[Evergreen-web-team] [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] editor roles version 2.something

[Gordana Vitez]

Hi everyone,
 
My technical knowledge is extremely limited; however, I think I could
contribute to the team as Conference contributor. We've had a number of
regional conferences in Niagara in the past and would be happy to make
contact with others to get the details on what they've done.
 
Thanks!
Gordana
 
Gordana Vitez
Library Services & Systems Coordinator
NC Libraries and Learning Commons
Niagara College
300 Woodlawn Rd
Welland Ontario
L3C 7L3
Phone: (905) 735 2211 ext 7404
Fax: (905) 736 6021
gvitez at niagaracollege.ca


>>> On 11/3/2013 at 10:01 AM, in message
<CAFpcaPxTjDh2W5+i1u+T7uQekuML4Uvz7goU1vFNGa8AFj6hNQ at mail.gmail.com>,
Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at yclibrary.net> wrote:
Postscript,

I would really like to see a static page listing proposed development
projects, possible funding, links to documentation, contact names,
etc.... Thoughts on that?




On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at yclibrary.net>
wrote:



This is part of an ongoing discussion where there seems to be some
consensus that we should have some defined roles on the web team.  The
original proposal was modeled after the traditional hierarchy of
newspapers just to see where that analogy took us.  Interestingly, in
that very first discussion we decided that the WIKI was too much to deal
with but by the follow up meeting we had a volunteer for Wiki Wrangler
and that is going very well.

As of the last meeting there was consensus that the newspaper model had
too many roles for the size of our labor pool.  With that in mind this
is flattened out.  The two challenges in inherent in this is that some
role need to be made broad and able to to be duplicated so that if the
labor pool grows we can accommodate that (presumably there may be more
to do too).  At the same time some roles if duplicated may have people
stepping on each other's toes a lot.  So, some of those considerations
are embedded in this.  

Editor in Chief - This would be combined with the traditional role of
the managing editor.  So, this person would be a liaison with the
Oversight Board and make sure the site reflects the community needs and
that other roles properly coordinate their activities and stay on track.
 This means that they are responsible for making sure that changes
happen on schedule and that everyone is doing their jobs and assigning /
soliciting for jobs to be done.  Additionally, they have the task of
recruiting new blood as we need it, an inevitable task.   They should
also be capable of some basic technical tasks, e.g. updating plugins
from within Wordpress, managing Wordpress structures, some basic CSS
tweaks needed, checking the site for screen reader compatibility, etc...
 They would also lead in making sure layout changes are done
appropriately though it would be a team challenge to address those
needs.  The changes being down to the downloads page is an example of
this.  In a perfect world when we have more volunteers we would have a
separate layout editor who could focus on those usability issues a bit
more.  Additional tasks to watch are the updating of content that may
not be a specific responsibility but needs to be reviewed (e.g. adding a
new mailing list to the Get Involved section) and other one off tasks. 


Server Admin - This is a job being done by Ben Shum right now.  Ideally
this shouldn't be a large time investment.  The rest of the web team
should be able to handle most issues within Wordpress without
involvement from him.

News Editor - This could be a one or multiple people role.  Because
news tends to be a timely thing they will need to coordinate closely to
make sure they don't step on each other's toes but I imagine it mostly
being a single person.  



Community Editor - This is the section that would have the advocacy
function.  Examples of content include FAQs, installation maps, and
more.  Elizabeth has talked about the need for this in the Oversight
Board meetings this last year.  This could easily b
e multiple people.  


Conference Contributor - I break this out separately because with the
rising interest in regional conferences (I've heard from several) I
think we may have contributors who do nothing but editor a static page
for their conferences and those may come and go.  


Wiki Wrangler - I think the work being done now speaks for itself.   I
think a great job is being done now but I think there would be merit in
more with specialized knowledge sets.  
for example, when I have some time come open I may jump in and look at
testing older submitted SQL against current versions to make sure its
good (it should be though there may be better ways now) and then
creating an index page by versions.  I think one thing the Wiki
Wrangler(s) could also do is give feedback to the web group as to what
skills they see needed.  For example, I could easily see an old OpenSRF
page that is a mess and they need someone to review it and make
recommendations.  




-- 

Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA

Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, 
York County Library System

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to
suit me.” 
― C.S. Lewis ( http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis
)




-- 

Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, 
York County Library System

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to
suit me.” 
― C.S. Lewis ( http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis
)
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