Here at the Mitchell (a two-person staff) one of our Advisory Board members
also runs a design company is doing our site pro bono.  It is, however,
taking a very long time since their "free" time and my "free" time rarely
coincide.   Once the site is up (fingers crossed for mid-July) I believe I
will be doing the updating with assistance where possible and necessary from
the original company.

Janice Klein
Director
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Kendall College
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-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara G. Scott <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Friday, June 30, 2000 6:11 PM
Subject: museum web site maintenance


>I would like to hear from people at small to medium-sized museums about how
>their museums handle the creation and maintenance of the museum web site.
>Did you contract the actual design out to someone else and provide them
with
>the text and images and updates? Did you contract for the original design
>and then start doing the updates yourself? Or is someone on staff
>responsible for the actual web site creation and maintenance?
>
>If this is part of a regular staff position, what percentage of the
person's
>time is devoted to web stuff and how much to other duties? Did your museum
>hire someone who already knew about web site development or did someone
have
>to learn on the job or through museum-paid workshops/classes? And are you
>happy with the result? Have people had problems with board members or other
>staff members underestimating how much time maintaining a web site requires
>and how have you dealt with this problem? Is your web site handicap
>accessible?
>
>Thanks.
>Bobbie Scott
>
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