Request for Proposals re: Web Information Architect
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The information architect will help the University organize the Libraries and Technology sub-architecture so that users the best online experience possible. The scope of the project is to:
1. Survey, label, and organize existing content, as well as gain an understanding of why the content exists.
2. Develop the navigation system, menus, sitemaps, etc.
3. Map content to the appropriate section.
4. Create access points to content from different in-coming pages.
5. Capture the sub-site's design goals.
6. Recommend a sub-site architecture that helps the Libraries ad Technology areas meet the University's educational and business objectives in cooperation with the University's team.
While the University's Web Group has oversight over a small portion of "official" Web pages that make up the University Web presence, the management of the content for the majority of the site is handled by Web site maintainers from departments and units across the University. This distributed system has presented a number of challenges in large part due to the fact that many of these Web site maintainers lack the training and technical skills necessary to effectively maintain their sites.
The University has recently completed a large-scale overhaul, in the form of a new information architecture for the University's web presence. This architecture is very task oriented and user centric compared to its older hierarchical organization. The website, http://wusm.maine.edu/webcms, details the process and new architecture as well as visual design being applied to all aspects of the University presence.
The University has selected Drupal as a base of its Web CMS platform and is currently implementing the new information architecture, design, and web authoring technology.
