Migrating a library's web site to a commercial CMS within a campus‐wide implementation
| Pages | 102-114 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/07378830610652130 |
| Date | 01 January 2006 |
| Published date | 01 January 2006 |
| Author | Tom Kmetz,Ray Bailey |
| Subject Matter | Information & knowledge management,Library & information science |
THEME ARTICLE
Migrating a library’s web site to a
commercial CMS within a
campus-wide implementation
Tom Kmetz and Ray Bailey
Morehead State University, Rowan County, Kentucky, USA
Abstract
Purpose – 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.
Design/methodology/approach – The old and new web sites are described in terms of their
histories, technologies, and structures. Key issues relating to the migration are identified and some
concerns and benefits are listed.
Findings – Although proprietary systems are restrictive in some ways, t he technological,
organizational, and work flow advantages to the CMS which was employed are significant. An
entirely different set of issues emerge when a library participates in a campus-wide implementation as
opposed to one which is librarywide.
Originality/value – This may be the first case study of a CMS migration that is both campus-wide
and using a commercially available system. The current trend in academic libraries toward
home-grown systems could some day be reversed as the commercial CMS market evolves.
Keywords Content management,Libraries
Paper type Case study
Introduction
Up to this point, the body of literature which covers the implementation of content
management systems in libraries is small but varied, focusing on particular
technological tools and organizational issues. This case study conforms to this model
but is distinguished in one way – it may be the first examination of a library’s effort to
participate in a larger campus-wide initiative to implement a commercially available
system.
Holly Yu recently wrote that:
Although the rapid proliferation of commercially available content management systems
makes it easier to find a vendor that might have the right solution, many available content
management products do not provide the functionality aimed at library functions and
services. The cost to purchase a commercial WCMS application is beyond the reach of the
majority of libraries. Building an in-house system or application using open source
technology is becoming a trend (Yu, 2005).
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The authors would like to thank April Nutter and Drew Henderson for reading a preliminary
draft and providing helpful commentary.
LHT
24,1
102
Received 1 September 2005
Revised 1 November 2005
Accepted 15 November 2005
Library Hi Tech
Vol. 24 No. 1, 2006
pp. 102-114
qEmerald Group Publishing Limited
0737-8831
DOI 10.1108/07378830610652130
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