I’ve previously mentioned my preference for content management systems over traditional websites. We use Drupal at MPOW and it allows almost everyone in our office to easily contribute to our site.
Drupal is also becoming a popular choice for libraries and now the New York Public Library is joining the party. Josh Greenberg recently posted on [...]
Darlene Fichter
Data Librarian
University of Saskatchewan
Frank Cervone
Director - Library, Information, and Media Studies
Chicago State University
Firefox: www.SafeCache.com (defends against cache-based tracking)
Firefox: www.SafeHistory.com (protects history privacy)
Firefox: FoxMarks (auto syncs bookmarks)
Firefox: FEBE (Firefox Environment Backup Extenstion)
sync/backup extensions and settings between computers
meebome.com
embed a chat window on your website
LinkBun.ch
put multiple links into one small link
www.docsyncer.com
automatically finds and [...]
Jeff Wisniewski
Web Services Librarian
University of Pittsburgh
Tools to make incremental improvements to your website
Most of these you can do in a minute
Update your copyright statement
PHP and JavaScript example to update it automatically
Add “last updated” code to each page
increase trust in your information
have 1 script that you can from all of your pages
Add photos to contacts
evidence shows [...]
Sarah Houghton-Jan
Senior Librarian for Digital Futures
San Jose Public Library
Sarah began by asking some questions of the audience
How many people in the room working at a small library? Lots
How many work in an underfunded library? Most
How many work in an underfunded dept.? Some
Sarah surveyed digital user Library Activity in 2006
website visit 5-6 per capita
database use [...]
Content Management Systems are a hot tool in libraries right now. At our place alone, we’re using Drupal for our main website, WordPress as a basic CMS for multiple sites, and we are helping one of our member libraries build a new site with Joomla. Libraries are becoming interested in making their websites [...]
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