Help with Implications of Library's place in University DNS

[Dobbs, Aaron]

Hiya,

There is no real need for the URL to change, even if the *actual* network path does change.
"library.bethel.edu" is a much better web address than requiring an extensive network path to get to the same content (no matter where it lives) - and library.bethel.edu will also positively impact any SEO for searches such as: Bethel Library.

At MPOW we had library.ship.edu aliased to go to our CMS pages at: ship.edu/library - when we started our LibGuides service, we were able to have library.ship.edu redirected to point to our LibGuides instance, instead.
The DNS aliasing has worked well for us.

-Aaron
:-)'

From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kent Gerber
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 5:30 PM
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Help with Implications of Library's place in University DNS

Dear Web Librarians,

Our Library is in the midst of a University-wide web redesign and during a meeting we heard that the Web Services group might be considering moving the library from it's library.bethel.edu<http://library.bethel.edu> domain to something more like www.bethel.edu/offices/library<http://www.bethel.edu/offices/library>. Is this a cause for concern?

My suspicion is that we might lose some functionality with this change but I wanted to consult your expertise before I get too riled up.

Do any of you have experience with this kind of DNS shift and is there a significant technological or functional change that I should be aware of with this issue?  Our library does not have an internal Web Services group and we depend on the University's Web Services group for these kinds of issues.

Any advice or experience is appreciated.

Kent

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Kent Gerber, MSLIS
Digital Library Manager
Bethel University
3900 Bethel Drive
Saint Paul, MN 55112
email: kent-gerber at bethel.edu<mailto:kent-gerber at bethel.edu>
phone: 651-638-6937

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