Library catalogs should be be like WordPress. That is, every entry should support comments, trackbacks, and pingbacks. Every record should have a permalink. Content should be tag-able. The look should be easily customizable with themes. Everything should be available via RSS or Atom. It should be extendable with a rich plugin API. And when that fails, it would be nice if it were all written in a convenient language like PHP so we can hack it ourselves.
tags: libraries, library, library 2.0, library catalog, library catalogs, library20, opac, wordpress
Posted November 26, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information. Tags: libraries, library, library 2.0, library catalog, library catalogs, library20, opac, wordpress.
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Hi there completely agree with you. However, I am somewhat familiar with WordPress BUT has anyone tried to make one in Movable Type or Drupal. Both these platforms allow for custom fields. Let’s develop one!