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Joseph A Salem Jr.

2014

Database-driven design

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Using Metadata To Design A Winning Database-Driven Website, Anna Hood, Tammy Eschedor Voelker, Joseph Salem Jun 2014

Using Metadata To Design A Winning Database-Driven Website, Anna Hood, Tammy Eschedor Voelker, Joseph Salem

Joseph A Salem Jr.

After a reviewof theKent State Libraries and Media Services Web site, a committee of librarians and staff gathered user feedback and developed a library-specific content management system (CMS) to make the move from a static HTML environment to database-driven design. This article focuses on the significant role of metadata in the CMS from the perspective of one of the site’s architects and one of its content developers. This article includes figures and a biography for further reading. The work of the redesign was earlier described in a poster presentation for the 12th Annual ACRL conference.