WordPress for Libraries

By (author) Chad Haefele Series edited by Ellyssa Kroski

Publication date:

14 August 2015

Length of book:

134 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781442253056

WordPress is not only the most popular blogging software in the world, but it is also a powerful content management system that runss more than 23 percent of all websites. The current version alone has been downloaded almost 20 million times, and the WordPress community has built more than 38,000 plugins to extend and enhance the system. Libraries are using this technology to create community-oriented websites, blogs, subject guides, digital archives, and more. This hands-on, practical book walks readers through the entire process of setting up a WordPress website for their library, provides tips and best practices for using themes and library-oriented plug-ins, and contains information on how to use WordPress to create nontraditional library websites.

No matter your library’s size or resources, this all-in-one practical manual will show you how to improve your website by building it in WordPress through projects such as:

How to Install and Use Common Plugins
How to Install and Customize a Theme
How to Build an Exhibit to Display an Image Collection
How to Analyze and Manage Your Content in WordPress
How to Create Re-Usable Chunks of Text With Shortcodes
How to Build a Professional Library Website

Foreword by Ellyssa Kroski
Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter One: An Introduction
Chapter Two: Getting Started
Chapter Three: Tools and Applications
Chapter Four: Library Examples and Case Studies
Chapter Five: Step-by-Step Library Projects
Chapter Six: Tips and Tricks
Chapter Seven: Future Trends
Chapter Eight: Recommended Reading

Index
About the Author

I enthusiastically recommend the Library Technology Essentials series. Many libraries will want to invest in the entire set as a professional development resource since they will inevitably face some degree of involvement with each of the volume topics. Library technologists will want one of these books at their side as they launch new projects or initiatives. Ellyssa Kroski has shepherded a collection that makes an important contribution to the professional practice of library technology.