The Ohio State University

Initial discussions have been held by this team, who has been charged with having a new Libraries’ web site ready to launch in July 2009 to coincide with the re-opening of the Thompson Library. The group will be relying on the Visioning Committee to provide input into the organizing architecture for the new site. A number of possible architectures are being considered.

The integration of the CMS is extremely critical to the success of a new web site, as it will provide the Libraries’ group of more than 100 content providers with a user-friendly means of updating pages. This capability is essential if the site is to be viewed as relevant and is populated with current information. Selection and implementation of the CMS will be concurrent with initial web site page designs.