Help with Implications of Library's place in University DNS

[Hess, M. Ryan]

One thing that come to my mind is that the new URL is not as friendly. I would really push to keep your existing one using the DNS aliasing. If only to make it simple for staff to say the URL to people over the phone or in the classroom aloud. Nobody is going to be able to remember the new path.

M Ryan Hess
Web Services Coordinator
DePaul University
JTR 120, DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus, 2350 N Kenmore Ave., Chicago IL 60614
office: 773-325-7829 | cell:  650-224-7279 |  fax: 773-325-2297  | mhess8 at depaul.edu<https://outlook.depaul.edu/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx>

From: <Dobbs>, Aaron <AWDobbs at SHIP.EDU<mailto:AWDobbs at SHIP.EDU>>
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Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 5:02 PM
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Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Help with Implications of Library's place in University DNS

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
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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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