website redesign woburn public library. the beginning of time (really 2005)

WEBSITE REDESIGN

WOBURN PUBLIC LIBRARY

THE BEGINNING OF TIME (REALLY 2005)

2009

ISSUES WITH 2009 SITE

RESEARCH

EVALUATION

DRAFTING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

WEBSITE DESIGN FIRM DECISION

• Contacted three firms (required for work over 5K but under 25K)• Received and reviewed three proposals• Paper proposal• Meeting with committee

• Weighed expertise, CMS, and price• Decided on Stirling Technologies• Written recommendation sent to Board of

Trustees• Informed Stirling and other firms of decision

CONTRACT

IN-HOUSE CONTENT WORK

• While waiting for the contract to be finalized, we:• Archived materials on our current site• Discussed pages to populate our new site• Drafted content to fill those pages

TIMELINE

• September 2013- Research• October 2013: Committee formation• November 2013: RFP• December 2013: Recommendation of firm made• January/February 2013: Board decision & contract

negotiation• March 6- Design Meeting• March 17- First wave of content due• April 3- First revision meeting• April 17- Second wave of content due• May 12- Second revision meeting• May 19- Domain transfer• May 22- Launch meeting• May 23- Site launch

OUR SITE

MLA PR AWARDS 2015