UNT Libraries use Jekyll for our primary library domain ID as well as a handful of other smaller subdomains since 2019. Main site project builds/deploys via gitlab, content types live as submodules to the main project and a couple are shared between different projects (staff directory for instance). You can certainly get away with it for a lot of the slow-chruning content common to a library site (listings of services, policies, etc.), with some creative JS, esp. if you don’t have a lot of cooks stirring the pot. More the better if you have librarians who already offload some content into the springshare ecosystem. Security, speed, and the ability to iterate design with relatively low overhead are nice trade-offs for some of the disadvantages.
From: Code for Libraries <CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG> on behalf of Junior Tidal <jti...@citytech.cuny.edu> Date: Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 9:20 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG <CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG> Subject: [EXT] [CODE4LIB] Jekyll for a library website? Hi code4Libbers, After talking with a colleagues, I was just curious if anyone uses Jekyll as a CMS for their library/institutional website? I'd be interested in your experiences. Best, Junior Junior Tidal (he/him/his) Associate Professor Web Services and Multimedia Librarian New York City College of Technology, CUNY 300 Jay Street, Rm L434 Brooklyn, NY 11201 718.260.5481 jti...@citytech.cuny.edu <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.citytech.cuny.edu%2F&data=04%7C01%7CWilliam.Hicks%40UNT.EDU%7C1844b65193874c1d26a808d9f7a90ba8%7C70de199207c6480fa318a1afcba03983%7C0%7C0%7C637813128271182205%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=0zhs%2BqiP53Ukk7x0D4ueOhi16FXKLY26j4Weaw71sX0%3D&reserved=0>https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.citytech.cuny.edu%2F&data=04%7C01%7CWilliam.Hicks%40UNT.EDU%7C1844b65193874c1d26a808d9f7a90ba8%7C70de199207c6480fa318a1afcba03983%7C0%7C0%7C637813128271182205%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=0zhs%2BqiP53Ukk7x0D4ueOhi16FXKLY26j4Weaw71sX0%3D&reserved=0 @citytechlibrary
