[Neasis-l] NEASIST March program - Content Management Systems for Dummies (or busy smarties looking for fast, simple solutions)

[Silvia Mejia]

The NEASIST Program Committee invites you to attend our March program:

Content Management Systems for Dummies (or busy smarties looking for fast, simple solutions)
http://neasist.org/?page_id=467

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
8:30am - 12:00 speaker talks and panel discussion
12:00 - 4:00pm optional lunch and workshop

As librarians and information professionals, we often find ourselves responsible for creating or organizing online content, but without the tools, budget or technical skills to make it an efficient or sustainable process.

Setting up a new web site.  Organizing e-content.  Training non-techie staff to edit HTML.  Enforcing style guidelines.  Maintaining some semblance of control over our web sites.

Having a content management system (CMS) would make our lives easier, but we're so busy we don't have time to do the research, nor the money to hire a developer to set one up.   What's a busy librarian/information professional to do?  This program will introduce you to a handful of CMS systems (some free!) that can be used for simple or complex projects, depending on your needs.

In the morning, there will be expert speakers and a panel discussion comparing and contrasting different CMSs (WordPress, Expression Engine, Drupal, and Springshare's LibGuides/CampusGuides), with presentations of actual projects to give you a sense of what CMSs can do.

In the afternoon, NEASIS&T will offer an optional hands-on workshop for attendees who wish to get their feet wet using WordPress.

If you have any questions about the program, please feel free to email me.


Silvia Mejia
MIT150 Archivist
Institute Archives and Special Collections
MIT Libraries, Building 14N-118
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139

Phone: 617-258-5568
E-mail: smejia at mit.edu