Hi all, It's not too late to register for the earlybird fee at the MCN conference! Of particular interest to this conversation is the following session:
Exploring Open Source Content Management Solutions for Museum Applications Moderator: Scott Alan Sayre, Sandbox Studios Inc. Participants: John Chadwick, New Mexico State Library; Geoffrey Jost, Japanese American National Museum; and Ray Shah, Think Design This panel will provide an overview of a number of the most popular and free open-source content management systems (Mambo/Joomla, Drupal, etc.) and their use for museum applications. Each presenter has experience developing websites with one or more of the tools, and will demonstrate the tool along with the resulting project site. The presentations will also include an overview of the wide range of templates and component-based extensions for these systems, with an emphasis on those most related to museum functions. Panelists will discuss the pros and cons of developing their projects with these tools and the support of the greater open-source community. The panel will reserve time for an open discussion and debate with members of the audience. Richard Urban rjurban at uiuc.edu On Sep 29, 2006, at 9:23 AM, Jim Ketterer wrote: > We are looking into moving all or parts of our website to a CMS and I > was wondering if anyone has done a survey recently of the > experiences of > museums/cultural institutions that have been down this road. > > I'd be most interested in the following info: > Open source vs. low cost commercial (<$10000) > # of html pages converted > All or part of site > Features most important > Level of customization > Skill levels of staff using > Platforms > Conversion done in-house or outsourced > General experiences > > > > Thanks, > > Jim Ketterer > Senior Director, Information Technology > Indiana Historical Society > www.indianahistory.org > 317-233-6482 > jketterer at indianahistory.org > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
