Summary of February 14 Web-Walkers meeting (UNC-CH)
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 11:32:29 -0500
From: Judy Hallman (hallman at gibbs.oit.unc.edu)
To: web-walkers at unc.edu
Subject: Summary of Feb. 14 meeting on planning a new home page
To Web-Walkers:
Next meeting: February 21, 1996, 3:00 pm, 209 Manning: Planning a new
home page for UNC-CH
Topic: Outline new Home Page
NOTE: There will NOT be a meeting February 28
Summary of February 14 meeting on planning a new home page for UNC-CH.
This summary will be posted at
http://www.unc.edu/about/walkers/1996feb14.html
ADP-SI has started a prototype at http://www.adp.unc.edu/sis/unchome.html
We worked from a list (see below) I put together, based on e-mail from Libby
Evans, Lynne Neill, and Penny Ward. Several additions were suggested.
They are marked with * in the list below.
The bulk of the list is for visitors. There are "Things we want to
promote" that aren't necessarily things people are looking for. Some are
at the end of the list.
The campus Web's mission statement needs refinement and a link to the
University's mission statement. We'll work on that separately.
Questions were raised about links to commercial services. Does a
link mean University endorsement? Guidelines are needed. There is an
existing policy regarding housing in a "faculty relocation" document.
Hallman suggested that commercial services could be linked to from the
community service (http://RTPnet.org) and the University could direct
people to RTPnet.
Although Student Stores cannot put a catalog online, there should be some
information about where/how poeple can buy products with UNC-CH logos.
There was discussion about putting links to personal pages in for Alumni.
Alumni personal pages should probably be treated the same as University
faculty, staff, and student pages. See http://www.colorado.edu/userpages/
(suggested by Kay Stanley). [Included at the end of this message.]
Libby Evans noted that it would be a good idea to test a draft of the new
home page to see if the audiences we target can find the info they are
looking for. Libby agreed to head up a task force to do design the testing.
Indexing will be very important in helping people find the information
they need.
We digressed to the Departments and organizations page. Some of the
problems (Business School listed under K for Kenan; Health Services
research under S for Sheps...) are corrected by a revision Hallman was
working on. The group had some additional suggestions for the revised page
and agreed to replace the existing page with the revised page. This has
been done.
Hallman pointed out the public service value of "ask-an-expert" services,
like Tom Hocking, Education Coordinator, Morehead Planetarium, has
started using a moderated, state-wide newsgroup, nc.ask-an-astronomer.
Hallman would like to see many more similar services provided by Duke,
NCSU, NC Central, and local corporations, as well as UNC-Chapel Hill.
RTPnet provides a public focal point for such services at
http://RTPnet.org/ask.html.
The assignment for the next meeting is to outline the new home page.
Send drafts to judy_hallman at unc.edu.
UNC-CH World Wide Web audiences and what they're looking for
February 14, 1996, Judy Hallman (judy_hallman at unc.edu)
Thanks to Libby Evans, Lynne Neill, and Penny Ward for their lists
ADP-SI prototype at http://www.adp.unc.edu/sis/unchome.html
*Revising
The mission of the UNC-CH World Wide Web service is to provide a
comprehensive source of information about the University for
future employees and students, and to be a point of contact
between the University and its multiple internal and external
audiences and constituencies. It is the entry point through which
individuals around the world "visit" the campus.
Prospective students
High school students looking for a college
College students seeking to transfer
College students looking at graduate and professional programs
Prospective Summer School students
*Continuing eduation students
Looking at:
Tuition and fees
Degrees offered
*Faculty and faculty credentials
*General College education requirements program
Ranking of departments, stats, security
Scholarships, esp. sports
Housing and potential roommates
High school and community college guidance counselors helping
select colleges
Parents of potential students
Applicants (student)
Admissions application form
Financial aid form
Inquire about the status of an application
Inquire about the status of a financial aid application
Prospective faculty and staff
Looking at job openings, benefits, local community information,
local statistics (housing costs)
Alumni for
Finding out where to donate money
Finding out about other alumni
Finding out about their former dept/professors
Sports info
DTH
*Another diploma
*Transcript
Parents, family, and friends of UNC-CH students, faculty, and staff
Media/reporters -- looking for news releases, position statement, recent speeches; people contacts for current stories; campus reports, publications and statistics
General public that uses University Hospitals
People coming to town, looking for maps, looking for places to go and things to see and do, tours; checking the weather, transportation, hotels, churches
People on campus at public terminals looking for maps, looking for places to go and things to see and do, tours; checking the weather, transportation, hotels, churches
Teachers bringing classes to campus -- preparing their agendas and plans
Students looking for summer camps (sports, music) and summer
programs -- like Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
Program (http://www.med.unc.edu/pmbb/sure.htm)
Corporations -- current donors/partnerships; potential donors/partnerships
Adults looking for continuing education opportunities
People looking for books and other resources in the campus libraries
(NC) citizens in general; surfing the net; looking for fun stuff (eg. Ackland, Morehead, Botanical Garden, etc); citizens checking on their tax dollars
Looking for info about the University -- where is it, what does it look like, who's in charge (and what are there credentials/interests), mission, school songs, photos, logos, maps of campus and town, current goals and projects, potential speakers, activities in a particular part of the state (for someone giving a presentation wanting local specifics)
*Looking for other UNC campuses
NC Legislators
Board of Trustees
*Foundations
*Nonprofits
*Corporations
*State agencies
*Federal government
*Partnerships
Business Community
Sports fans around the world
People looking to buy T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.
People looking for phone numbers, addresses, e-mail addresses, URL's, and other contact info for individuals, departments, projects, research
People looking for publications done by UNC-CH people, including theses and dissertations
Researchers/businesses looking for people on our campus involved in a specific area of research
People needing medical help ("UNC-CH has a school of medicine; maybe somebody there knows about my disease/symptoms/etc")
"Ask-an-expert" services -- see Columbia's health service, Go Ask Alice, at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/healthwise/alice.html, and Tom Hocking's newsgroup nc.ask-an-astronomer -- http://www.RTPnet.org/ask.html
Online-subject oriented discussion groups (newgroups)
Other universities for comparison purposes
*Looking for information about the Internet and World Wide Web; for example, how to find people on the Internet; see the section provided by Electronic Services, Davis Library, at http://sunsite.unc.edu/reference/internet/
Accreditation organizations (???)
Undergrads
Graduate and professional student
Faculty
Staff
Administrators
Announcements/alerts and special events -- anything important I need to know about?
Looking for phone numbers, addresses, e-mail addresses, URL's, and other contact info for individuals, departments, projects, research
Looking for jobs
Looking for places to go and things to see and do; checking the weather
What's going on in the outside world
Campus news
Academic information
Looking for personal info -- student grades, student bill, and possibly wanting to update -- URL of home page, e-mail address.
Looking for grant and funding opportunities
Looking for health and safety information
Student organizations
Employee forum info
Faculty Council info
User Groups -- Web-Walkers, SAS, ...
Campus resources
Policies and procedures
Online consultation -- ask an expert, psychological counseling (see Uncle Ezra at Cornell, http://www.cornell.edu/Dialogs/EZRA.html)
Night-life/activities/events in the local area
Buy/sell/trade
Ride boards
Public Service Round Table
Strengths in instruction
Research
Conferences on campus, or sponsored by people on our campus
International newsletters originating on our campus -- International Dimensions (International Medicine) (http://www.unc.edu/pubs/newslet/id/)
Librarian's Datebook (http://www.hsl.unc.edu/libcal96.html)
Ackland, Botanical Gardens, Morehead Planetarium (http://www.RTPnet.org/~dataman), PlayMakers and Outdoor Drama (http://www.unc.edu/depts/outdoor/index.htm)
Home Pages for classes???
http://www.colorado.edu/userpages/
Home Pages
These listings represent all users with home pages on Computing and
Network Services' WWW servers (spot, stripe, ucsu, ucsub, rintintin).
Faculty, staff and student home pages are included. Other users' home
pages may be found under Colleges and Schools, Department Listings,
Other Academic Programs, and Research Institutes and Centers.
Disclaimer: Because the University of Colorado at Boulder recognizes
the value of personal publishing on the Internet, students, staff, and
faculty are encouraged to produce personal WWW pages. However, the
University cannot accept responsibility for the contents of those
pages.
The personal home pages of University of Colorado at Boulder students,
staff, and faculty do not in any way constitute official University
content, but we hope you find the information in them useful, or at
least entertaining. The views and opinions expressed in the individual
home pages are strictly those of the page authors. Comments on the
contents of those pages should be directed to the page authors.
[1]Full Index of CNS User HomePages
[2]Spot.Colorado.EDU User HomePages
[3]Stripe.Colorado.EDU User HomePages
[4]Ucsu.Colorado.EDU User HomePages
[5]Ucsub.Colorado.EDU User HomePages
[6]Rintintin.Colorado.EDU User HomePages
Documentation for [7]constructing your own home page on a CNS system.
Here is a [8]listing of tools to help with HTML authoring.
Attendees:
Deb Aikat, JOMC, daikat at email.unc.edu
Andy Arnold, History, andyaba at email.unc.edu
Peggy Berryhill, Graduate School, grpob.ors at mhs.unc.edu
Stuart Bethune, Office of Scholarships and Student Aid, stuart_bethune at unc.edu
Tom Bowers, JOMC, tom_bowers at unc.edu
Kathy Edwards, OIT, kathy_edwards at unc.edu
Elizabeth A. Evans, CPC, evans at unc.edu
Scott Freeman, ADP, rsf.admin at mhs.unc.edu
Erika Grams, WUNC/History, erika at email.unc.edu
Marybeth Grinnan, Printing, pdmhg at bullhead.adp.unc.edu
Judy Hallman, OIT, judy_hallman at unc.edu
Trey Harris, OIT, trey at unc.edu
Bob Kessler, Chemistry, bob_kessler at unc.edu
Rick Kinney, ADP, rek.admin at mhs.unc.edu
Tong Liu, CPC, tongliu at xerxes.cpc.unc.edu
Michael McFarland, University Relations, not connected yet!
Lynne Neill, ADP, lcn.admin at mhs.unc.edu
Roger Nelsen, Alumni Association, roger_nelsen at unc.edu
Jackie Nelson, UADM, jnelson at email.unc.edu
Regina Oliver, GAA, regina_oliver at unc.edu
Greg O'Rear ADP, jgo.systems at mhs.unc.edu
Gary Pattillo, Davis Library, pattillo at email.unc.edu
Jim Sadler, Health Affairs, jim_sadler at unc.edu
Kathy Thomas, OIT, kathy_thomas at unc.edu
Amber Vogel, ORD, ottotwo at email.unc.edu
Judy Hallman (judy_hallman at unc.edu, http://www.unc.edu/~hallman)
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