I attended a lecture at the 2007 NJLA Conference given by Robert P. Rynkiewicz, of the Atlantic City Free Public Library, on content management systems. He showed us his city's website which he created using Joomla. Just yesterday I was showing a coworker the website as an example of what our library needs to do to make improvements to its existing web content.
The ACFPL website is an extensive information center with podcasts, feeds, and blogging. The homepage is well organized with tabs in the header and drop down menus so patrons can easily browse without having to click onto unnecessary pages. The banner uses flash to display classic Atlantic City postcards. On the homepage are links for popular menu items, posts for future and recent library events in blog form, and graphics. For each posting, you can Digg it, Reddit it, and add it to del.icio.us or Google bookmarks. Patrons also have an option to print or PDF the posts. On the right side of the homepage, patrons have options to subscribe to the podcast, search the catalog, subscribe to newsletters, browse or search local maps, read comments, login, or add the RSS feeds to a homepage.
The Atlantic City Kids Page is a separate webpage and blog. The site is colorful, kid-friendly, and also allows for kids to add comments. Unfortunately no one has posted a comment. I love how patrons can recommend an article posted on the blog and kids can subscribe to the RSS feeds as well. Just like the library's homepage, the tabs on the header are well-defined and easy to use. On the left-hand side, patrons can access the library catalog, homepage, or links.
The Atlantic City Free Public Library has an awesome website/blog, unfortunately patrons have yet to take advantage of posting comments. Regardless, the site is a great example of Web 2.0 integration.
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