If you're new to python and django there will be a steep learning curve for you, but probably a much steeper one for people after you who may not do python at all. Drupal and Wordpress are limited, but non-technical librarians can still get in pretty easy to fix typos and add links at least.. Codecademy has a decent intro python course: http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/python Udemy has a few python courses with some django as well.
A big reason why I've been learning django is to try to understand how our library can work with the various DH projects that use our collections. If we need to at some point take on permanent ownership of these projects or if we want to develop them further, a basic familiarity on the part of our library staff seems like a good idea.