UVM Web Team Mission and Goals

UVM Web Team

Mission Statement

The mission of the UVM Web Team is to encourage accessibility and consistency in graphic design, content, navigation, information architecture, and technology across the UVM Web site through the support, maintenance, and use of the UVM Web Template, the oversight of the university's top-tier Web pages, and involvement in high-priority, university-wide projects.

Goals

To maintain, design, and improve www.uvm.edu and its affiliated main navigational pages in order to promote ease of use and navigation for the overall UVM Web audience, including users both inside and outside of the university.
To maintain content and graphics, including online tours, the Web cam, and campus maps, on the "About UVM" pages.
To recognize the university's Web site as a marketing tool for the recruitment and retention of students, faculty, and staff and for the attraction of funding, and as a public-relations tool for promoting a positive image of UVM.
Under the guidance of the dean of libraries and information technology/chief information officer and the Provost's Office, to identify, develop, and shepherd high-priority, university-wide Web projects, with the help of departments and personnel who will support and maintain resulting technologies or Web sites.
To maintain the UVM Web Template, to encourage departments to use the template, and to support university departments that follow it.
To foster the development of quality content throughout the university's Web site by helping groups/organizations identify, categorize, organize, and present data.
To maintain and develop infrastructures to support the dissemination of campus information through the news, calendar, and map systems.
To develop and present workshops on template technology and design and on closely related Web skills (e.g., content management, information architecture, navigation), for faculty and staff.
To ensure that the template and Web Team-controlled, top-tier pages meet accessibility guidelines and to encourage university Webmasters to abide by such guidelines.
To author manuals/documentation on the template and general UVM Web topics (e.g. authentication, secure pages, permissions, FTP, accessibility, etc.).
To work with CIT system administrators on the offerings of the primary university Web server.
To co-author policies relating to the use of university Web space.
To stay current with Web trends and technologies, improve our efficiency, and remain competitive with other university Web presences, by doing research, attending conferences, receiving training, and networking with colleagues at other institutions.
To develop a budget that supports the Web Team's goals.

Goals of the Administrator Overseeing the Web Team

To help the Web Team identify, develop, and shepherd high-priority, university-wide Web projects, to encourage cross-departmental involvement in such projects, to identify funding, and to ensure departments and personnel can support and maintain resulting technologies or Web sites.
To encourage departments to use the UVM Web Template and to ensure they follow university policies regarding Web matters.
To support the Web Team in meeting its goals.