index
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Subject: [Web4lib] New Publication - Museums at Play: Games,
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