Extract of a presentation given to the Executive Committee at the University of Bath posing the question - is our website really effective then highlighting the reasons why we should be concerned.

1. Is our website effective? Alison Kerwin Head of Web Services Extracts from presentation given to Executive Committee – 16 th September 2009

3. … and yet 6 th most accessed page!

4. 250,000+ pages ¼ of which haven’t been modified in the last 5 years

5. Some key issues…

9. #4 Reflecting the University structure Do our stakeholders understand us as much as we do? I am a department/group/centre/unit/cluster therefore I NEED a website – is this always the case?

11. #6 The print issue - In this booklet - One page 2…

12. #1 Responsibility Who will maintain? #2 Authority Who? #3 Abandoned content #4 Duplication, confusion, duplication #5 Reflecting University Structures #6 The Print Issue The re-development project nor CMS can fix…