MyLibrary: A Database-Driven Website System for Libraries

Eric Morgan

February, 2003

Abstract

This article describes a database-driven website application for libraries called MyLibrary.


Table of Contents

Introduction
More than a pretty face

Introduction

This article describes a database-driven website application for libraries called MyLibrary.

More than a pretty face

MyLibrary has its roots in a customizable interface to collections of library information resources. As the application has matured, it has become a system for creating and managing a library's website by manifesting the ideas of information architecture. Specifically, the MyLibrary system provides the means for a library to create things like:

  • top down site maps

  • bottom-up site indexes

  • controlled vocabularies

  • a means for power searching

  • browsable lists of resources

  • optional, user-specified customizable interfaces

From the commandline you see if your MyLibrary installation is working correctly by issuing the following command: ./mylibrary.pl . The result should be a stream of HTML intended for a Web browser.

For more information about MyLibrary, see: http://dewey.library.nd.edu/mylibrary/ .