Lost In the Archives--Using Drupal

I've been test-driving content management systems, both general-purpose Web site packages and archive/collections management tools. I've decided I really like Archon, The Simple Archival Information System. It works on Mac, *nix, and Windows, its easy to install, and it can work as an archive manager, a digital collections manager, and an online exhibit manager. The other tools I've reviewed and tried out don't suit my purposes, or else, like Omeka, look promising, but are not quite ready for prime-time.

The "regular" content management systems for Web development are more problematic for me. I've narrowed my choice to a couple of systems I've installed and test-driven locally. Wordpress is easy to get started with, but it seems to turn everything I try to do into a blog with a few static pages on the side. I know it can do much more, but I'm not sure it's a good use of my time to bend it to my will. Drupal will do everything I can imagine, but I'm getting lost in the nine million alternative modules, themes, and add-ons. I need to read about what other people have done on projects similar to mine. With that in mind, I've assembled these links:

Using Drupal

• Drupal 6.0: Installation and Basic Usage by Michael J. Ross, 03/18/2008
• Feeling Lost... I Need Honest Opinions, a poorly-named but very helpful thread from the Drupal Support forum "Before You Start." The initial post asks What's a person to do? Is it *really* worth putting all the time and effort into trying to set up Drupal and its modules, or is it just faster to code a site up manually?
• Drupal and The Future of News by Kurt Cagle, May 31, 2008
• Drupalib: A place for library Drupallers to hang out. Drupalib is intended as a place for Drupal implementors in libraries to share ideas, configurations, themes, and maybe even to incubate the development of some modules that allow commonly desired functionality in library websites (both for libraries' principle sites or for secondary or specialized subsites). Drupalib features a blog, a forum, and a listing of drupal sites implemented by libraries. Additional features will be added as the site evolves. Of particular interest is Mark's blog.
• Drupal as a digital library content management system. Interesting essay....
• Solving Obvious Problems: A 60 Minute Digital Library from The Drupal Way, a Drupal Web development company
• Drupal and Digital Libraries, an evaluation essay.
• Getting Started With: Drupal from InformationWeek's Content Management Blog.