WEBSITE REDESIGN WOBURN PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE BEGINNING OF TIME (REALLY 2005)
2009
ISSUES WITH 2009 SITE Not intuitive Difficult to manage Outdated design
RESEARCH CMSs Stay with WordPress? Free CMS? Proprietary CMS? Designer Staff? Professional website designer? Evaluation Our current site Sites we admire Work of local website design firms
EVALUATION Library Site FormFunctionFeatures Designer
DRAFTING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Information from Site Evaluations What we admired Examples from other Libraries What we did not think about Input from staff What unique needs we have
WEBSITE DESIGN FIRM DECISION Contacted three firms (required for work over 5K but under 25K) Received and reviewed three proposals Paper proposal Meeting with committee Weighed expertise, CMS, and price Decided on Stirling Technologies Written recommendation sent to Board of Trustees Informed Stirling and other firms of decision
CONTRACT Library Stirling Technologies: Own Contract City Solicitor: Language Review Purchasing Agent: City Contract Statement of Work Project Plan
IN-HOUSE CONTENT WORK While waiting for the contract to be finalized, we: Archived materials on our current site Discussed pages to populate our new site Drafted content to fill those pages
TIMELINE September Research October 2013: Committee formation November 2013: RFP December 2013: Recommendation of firm made January/February 2013: Board decision & contract negotiation March 6- Design Meeting March 17- First wave of content due April 3- First revision meeting April 17- Second wave of content due May 12- Second revision meeting May 19- Domain transfer May 22- Launch meeting May 23- Site launch
OUR SITE
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