Here's the first of the weekly Friday updates on the Web Manager's blog. The aim of these updates is to provide a place for folks around campus who are interested in the ongoing activities of the website to stay informed of what is happening week to week.
Web Review Meetings
This week began the fall semester Web Review meetings. The first web review meetings were held with the International College and Facilities this past week, and both were extremely productive. The aim of these meetings is to engage each area in improving their content, hearing and addressing concerns, and brainstorming together on new ideas. These will continue throughout this fall.
Archiving of old website
This week was busy on many fronts as we finish the transition away from the old site into the new site. Archiving the old website was a big focus this week, as the old website will no longer be available online after next week. I was able to create a full archive both on my local machine and working with our vendor to ensure that moving forward we have the content for archival and other purposes.
What's Happening at UB?
With so many events this fall semester, gathering all of the details and posting the events to the website is an everyday task here in the Web Office. This week I posted so many events it is hard to recall them all, but some standouts include the upcoming film event next week and an event on China-Connecticut Business here at the Arnold Bernhard Center Gallery and Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. duPont III Tower Room. Halloween events were also a great sign of how much there is for students to engage in on campus each week.
Video Highlights
An exciting new focus with the redesigned site is video and audio content. This content is engaging and dynamic, and really displays what is unique and special about UB. So far we have about 15 new videos on the new site.
A video highlighting the IDEAL program was posted, while work on the second lecture video and podcast in the Necessary Voices lecture series continued. The lecture content should be published next week after the final touches.
Eureka getting a new look
I also worked on a new look for the digital library that will match it up with the identity of our other web presences.
Getting Ready for Winter?
Training was also held for the necessary editors to be able to update the website in the event of a school closing or delay. This task reminded me that it is almost Thanksgiving, and winter will soon be here.
Stay tuned for next week's update.
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