Database-Driven Web Sites

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 133 pages
• Published by: CRC
• Edition: 1st Edition October 21, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0789017385
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0789017383
• Book Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 12 ounces

Product Description
A reference you?ll turn to whenever you need a practical solution to your online content delivery problems!

Don?t depend on static HTML to meet your clients? demand for information?use Database-Driven Web Sites to help you find the dynamic program that will get the job done with ease. This book contains profiles of successful content delivery solutions in a variety of library situations, from academic to governmental, and covers many associated elements, such as web site redesign, digitization, and electronic access to archival information. Plentiful illustrations and straightforward language will make this book a valuable addition to your collections.

Among the topics Database-Driven Web Sites looks at are:

• staff skill development issues
• building a frequently asked questions (FAQ) database
• managing bibliographic citation software
• online reference collections in collegiate libraries
• developing portal web sites for state governments

This book aims to empower librarians to create new services that would be impossible with strictly HTML-based web sites, so along with advice from professionals, Database-Driven Web Sites offers you practical tips for managing complex projects and includes numerous links to online resources and software.

Reader Reviews
The state-of-the-art technology dealt in this book goes far beyond the act of providing hyperlinks & Meta tags. In late 1990s emerged client-server technology and dynamic web sites, which enabled creating a new trend, that is, Web-accessible databases. With this level of extensive advancement, today's Web architecture can easily facilitate both online and onsite access. Database-Driven Web Sites is a useful resource and empowers "librarians to create new services that would be impossible with strictly HTML-based web sites, so along with advice from professionals, Database-Driven Web Sites offers you practical tips for managing complex projects and includes numerous links to online resources and software". This documentation strategy in developing an innovative interface is the strongest link of the book. Librarians and information professionals looking for hands-on experience directly from on-site project managers will get in this book a lot of useful information. Hence, I strongly recommend this as a handy reference book on library's infostructure. It is also useful for developmental perspectives in Web-based architecture, database design and information infrastructure