Marianne,

I will be happy to summarize any replies for the list.  I have found that the “concept” of allowing depts. control over their part of the website isn’t the only answer – Some depts. will take the initiative, yet others never accept ownership for their part.  This is the dilemma – trying to ensure that standards are met and all departments are engaged in the process!  Good luck!

 

Cheryl Payne

MFAH The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

 

 

 

 

If you receive any more replies, could you summarize for the list?  Our web technologies and resources is a mixture at the moment.  The External Affairs hosts it, and we have to approach them to add, change, delete, anything on the Museum’s website.  However, they rely on Information Technologies (IT) to do the “heavy-lifting.”

 

For example:  Education contracted with a design firm to develop a teaching web-site to accompany our current exhibition on “Monet’s Water lilies.”  The show opened in October—the site was completed in November and is ready to load onto the Museum’s website.  IT may have time to do this before the show closes in January.

 

IT is focused on implementing a new web product, which should allow several depts. control over their part of the website.

 

External Affairs just got a new manager who is beginning a inquiry process, and we are entering a strategic planning process in 2012—it may get interesting.

 

Sorry that I can only supply a dysfunctional model!

Marianne Cavanaugh

Saint Louis Art Museum

 

 

Colleagues,

 

On behalf of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, I would like to ask if anyone has an “effective” model that you could share regarding management of web resources within your organization.  For example, do you have department liaisons, a review committee?  Does your Information Technology Dept. or Marketing Dept. manage all web-related projects, or do you have a separate department for web development?  As just one department of many in the museum, we vie for a voice in the decision-making and management of current and new web technologies and resources.

 

We would really appreciate any examples of models and/or job descriptions that you could share with regards to where web resource management falls within your organizational structure.

 

Many thanks

Cheryl

 

 

Cheryl Payne, M.L.S.

Technical Services Librarian

Hirsch Library

 

 

MFAH The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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Houston, TX 77005

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