Resources and Timeline:  

1.  The checklist can be refined with the existing Web Services Committee (or subset) spending 

about two hours per week over the summer. A field tested checklist could be ready in October 

2002.  

2.  Chuck Piotrowski, Administrative Records Manager, could work with UCSC General Counsel to 

review the  Appendix 8: Web Policies, Procedures and Practices  in summer, and the 

procedural checklist in late summer.  

Additional Information: 

See Appendix 8: UCSC Web Policy, Procedures, and Practices, Based on UC San Diego 

Implementation. 

See Appendix 5: Assessment of Web Pages. 

Five Functional Roles in Web Development 

Finding: In many units, web support has been carved from small percentages of existing positions, 

with little new funding. Consequently, web developers and authors may be untrained or insufficiently 

trained, and may not have appropriate support or resources to perform their duties. There is 

insufficient communications to create awareness about the existing web policies. These developers are 

often not developers at all.   

An underlying theme in much web development here is a lack of understanding of the resources 

required to effectively develop a web site.  This lack of realization is pervasive at all levels: 

The administrative assistant who is asked to publish on the web with no 

knowledge/training in web publishing  

Staff who put up websites with no content maintenance model  

Others who post websites with no knowledge of ADA compliance or no knowledge of 

existing UCSC policy guidelines 

Some who post web content that is not properly backed up 

Campus administrators who have not committed adequate and dedicated funds for their 

web effort 

We have identified five roles that are critical to an effective process for website development: content 

expert, web developer, information architect, system administrator, and principal officer of the unit. 

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