UCF Research Guides: Meeting Researchers Where They Are: Web Page Development

Some Examples of Website Creation / Management Products

Disclaimer: These are a few examples of products which might be used for library websites and webpages. Search elsewhere for recommendations and evaluations of these and other products.

Research Guide Technologies by Meredith Farkas
Tips & Trends, Spring 2012, ACRL Instruction Section
- examines various software options
Dreamweaver (Adobe)
Expression (Microsoft)
LibGuides (Springshare)
"an easy to use Content Management System used by many thousands of libraries worldwide. Librarians use it to curate knowledge and share information by creating online Guides on any topic, subject, course, on any process, on any thing."
Drupal
"an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications. It’s built, used, and supported by an active and diverse community of people around the world."
LibData
"a library oriented web based application which provides authoring environments for subject pathfinders (Research QuickStart), course related pages (CourseLib) and general purpose web pages (PageScribe). LibData encompasses all of these applications, but a typical installation need only take advantage of one or two of them -- great local variation and emphasis is possible. "
Library a la Carte
"software that lets librarians build customized Web pages by choosing exactly what they want from a menu of choices. With this tool, any librarian can build a course Webpage, assignment tip sheet or subject guide in minutes without writing a single line of HTML. It is a content management system that makes integrating Web 2.0 features, chat and RSS feeds, etc. with traditional library content, such as catalogs and article databases into Web pages a snap."
SubjectsPlus
"a free and open source tool to help you manage several interrelated parts of your library website"

Some features to look for in website software

Very easy to use for infrequent web page creators
Powerful / flexible enough to accommodate more advanced users
Easy to reuse content within the site
Easy to incorporate proxy / ezproxy in links
Link checker
Interface with library catalog, databases, and other library services
Integrate Web 2.0 / social media features