Content Management Systems for Libraries
Case Studies
Bradford Lee Eden

List Price: $66.00 ISBN: 0-8108-5692-1 ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-5692-9 Pub Date: Jun 2008 224 pages Binding: Cloth Availability: In Stock   European customers click here

SUBJECTS
Library & Information Science » Information Science & Technology
Library & Information Science » Library Education
Library & Information Science » Library Management

REVIEWS
"A valuable blueprint for workflow considerations, project planning, and best practices....Recommended." —February 2009, The Tech Static.com

DESCRIPTION
Content management systems (CMS) within libraries are becoming more and more important as mechanisms for content and services to be provided in the digital environment. They allow for consistency in branding, look and feel, and the delivery of information; they also help to centralize input and maintenance of content and services by allowing multiple authors and creators to manage and edit their content without an intermediary, i.e. another staff person. In addition, CMS have the capability to produce test environments that assist libraries in exploring new tools, services, and presentation of content, without having to recreate these environments manually multiple times.

Content Management Systems in Libraries documents case studies related to two types of CMS implementations: those that manage content on library websites and those that manage digital content. This book brings together a number of case studies on current CMS implementations, using both open source and proprietary systems, and reflects on the current state and future of CMS in libraries.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brad Eden is Associate University Librarian for Technical Services and Scholarly Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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