Web Liaisons Group

Here at DU, a small percentage of pages are maintained centrally. The large majority are maintained by individual departments.  Distributed maintenance has the benefit of letting those closest to the information take responsibility for it on the Web.

This de-centralized model requires that we work especially hard at coordination.  The Web Liaison program is our primary means of sharing information and keeping far-flung Web workers up-to-date.

What do Web Liaisons do?

Although DU Web sites on the central server are "owned" by one person, departments are not limited to one liaison.  If there is more than one person in your area who should be familiar with Web issues as they relate to the department and to DU as a whole, please feel free to have more than one liaison. 

Web Liaisons should be willing to:

• Check their part of the site regularly to make sure it is current and correct;
• Make changes, or have their technical person make changes, on an as-needed basis;
• Inform faculty and staff in their area about issues relating to the DU Web as a whole and their portion of the site in particular;
• Be a member of the web-liaison mailing list and stay informed of issues relating to the DU Web as a whole;
• Share plans for their site;
• And respond to feedback requests from others.