okay, pardon the bad pun on dr. strangelove...I've been following some of the opensource ils projects with interest. evergreen (launched by the Georgia Public Lib System), is still in heavy development.

So you want to create an online newsletter, a magazine or e-zine? What should you use?There are many choices, some of which depend on budget size. My budget size= ZERO dollars.My investigation actually began in May with Drupal. These were reviewed as of August 2007.System requirements for most of these (but not all): Apache or IIS server; MySQL or another db server; PHP ; also: installation experience; templating; CSS, patience

• Drupal => Opensource. Largescale CMS (content management system); hosted on your server.

1. Have a vision.Check. I had that one a year ago (a regional arts magazine with topics both about art and by artists)2. Funding.The amount of $ you have to spend will affect everything else3. Hosting? Find a place to host it.I used some extra webspace I have.4.

check it out!moonshine

Well, I've finally got drupal up and running (again, second time is a charm, correct?). It's kind of bare bones at the moment - no portfolio, not much content, and the design is kind of funky. However, the goal is to create my dossier/portfolio using drupal. I'll be able to control access and I think (hope!) that I'll be able to create a structure that is logical and easy for the review committee to use.

I love alot of the new opensource stuff:check out GIMP instead Photoshop or Fireworkshttp://www.gimp.org/check out NVU instead of Dreamweaver, Frontpage,etc.http://www.nvu.com/index.phpcheck out camstudio instead of camtasia.http://www.camstudio.org/

So, I'm still investigating a CMS (Content Management System) for the libraries web editors. A CMS is just a easy way to get content onto the web, without having to do much in the way of design. Blogger in some senses is a very primitive (primitive because it is limited in what it can do) CMS. Unfortunately, my quick and informal survey of web editors has yielded, ummm... not much. A lot of them still seem to use Dreamweaver and templates (our current setup), a few Contribute, and then every thing in the middle, including (shudder) FrontPage.As for myself, I am in a similiar situation.

just something I came across via a listserv:

So, here goes:  From Schott's Original Miscellany, By Ben Schott, 2002.000-099- General Works100-199- Philosophy200-299- Religion300-399- Social Sciences400-499- Language500-599- Pure science600-699- Technology700-799- Arts800-899- Literature900-999- Geography and History

Ok, a hodge podge of links as I clean out my cool link folder:Top 100 books of books owned by librariesOpen Source OfficeDr. Tom CruiseI love these sandals!How to...