Below are general updates from March and April 2018 regarding to the Website Redesign Project. Cynthia will return from parental leave on May 21st and will once again be serving as the primary project manager for website redesign.
Phase 2: Web Content Review
Service List Brainstorming
In March 2018, a list of site editors and content contributors were assigned, in accordance with the proposed Website Editorial Roles for the development and maintenance of the new web content. In April 2018, this group met and began to brainstorm a list of existing services within each functional area of the library that will need to be included in the new website. The Strategic Partners group Group has begun to review that initial list and analyze it, looking for patterns, duplications, additional types of categories, etc. Work will continue with the content contributors upon Cynthia’s return later this month.
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In preparation for the development of a custom content management system (CMS), Holly Tomren and David Lacy worked collaboratively to finalize the requirements for the following content types: Building, Space, Person, Group. As part of the Strategic Partners Group, Jasmine Clark also worked on further developing developed the metadata guidelines for services and policies, in collaboration with Holly.
Web Content Style Guide
As part of the Strategic Partners Group, Jackie Sipes and Rachel Cox have drafted a Web Content Style Guide, which will be used by content contributors in drafting text for the new content management systemwebsite. This includes Writing for Web best practices, accessibility standards, and standardized language that help create more consistency across our web pages. This has been reviewed by the Communications department and is currently in the process of being finalized.
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In addition to the further development of the metadata profiles, workflow requirements for the custom CMS have been defined and reviewed by the Web Advisory team.A word about continuity: Cynthia will return from parental leave on March 21st and will once again be serving as the primary project manager for website redesign at that time.
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Project Timeline
Phase 1 (October - December 2017): Initial content inventory and user survey
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