Joomla Content Management Basic

What is Joomla!?

Joomla! is software that lets you make and update web pages easily.

You can think of a Joomla! website as bringing together three elements.
Your content, which is mainly stored in a database.
Your template, which controls the design and presentation of your content (such as fonts, colors and layout).
Joomla! which is the software that bring the content and the template together to produce webpages.

http://www.startlearningjoomla.com/dl/SLJ-minicourse.pdf

Joomla! 1.5: A User's Guide: Building a Successful Joomla! Powered Website (2nd Edition)

Using Joomla: Building Powerful and Efficient Web Sites

Joomla! For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

The Official Joomla! Book (Joomla! Press)

Joomla Tutorial: How To Install Joomla

Links

Joomla! 1.6: A User's Guide: Building a Successful Joomla! Powered Website (3rd Edition)

The Official Joomla! Book (Joomla! Press)

Joomla! For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Using Joomla: Building Powerful and Efficient Web Sites

OpenBiblio: Library System

OpenBiblio is an easy to use, open source, automated library system written in PHP containing OPAC, circulation, cataloging, and staff administration functionality. The purpose of this project is to provide a cost effective library automation solution for private collections, clubs, churches, schools, or public libraries.

Special Features:

Intuitive and easy to use

Well documented

Easy to install with minimal expertise

Designed with common library features to work with most library workflows

It is fully compatible with the Postnuke Content Management System

Availability: 
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50071

Further Information: Project Home Page:
 http://obiblio.sourceforge.net

Links

OPENBIBLIO

Koha 3 Library Management System

Installation of NewGenLib on windows 2000/XP

Min requirements of the Server

Hardware: Pentium 4 or equivalent, 1GB RAM and 40GB Hard disk

Software: Windows 2000prof, 2000 Adv Server, XP Home, XP Prof, and
2003 server
Min requirements of the Client
Hardware: Pentium 3 or equivalent, 128MB RAM, and 1 GB of min hard
disk
Software: Windows 98/ME/2000prof/2000adv server/XP home/XP
Prof/2003/Red hat Linux 8.0/9.0/10

links


Free Library and Information Science Software: Evergreen, Koha, Digital Repository Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment, Newgenlib, Phpmybibli 

Introduction to the Koha Open Source ILS

Koha 3 Library Management System

? why koha

Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System (ILS).
In use worldwide, its development is steered by a growing community of libraries collaborating to achieve their technology goals. Koha's impressive feature set continues to evolve and expand to meet the needs of its user base. .
 
Why Koha ?
Full-featured ILS. In use worldwide in libraries of all sizes, Koha is a true enterprise-class ILS with comprehensive functionality including basic or advanced options. Koha includes modules for circulation, cataloging, acquisitions, serials, reserves, patron management, branch relationships, and more. For a comprehensive overview of features visit the Koha feature map. .
 
Dual Database Design.
Koha uses a dual database design that utilizes the strengths of the two major industry-standard database types (text-based and RDBMS). This design feature ensures that Koha is scalable enough to meet the transaction load of any library, no matter what the size. .
 
 
Library Standards Compliant. 
Koha is built using library standards and protocols that ensure interoperability between Koha and other systems and technologies, while supporting existing work-flows and tools. .
 
Web-based.
Interfaces. Koha's OPAC, circulation, management and self-checkout interfaces are all based on standards-compliant World Wide Web technologies--XHTML, CSS and Javascript--making Koha a truly platform-independent solution. .
 
Free / Open Source. 
Koha is distributed under the open-source General Public License (GPL). More information on the GPL can be found here. Koha is available for free download and also in OpenLX DVD.
 
No Vendor Lock-in. 
It is an important part of the open-source promise that there is no vendor lock-in: libraries are free to install and use Koha themselves if the have the in-house expertise or to purchase support or development services from the best available source. For more information about obtaining support visit the support page

Koha 3 Library Management System
Free Library and Information Science Software: Evergreen, Koha, Digital Repository Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment, Newgenlib, Phpmybibli

Drupal open source content management software

Drupal is a free software package that allows anyone to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website. Hundreds of thousands of people and organizations are using Drupal to power an endless variety of sites.

Drupal  is written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for at least 1.5% of all websites worldwide ranging from personal blogs to corporate, political, and government sites including whitehouse.gov and data.gov.uk It is also used for knowledge management and business collaboration.

 Drupal  provide a number of features, including:
Access statistics and logging
Advanced search
Blogs, books, comments, forums, and polls
Caching and feature throttling for improved performance
Descriptive URLs
Multiple-level menu system
Multiple-site support
Multiple-user content creation and editing
OpenID support
RSS Feed and Feed Aggregator
Security/new release update notification
User profiles
Various access control restrictions (user roles, IP addresses, email)
Workflow tools (Triggers and Actions)

Website

More information
Using Drupal
Drupal For DummiesDrupal's Building Blocks: Quickly Building Web Sites with CCK, Views, and Panels
Cracking Drupal: A Drop in the Bucket
Drupal For Dummies
Sams Teach Yourself Drupal in 24 Hours

Joomla open source content management system

Joomla! is a free and open source content management system (CMS) for publishing content on the World Wide Web and intranets. It comprises a model–view–controller (MVC) Web application framework that can also be used independently.

Joomla is used all over the world to power Web sites of all shapes and sizes. For example:
Corporate Web sites or portals
Corporate intranets and extranets
Online magazines, newspapers, and publications
E-commerce and online reservations
Government applications
Small business Web sites
Non-profit and organizational Web sites
Community-based portals
School and church Web sites
Personal or family homepages

Website

More useful links


Joomla! 1.6: A User's Guide: Building a Successful Joomla! Powered Website (3rd Edition)
The Official Joomla! Book (Joomla! Press)
Joomla! 1.5: A User's Guide: Building a Successful Joomla! Powered Website (2nd Edition)
Using Joomla: Building Powerful and Efficient Web Sites
Joomla! Start to Finish: How to Plan, Execute, and Maintain Your Web Site (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)
Joomla! Bible
Beginning Joomla! (Beginning from Novice to Professional)

Avanti Library Systems

Avanti Library Systems grew out of a project started in 1998 to develop a simple low cost open source library system for small libraries. A key goal was to design the system around a general model of a library system rather than design it to the needs of a specific library or type of library. This resulted in an OPAC that is simple, very efficient and adaptable to a variety of libraries and situations.

The design philosophy of Avanti Library Systems emphasizes simplicity, usability and careful design. This results in software that is:
Easy to use. User interfaces are carefully designed, consistent and simple, offering the user only what they need when they need it. This reduces costs by minimizing the need for extensive training of library staff and patrons.
Small, efficient and self-contained. With careful minimalist design the software can run effectively on very modest hardware. By keeping systems as self-contained as possible, external dependencies are reduced or eliminated altogether. MicroLCS requires no third party software other than Java to run.
Flexible and powerful. By building upon a simple well thought out architecture, power and flexibility are not sacraficed for simplicity. MicroLCS is a fully functional client/server library system. Although simple, it has a flexibility and ease of use that are rarely found in any other OPAC in its class

Website.

Useful links 
Using Open Source Systems for Digital Libraries
Open Source Integrated Library Systems (Library Technology Reports)
Open Source Systems in Libraries
Open source library management systems: a multidimensional evaluation.: An article from: Australian Academic & Research Libraries

Emilda library system

Emilda is a complete Integrated Library System that features amongst others an OPAC, circulation and administration functions, Z39.50 capabilities and 100% MARC compatibility. MARC compatibility is achieved using Zebra in conjunction with MySQL.

Website

Source code

openkm : Open Source Electronic Document Management System,

OpenKM is a Open Source electronic document management system, which, due to its characteristics, can be used by large companies as well as by the small ones, as a useful tool in knowledge management processing, providing a more flexible and lower-cost alternative to other proprietary applications.

The use of knowledge management systems by a company helps it to manage intelligence on the resources available to the company, more efficiently. This leads to a medium-term increase in productivity. Using these systems, the information, as well as the knowledge generated within the organization, can be universally accessed.

Using OpenKM to manage documents at your company, will be easy. One of our major goals is the usability case study. OpenKM is a document management application with a web user interface that allows the following operations to be carried out: sharing, setting security roles, auditing and finding enterprise documents and registers. With OpenKM users can easily collaborate and communicate.

Documents are not created or consumed in a vacuum – information is created for a purpose. The flow of documents through the business cycle can be managed and tracked. From initial capture and creation, sharing and collaboration, across approval, review and revisions.

OpenKM ensures information workers can find, use, share and secure valuable corporate content. Information assets contribute to on-going business. Collaborating on new or existing documents is central to how users engage with corporate information. Secure interactive repository connect teams to their critical, even across the most distributed, decentralized organizations.

OpenKM is offered on a wide range of different supports adapted to the needs of major organizations.

The source code is available to the community, which can freely use, modify and redistribute it under the GNU General Public License version 2 license.


Download openKM

More links

Free Collaborative Software: Free Groupware, Phpbb, Cyn.in, Fluxbb, Wreckamovie, Kolab, Open-Xchange, Gforge, Fudforum, Group-Office, Mindtouch

NewGenLib

NewGenLib is an integrated library management system developed by Verus Solutions Pvt Ltd. Domain expertise is provided by Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management in Hyderabad, India. NewGenLib version 1.0 was released in March 2005. On 9 January 2008, NewGenLib was declared Open Source Software under GNU GPL Licence by Verus Solutions. Currently NewGenLib2.5 is the latest version running. It is estimated that 2,500 libraries across 58 countries are using NewGenLib as their Primary integrated library management system


The software modules are:
Acquisitions
Cataloging
Serials management
Circulation
Administration
OPAC - Support for VuFind is also available
MIS Reports
End-of-day process (daily scheduler)

The system allows the creation of open access (OA) institutional repositories compliant with OAI-PMH. It is web-based software and has a multi-tier architecture[2] using Java (a Swing-based librarian's GUI) and JBoss (J2EE-based application server). The default backend database is the open source PostgreSQL.

NewGenLib is compliant with MARC 21 format, has a MARC editor, and allows seamless bibliographic and authority data import into cataloguing templates. Form letter templates are configurable using OpenOffice 2.0 as ODT and htm.

SMTP mail servers can be configured for emails that can be sent from functional modules. NewGenLib servers are SRU/W compliant supporting MARC-21 and MODS 3.0 metadata formats. CQL (level 1) with both Bath and Dublin Core Profiles are supported. NewGenLib is Unicode 3.0 compliant and is RFID ready.

NewGenLib can be installed on Linux and Windows operating systems.

Functionally NewGenLib has more features over its counterparts. There are also many features that are very important to libraries in the developing world. For example, quotation process in the Acquisitions functionality.


installation guide

more links

Free Library and Information Science Software: Evergreen, Koha, Digital Repository Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment, Newgenlib, Phpmybibli

Koha 3 Library Management System

EPrints Open Access and Institutional Repositories software

EPrints is a free and open source software package for building open access repositories that are compliant with the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. It shares many of the features commonly seen in Document Management systems, but is primarily used for institutional repositories and scientific journals. EPrints has been developed at the University of Southampton School of Electronics and Computer Science and released under a GPL license

EPrints  website

installation guide  

Greenstone digital library software

Greenstone is a suite of software for building and distributing digital library collections. It provides a new way of organizing information and publishing it on the Internet or on CD-ROM. Greenstone is produced by the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the University of Waikato, and developed and distributed in cooperation with UNESCO and the Human Info NGO. It is open-source, multilingual software, issued under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Read the Greenstone Factsheet for more information.

The aim of the Greenstone software is to empower users, particularly in universities, libraries, and other public service institutions, to build their own digital libraries. Digital libraries are radically reforming how information is disseminated and acquired in UNESCO's partner communities and institutions in the fields of education, science and culture around the world, and particularly in developing countries. We hope that this software will encourage the effective deployment of digital libraries to share information and place it in the public domain. Further information can be found in the book How to build a digital library, authored by three of the group's members

The complete Greenstone interface, and all documentation, is available in English, French, Spanish, Russian and Kazakh. Greenstone also has interfaces in many other languages.

Greenstone website

PhpMyBibli

PMB (PhpMyBibli) is a fully featured open source integrated library system. The project was initiated by François Lemarchand in October 2002, Director of the Public Library of Agneaux; it is now maintained by PMB Services


PMB has most of the functional modules essential for a library management system.
Circulation
Cataloguing
Reports
SDI (Selective Dissemination of Information Service)
Administration
Acquisition

The features of PMB are,
User friendly web interfaces for librarian and users
UNIMARC
Z39.50
Barcode generator
Detailed documentation for users and administrator
Active development status
Interface for database back up and bibliographical records
Multi language support (French, English, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese)
Import and export of bibliographic records in different formats.
Complies to Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH)

PhpMyBibli download link

Evergreen

Evergreen is an open source Integrated Library System (ILS), initially developed by the Georgia Public Library Service for Public Information Network for Electronic Services (PINES), a statewide resource-sharing consortium with over 270 member libraries

Beyond PINES, the Evergreen ILS is deployed worldwide in hundreds of libraries, and is used to power a number of statewide consortial catalogs

In 2007, the original Evergreen development team formed a commercial company around the software, Equinox Software, which provides custom support, development, migration, training, and consultation for Evergreen.


Evergreen's features include:
*Circulation: for staff to check items in and out to patrons
*Cataloging: to add items to the library’s collection and input information, classifying and indexing those items.
*Online public access catalog (OPAC): a public catalog, or discovery interface, for patrons to find and *request books, view their account information, and save book information in Evergreen "bookbags." The *OPAC received a makeover in early 2009 with the new, optional skin, Craftsman.
*Statistical Reporting: flexible, powerful reporting for retrieval of any statistical information stored in the database.
*SIP 2.0 support: for interaction with computer management software, self-check machines, and other applications.
*Search/Retrieve via URL and Z39.50 servers

Evergreen website