Book description
Using WordPress, you can give patrons easy access to your library's
digital content. The software is free, and, with good planning, you
don't need expensive training or extensive technological expertise to
maintain your website. Authors Kyle M. L. Jones and Polly-Alida
Farrington, along with several librarian contributors, deliver a richly
illustrated, practical guide for using WordPress as a tool for managing
digital content, from basic set-up to customization with plugins. This
issue covers: Setting up a local development environment, choosing your
package, installing WordPress, and transferring files How to evaluate
potential plugins and select the best for your needs How to test themes
across different types of content How to streamline administration with
plugins like WP Maintenance Mode, Theme Visibility Manager, Role Scoper
and others Comparative descriptions of four different plugins for
publicizing your events and programs Managing user accounts to get staff
involved in creating content How you can make it easy for patrons to
share your content on Facebook, Twitter, and other social sites
First-hand accounts by academic, public, and school librarians of using
WordPress to create dynamic subject guides, deliver elearning, and
creating digital archives 10 ways WordPress can improve website user
experience Michael Gorman was Dean of Library Services at the Henry
Madden Library, California State University, Fresno from 1988-2007. From
1977 to 1988 he worked at the Library of the University of Illinois,
Urbana as, successively, Director of Technical Services, Director of
General Services, and Acting University Librarian. From 1966 to 1977 he
was, successively, Head of Cataloging at the British National
Bibliography, a member of the British Library Planning Secretariat, and
Head of the Office of Bibliographic Standards in the British Library. He
is the first editor of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, Second
Edition (1978) and of the revision of that work (1988), and he is the
author of The Concise AACR2. Future Libraries: Dreams, Madness, and
Reality (co-written with Walt Crawford) was honored with the 1997
Blackwell's Scholarship Award. Our Enduring Values, published by ALA in
2000, was the winner of ALA's 2001 Highsmith Award for the best book on
librarianship. He is also the author of Our Own Selves: More Meditations
for Librarians (2005) as well as hundreds of articles in professional
and scholarly journals. He has given numerous presentations at
international, national, and state conferences. Michael has been the
recipient of numerous awards, including the Margaret Mann Citation in
1979, the 1992 Melvil Dewey Medal, Blackwell's Scholarship Award in
1997, the California Library Association/Access, Collections, and
Technical Services Section Award of Achievement in 1999, and the Ken
Haycock Award in 2010. He was a member of the American Library
Association's Council (1991-1995 and 2002-2006), the ALA Executive Board
through 2007, and was president of ALA in 2005-2006. He was made a
fellow of the [British] Library Association in 1979 and an Honorary
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information
Professionals (CILIP) in 2005. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by
the University of the Thames Valley in 2007.
