An interesting question re $$

[Marc Davis]

A colleague at amother University Library posed the following situation
and questions:

The institution has experienced problem in reaching consensus about the
design for their site.  They are looking to hire an individual/firm to do
the basic site design and then take over maintenance of their new site
themselves. I assume that we are talking the navigation, page templates,
colors, graphics.  I assume that there might be some cgi scripting
involved.

The questions:
	how much should the library expect to have to pay for basic design
services?
	has anyone had experience with a similar project -- outsourcing
design but keeping content/maintenance internal --?  If so, how did it go?
	any thoughts on how to select/evaluate designers?

Would appreciate any responses -- including answers to questions that
didn't get asked but should have been -- and I'll pass them on to my
friend.

I'm afraid I can't tell you a lot about the site -- I would assume a
fairly large site (given the size of the institution) and, knowing at
least one of the people involved, a firm insistence on quality, utility
and accessibility.

Thanks for any thoughts.



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