Website Maintenance Workflow at a Medium-Sized University Library

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Author(s): Michelle Mach (Colorado State University, USA)
Copyright: 2005
Pages: 22
Source title: Content and Workflow Management for Library Websites: Case Studies
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Holly Yu (California State University, Los Angeles, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-533-7.ch006

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Library & Information Science / Library Information Systems / Library Science

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Currently, more than half the library staff at a medium-size academic library maintain large numbers of static Web pages using Web editors, rather than content management tools. While not optimal in the technical sense, this process does maximize the individual’s creative contributions to the site. Because of this flexibility, feedback about this process has been primarily positive at an individual level. However, a growing number of challenges in the areas of content, priorities, technical skills, and workflow exceptions have cast doubt on this system’s long-term prospects. This chapter discusses the balance between individual and group needs, and the true cost of a purely technical solution to the problem of Web maintenance.

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