Playlist: SIMS 141 – Search Engines.

Here are some notes from the meeting on Oct 9, 2007:

• Open source CMS for you to play with on your own: Joomla, TextPattern, Bricolage, Drupal, Plone, WordPress.
• Look for more here: OpenSourceCMS – you can even try out some of the best ones there.
• Want a quick, introductory, hands-on experience? Create a free account at WordPress.com and make yourself the administrator of a site – and don’t forget to blog, too.

Interesting articles and websites on intro to CMS and WordPress.com:

• Why use WordPress.com, Alternatives, Limitations, Screencast – from OpenContent DIY
• WordPress tutorial and more – on YouTube
• Web editing: Literacy skills for 2007

Other links you may be interested in:

• Compare CMS platforms: CMS Matrix
• Everything You Need To Know To Get Started With Content Management Systems – an article at InformationWeek
• Drupalib – Drupal in libraries
• Content Management Bible – a book by Bob Boiko

Have fun! And thank you for all who joined us.

The Public Library Service Branch Strategic Plan is being carried forward by the Association of BC Public Library Directors (ABCPLD) in a way that is exciting to those of us fascinated by the Open Source ILS movement.

In the spirit of “libraries without walls” – a seamless library system for all of BC – the ABCPLD has formed an open source ILS committee, which quickly established Evergreen as the OSILS of choice for the Province.

Status of the project as of July shows that Prince Rupert, Powell River, Fort Nelson and Thompson-Nicola Regional District are all on board for the initial install, and thirty more libraries in BC are in line to be next.

More news on the project can be found here.