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As explained in the previous post “Blogging the website redesign,” I really think blogs beat the traditional redesign committee’s status reports and meetings, because they give every stakeholder a chance to look at the design in the context it’s supposed to work - on a computer screen - and to give instant - yet articulated - written feedback.
Cornell.edu Redesign Blog has been doing it very well since July 2004. Started just a few weeks before the launch of the new website design, this blog has kept its promises...
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While current students’ blogs are used more and more as promotional channels by marketing offices, you (at least, I) wouldn’t think that Deans were the blogging type. Somehow, I thought they just didn’t fit the blogger’s profile.
Well, I was wrong…
The Dean of Park School of Communications at Ithaca College in NY, Dianne Lynch, has been blogging since February 2005.
And, in her blog, “All Things Park - The sort-of official blog of the Park School at Ithaca College,” Dean Lynch uses blogging at its best.
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Effective University Web Services and Web Sites
I have been a university webmaster since 1999 and am currently working for my second major university with an average FTE of 30,000. It is my job and my passion to understand the various end-user segments of a university website and how a website can benefit them and the institution. I focus on user-centered, standards-compliant, accessible design and believe that a webmaster needs to have an amalgamation of knowledge to be successful at their job. It is not enough to be a designer or developer without knowing what is needed to truly make a website successful.
