New England Library Association Information Technology Section 2009 ITS Spring Event   Co-sponsored by the Portsmouth Public Library

CMS Day
Building a better website with Content Management Systems:
Drupal, Joomla, Plone, & WordPress
Keynote by Jessamyn West

Friday, June 12, 2009
10am-3:30pm
Portsmouth Public Library, Portsmouth NH

Follow-up Materials

Keynote by Jessamyn West

• Ms. West's Presentation

Jessamyn West is a community technology librarian. She lives in rural central Vermont where she assists tiny libraries with technology planning and implementation. Her favorite color is orange. Jessamyn maintains an online presence at:

• jessamyn.com – http://jessamyn.com
• librarian.net – http://librarian.net
• wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.net/wiki/Jessamyn_Charity_West

Hear librarians share their real-life CMS experiences:

Drupal

• Staff of the Darien (CT) Public Library
  • See their Drupal site here:http://www.darienlibrary.org/
• Paige Eaton Davis, User Services Librarian, Minuteman Library Network, Framingham MA

WordPress

• Theresa Maturevich, Reference Librarian, Beverly (MA) Public Library
  • Ms. Maturevich's presentation
  • See their WordPress site here: http://www.beverlypubliclibrary.org/

Joomla

• Randy Robertshaw, Director, Tyngsborough (MA) Public Library
  • See their Joomla site here: http://www.tynglib.org/

Plone

• Rick Levine, Technical Specialist, Central MA Regional Library System, Shrewsbury, MA, and CMRLS member library staff
  • Mr. Levine's presentation

Agenda

• Registration & Coffee & Library Tours – 10:00 a.m.
• Keynote: CMS options – Jessamyn West – 10:30 a.m.
• LUNCH Provided!!! and Library Tours – 12 noon
• User Presentations: 12:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
  • Drupal – Darien (CT) PL & Paige Eaton Davis, Minuteman Network
  • Joomla – Randy Robertshaw, Tyngsborough PL
  • Plone – Rick Levine & CMRLS Librarians
  • WordPress – Theresa Maturevich, Beverly (MA) PL
• Wrap-Up! – 3:30

Thanks to all involved - here are some follow-up materials.

For more information, please contact Scott Kehoe at 978-762-4433 x16 / scott@nmrls.org

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