Content Management Systems Software: A Solution for Dynamic and Cost Effective Library Portal - The Case Study of IIT Bombay

Abstract

The World Wide Web is a huge repository of information, and continues to grow at a rapid pace, constantly being augmented and maintained by millions of people. The library professional has progressed immensely in the last decade, and acquired the common skills to use the Internet and other technology to collect organize and disseminate the knowledge, but still creation and maintenance of an interactive library website required technical expertise, money and time. The maintenance of library website in a traditional way also creates problems for library staff with little technical expertise. The chosen readymade JOOMLA (CMS) Open Source Software to create an interactive web 2.0 compliant information portal of Central Library http://www.library.iitb.ac.in Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.