Topic/Focus

• Intranets vs. Internets. See also Overview: Intranets & Internets - A Balancing Act (Slideshare.net/PPT)
• Development and delivery of services and systems
• HTML-based sites vs. content management systems (CMS)
• User interfaces, personalization vs. customization (MyLOC.gov)
• Long-term management of systems and data, conversion, and migration issues
• Buy vs. build, hosted vs. locally installed, enterprise vs. open source
• Skills and impact of library information systems on your staff/users
• Return on investment (ROI), measurements/metrics and analysis

Speaker

• Aaron Krebeck, IT Manager & Webmaster, Charles County Public Library, La Plata, Maryland.
  

Readings and Resources

Topic-focused

• Engard, Nicole C., Editor (2009). Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data. Information Today, Inc.: New Jersey. Read the following chapters:
• Chapter 5: Information in Context by Brian Herzog
  
• Chapter 6: Mashup Up the Library Website by Lichen Rancourt
• McConnell, Jane (November 2009). "5 Future Intranet Trends - Brazilian Portal Award keynote on YouTube," Globally local..........locally global: Intranets & online workplaces blog. URL: http://www.netjmc.net/globally_local/2009/11/5-future-intranet-trends-brazilian-keynote-on-youtube.html (accessed 11/29/2009).
• Smithsonian Web and New Media Strategy: Review their strategy, process, and creative ways they've built in participation to the process. URL: http://smithsonian-webstrategy.wikispaces.com/ (access 1/24/2010).