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Hi Daniel, The Archivists & Archives List used to receive posts from a woman promoting her books and articles on libraries using SharePoint. Her name is Lorette Weldon <[log in to unmask]>. She might be able to help. Best, Nathan Tallman Associate Archivist American Jewish Archives On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Cornwall, Daniel D (EED) < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi All, > > > > Our library has been working on transitioning our website to a Web > Content Management system for several years running. Our basic desire is > to provide a platform where designated people from the library's > sections are able to update their own content without disrupting the > sites overall look and feel. There are other features we're interested > in, but that's the basic idea. It's been an on and off project, but it > is now on again. We have thought about what staff and visitor experience > should be after the transition. Internal discussion focused on open > source content management systems > > > > In the process of working with our parent agency, we were encouraged to > take a very close look at SharePoint 2007, which is our parent agency > standard for creating collaborative websites. The parent agency has a > SharePoint license we can use and has used it to build some specialized > applications. > > > > Most of what I've found on SharePoint so far has been about building > intranets. I'd really like to get in touch with people who have used > SharePoint for their external site. If you or someone you know has > created (or maintains) a library (or archives or Museum) site using > SharePoint, would you send me contact information along with your > general impressions of the difficulty of training staff to update their > own pages in SharePoint? > > > > If this is a better question for the web4lib list, feel free to let me > know. Thanks in advance for whatever assistance you can render. - Daniel > > > > ======================================= > > Daniel Cornwall > > Head of Technical and Imaging Services > > Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums > > PO Box 110571 > Juneau, AK 99811-0571 > Phone (907) 465-6332 > > Fax (907) 465-2665 > E-Mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > Web: http://lam.alaska.gov <http://lam.alaska.gov/> . > > > > > > > > >