[Web4lib] Re: Website maintainence in small and mid-sized libraries

[Ron Gillies]

Peters, Christopher  wrote:

>I have a question that I'm passing along from a library trustee.
>They're wondering how other small to mid-sized library systems handle
>the problem of maintaining a web presence when there is so little spare
>time and so little staff expertise.  The system in question has an
>annual budget of $420,000 and eight FTE's.  Can folks out there in a
>similar situation tell me:
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Our library has 11.5 FTE and a budget of about $550,000 (US)

> 
>1.	Do you maintain your website in house, or do you outsource?
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Yes, we do it inhouse see www.lloydminster.info

>2.	How many hours per week does your staff, or your contractor,
>spend on the website?
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Currently about 2 hours per week, initial setup was about 30-40 hours

>3.	What web authoring tools do you use?   
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We are using open source software (the Joomla content management 
software, GIMP for image manipulation)

>4.	Have any libraries in this size range investigated or
>implemented a Content Management System?
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As noted above we are using Joomla (www.joomla.org) quite happily for this.

Hope this is of help

Ron Gillies
Lloydminster Public Library