Subject Guides - alternatives

Tue Jul 2 12:16:50 EDT 2013

Well, SubjectsPlus does have an API (newish, and maybe not 100%
fleshed-out), so the ease of integration depends somewhat on the other
systems.  For instance, we do a nightly pull of data from our III ERM
system to update our SP-powered database listing page [1], and before the
API, because SubjectsPlus is PHP, it was trivial to pull SP data into our
main WordPress website.

Andrew

[1] library.miami.edu/sp/subjects/databases.php

On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Ross Singer <rossfsinger at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is still a silo. The point is that the content isn't easily
> integratable into other systems, although you probably at least have access
> to it.
>
> -Ross.
> On Jul 2, 2013 11:17 AM, "Sigrid Kelsey" <sigridkelsey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  A few more words about SubjectsPlus- it is an open source program that
>> installs right on your web server- so there isn't aren't silos.  It also
>> has a staff directory and resources list too.  I've integrated the
>> SubjectsPlus information into webpages across our site- it is pretty
>> seamless.   For example, our staff directory (
>> http://www.lib.lsu.edu/admin/faculty.php) pulls from the SubjestPlus
>> database.  The guides are here: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sp/subjects/
>>
>> I wanted to keep some of our existing urls when I installed SubjectsPlus,
>> and I managed to switch the staff directory and indexes and databases pages
>> over with hardly anyone noticing a difference.
>>
>> Sigrid
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Teresa Coberly <
>> teresa.coberly at colorado.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> We are just starting with the open source product Subjects Plus.  I’ve
>>> been very impressed so far.  Well written product with good support.  **
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>>> Behalf Of *Wardroper, Lawrence
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>>> I agree with you Nina – we have a DRAFT CMS built with our ILS Software.
>>> Not perfect at all but, definitely integrated with all our other resources
>>> and allows us to present content consistently to our staff and our users
>>> without having to worry about "interoperability" (did I spell that thing
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>>> Always interested in other products to help me with additions to this
>>> in-house design of ours.****
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>>> *On Behalf Of *Nina McHale
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>>> While my preferred approach to this is an entire web site in a CMS with
>>> a guide as a content type--we have content in enough silos, and most CMSs
>>> are perfectly capable of displaying this type of information without
>>> additional tools or features--I know that's not possible for everyone. *
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>>> That said, at my last academic library job, LibGuides was very easy to
>>> use and SpringShare provided excellent support.****
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>>> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Terrell, Trey <
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>>> We’re currently in the process of moving to LibGuides (and writing a
>>> migration tool from LALC -> LibGuides.) That being said, the folks at
>>> LibraryH3lp have taken up further development of Library a la Carte – it
>>> might be interesting to see what they come up with (
>>> http://libraryh3lp.blogspot.com/2013/06/library-la-carte-resurrected-open.html).
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>>> Behalf Of *Tanja Webster
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>>> *Subject:* [WEB4LIB] Subject Guides - alternatives****
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>>> Hi there,****
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>>> We are currently using Library a la Carte and are looking for an
>>> alternative solution to create subject guides.****
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>>> Any suggestions or recommendations are greatly appreciated.****
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