John Cox

CMS and Libraries

So an example of a content object type is "Research Resource" and the category might be "Database" or "print reference material" etc. The goal was to standardize our presentation of content that does not change that much and that we all use frequently.

As an example of this in action, our library recently partnered with our English department to teach basic research fluency skills. Instead of having 11 different presentations in 11 different classes of how to search the catalog, we have re-usable English 101 content objects which each librarian organizes their specific narrative around.

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