[Web4lib] staff web contributers-training

[Haines, L A]

Here in the IU-Bloomington Libraries, we have an in-house CMS, so we
have to do our own training (much of the other computer training
available to staff on campus is provided through UITS, University IT
Services). We don't have any mandated training program, but our Web Team
does offer training sessions ("for beginners and forgetters") two or
three times a year, and someone (usually me) is available for one-on-one
or small-group sessions as needed. We are working to develop better
documentation and training materials as well and I think having written
material available on-demand will help a lot. 

We don't have a formal limit to how many people may edit, and there are
a lot of librarians and staff who contribute content to our very large
site. Each page owner can delegate editing responsibilities as they deem
fit, and they can supervise or check work as closely as they think is
necessary. Yes, this may include student workers -- most often these are
grad students, many of them in library school. Page owners can train
these assistants themselves, or they can send them to our training
sessions, or both. (We try to be flexible!)

If someone from the Web Team notices a glaring problem with a page, we
will sometimes contact the page owner and offer assistance, but this is
pretty informal. 

Hope this helps!

-Anne

Anne Haines
Documentation & Instructional Writing Coordinator
Indiana University-Bloomington Libraries
ahaines at indiana.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Pons, Lisa
(ponslm)
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 8:54 AM
To: Web4Lib
Subject: [Web4lib] staff web contributers-training

At our library, we have several staff members that use Contribute to
edit their portions of the web site. Training them can be challenging...
so I am wondering... what does everyone else do?
 
Whether you use a CMS or other method- when a staff person wants to
contribute content to the web page- is there training they must go
through? Does someone look over there work? Is training given by a
central group, or is the department responsible?
 
Also, do you have any limit to how many people may edit on your web
site? 
 
Are students allowed under proper supervision access ?
 
Anything in regards to this is appreciated.
 
Thanks!
 
Lisa Pons-Haitz
University of Cincinnati
University Libraries
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