Subject Guides - alternatives

Tue Jul 2 21:40:08 EDT 2013

...but why bother with the separate interface at all? Is it a better back end experience for staff? No snark, just honestly wondering how that model works better than just building them in WP? :)

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On Jul 2, 2013, at 10:16 AM, Andrew Darby <darby.lists at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> 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.
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> Andrew
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> [1] library.miami.edu/sp/subjects/databases.php
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> 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.
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>> -Ross.
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>> 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/
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>>> 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. 
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>>> Sigrid
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>>> 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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>>>> Teresa
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>>>> Teresa Coberly
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>>>> Technical Services/Library Technology Specialist
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>>>> William A. Wise Law Library
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>>>> University of Colorado Law School
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>>>> teresa.coberly at colorado.edu
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>>>> library website: http://www.colorado.edu/law/lawlib/   ::  library catalog: http://lawpac.colorado.edu
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>>>> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Wardroper, Lawrence
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 8:20 AM
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>>>> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>>>> Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Subject Guides - alternatives
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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 correctly??).
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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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>>>> Lawrence Wardroper
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>>>> Services de la bibliothèque | Library Services
>>>> Service administratif des tribunaux judiciaires | Courts Administration Service
>>>> 90, rue Sparks, Ottawa ON  K1A 0H9
>>>> lawrence.wardroper at cas-satj.gc.ca
>>>> Téléphone | Telephone 613-996-8735
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>>>> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Nina McHale
>>>> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 6:30 PM
>>>> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>>>> Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Subject Guides - alternatives
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>>>> Hey, all,
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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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>>>> Nina 
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>>>> Nina McHale
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>>>> @ninermac
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>>>> Aten Design Group
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>>>> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Terrell, Trey <Trey.Terrell at oregonstate.edu> wrote:
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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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>>>> Trey Terrell
>>>> Programmer Analyst
>>>> trey.terrell at oregonstate.edu
>>>> Oregon State University Libraries
>>>> Corvallis, OR 97331
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>>>> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Tanja Webster
>>>> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 3:04 PM
>>>> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>>>> 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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>>>> Kind regards
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>>>> Tanja
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>>>> Tanja Webster | Digital Liaison Librarian
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>>>> Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology | Te Mātāpuna o Te Mātauraka
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