Library Hi Tech: Volume 24 Issue 1

Content management systems

Michael Seadle

To introduce the special theme issue on “Content management systems”.

Luwak: a content management solution

Matt Benzing

To inform librarians about the benefits, costs, and technologies involved in implementing a content management system.

LibData to LibCMS : One library's evolutionary pathway to a content management system

Paul F. Bramscher, John T. Butler

The University of Minnesota Libraries have developed and implemented LibCMS, an open architecture content management system (CMS) that combines with the previously‐built LibData…

Beyond HTML : Developing and re‐imagining library web guides in a content management system

Doug Goans, Guy Leach, Teri M. Vogel

To report on the content management system designed to manage the 30 web‐based research guides developed by the subject liaison librarians at the Georgia State University Library.

CMS/CMS: content management system/change management strategies

Susan Goodwin, Nancy Burford, Martha Bedard, Esther Carrigan, Gale C. Hannigan

Five web sites, five libraries, numerous departmental pages and thousands of pages of content explained, in part, why users found library resources difficult to navigate. Web…

Untangling a tangled web: a case study in choosing and implementing a CMS

Terry L. Huttenlock, Jeff W. Beaird, Ronald W. Fordham

To present a case study of a library systems department's experience in choosing and implementing a content management system. By sharing this process others may be helped as they…

Building a local CMS at Kent State

Rick Wiggins, Jeph Remley, Tom Klingler

The purpose of this paper is to describe the creation of a content management system (CMS) for the Kent State University Libraries & Media Services web site. It describes the…

Migrating a library's web site to a commercial CMS within a campus‐wide implementation

Tom Kmetz, Ray Bailey

To examine the issues involved with migrating an academic library's web site to a commercial content management system (CMS) within a campus‐wide implementation.

Building a collection development CMS on a shoe‐string

Regina Beach, Miqueas Dial

To discuss why a content management system (CMS) for collection development is necessary in a distance education environment, restructuring technical services in preparation for a…

Using web services to promote library‐extension collaboration

Jerry Henzel, Barbara S. Hutchinson, Anne Thwaits

The purpose of this paper is to describe the implementation of a web services application to deliver a calendar of events from the Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC…

Leveraging resources in a library gateway

Jerry V. Caswell

The purpose of this article is to describe a new use of technology to improve users' access to electronic resources.

Copyright in the networked world: copyright police

Michael Seadle

The purpose of this column is to look at how copyright enforcement is handled.