Open Source Content Management Systems

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Open SourceContent Management Systems

• A panel discussion hosted by

University of Toronto Webmasters
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Panelists

• Devin KreugerOffice of Vice-Principal, Research
  and Vice-Dean, Graduate, UTM
• Cynick YoungAdaptive Technology Resource Centre
• Marc LalondeUniversity of Toronto Libraries
• Moderator Charles FinleyProject Open Source
  Open Access

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Open SourceContent Management SystemsThe
End-User Perspective

• Devin KreugerManager, Research Graduate Affairs

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at UofT Mississauga

• Testing began in 2003
• So long, static pages! Content control and
  agility were immediately impressive
• User-interface took some getting used to
• In 2006, most UofTM academic departments all
  administrative offices use TYPO3

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at UofT Mississauga

• Research Graduate site has continually evolved
  over the last three years
• Site is updated daily with research funding
  announcements, researcher profiles, etc.
• utm.utoronto.ca/research

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at UofT Mississauga

• No plans to move away from TYPO3
• Open source community ensures TYPO3 will continue
  to evolve and adapt to changing web standards and
  innovations
• Currently working towards having TYPO3
  communicate directly with Blackboard

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• Moving FIS to Joomla
• Cynick Young

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• Faculty of Information Studies needed an overdue
  makeover for its web presence
• ATRC had committed to Joomla as its OS CMS
• Joomla is working towards better accessibility
• FIS would benefit from standardizing with ATRC

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• OS was the only way to allow legacy integration
• Many legacy systems had to be redeveloped
• Requirements and functionality had to be
  re-examined in moving to Joomla

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Plone _at_ University of Toronto Libraries

• Marc Lalonde
• Web Coordinator
• marc.lalonde_at_utoronto.ca
• 416-978-0885

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Plone _at_ University of Toronto Libraries

• Planning new web site and customizing Plone
  March August 2005
• Usability testing begins Aug Sept 2005
• Site launched October 2005

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Plone _at_ University of Toronto Libraries

• Gerstein Robarts go live fall 2006
• Positive feedback from content managers sign of
  success
• CMS training in constant demand

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Plone _at_ University of Toronto LibrariesFuture
Plans

• Plans to incorporate central libraries and
  departments into CMS
• Using RSS feeds to spread the news Blackboard
  CMS integration
• Exploring further connections to MySQL databases
• Working with Plone a positive experience

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Open SourceContent Management Systems

• A panel discussion hosted by

University of Toronto Webmasters
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Panelists

• Devin KreugerOffice of Vice-Principal, Research
  and Vice-Dean, Graduate, UTM
• Cynick YoungAdaptive Technology Resource Centre
• Marc LalondeUniversity of Toronto Libraries
• Moderator Charles FinleyProject Open Source
  Open Access

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open.utoronto.ca
University of Toronto Webmasters