[WEB4LIB] Communication between Librarian & Webmaster?

[Brian Williams]

I would try to provide a management structure that removed the
"webmaster", that is technical support, from decisions about content and
organization. I would have someone in management with responsibility for
allocation of resources and general library oversight be the Site
"manager" and let the site manager and the site technical support person
work as a team to make final decisions about the site. Library staff input
should be routed the "normal" way to the manager.

Content, per se, can come from different groups in the library and just
needs to be coordinated by the site manager.

'course I don't anyplace that actually does this !

 On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, A. Helfman wrote:

> 
> 	I've been asked to give a presentation at a local library conference in
> November, and I'm planning to address the question of how to improve
> communication and cooperation between librarians and webmasters. The first
> piece of advice that I would give is, "Learn the lingo!" (i.e., technical
> jargon), but I know that for many of the librarians in my audience, that
> will be an intimidating idea.  What other suggestions would you make?
> 
> 
> 
> Amy W. Helfman        Judaica Librarian         HUC-JIR, NY
> helfman at huc.edu              http://www.albany.edu/~helfman 
> 

Brian Williams			Automation Administrator
Multnomah County Library  	801 SW 10th  Portland, OR 97205
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