Academic Department Web Pages Policy

Creating and Publishing Faculty Web Pages
Guidelines for Creating Web Pages

The web is an important resource for providing information. Prospective students and parents use the web in deciding where to apply, alumni use the web as part of their ongoing interest in Haverford, journalists and the press use the web to get information about Haverford. The web is also useful for faculty to provide current students with course materials and general materials about the department and the discipline. Therefore, each department and concentration has its own "home page". Basic information about each department is supplied from the catalog, but departments are encouraged to add information as appropriate.

General Policies

• Department Chairs shall name a person responsible for the departmental web site (web contact).
• Each department should maintain a web site in the same way they contribute to regular college publications. A minimal presence on the college web site includes:

Required:

• A professional looking home page with
  • Information about the department
  • Links to Faculty
  • Links to Courses
  • Link to HC home page http://www.haverford.edu
  • Link to HC Academics page http://www.haverford.edu/deptinfo/academics.html
  • Email to department web contact
  • Last date modified

Strongly Recommended:

• Recommended links for home page:
  • Directory
  • Search
  • Dept. labs/equipment
  • Related links (resources)
  • Calendar of dept. events
  • Related depts. (eq at HC, BMC, or Swarthmore)
  • HC Contact page http://www.haverford.edu/contactHC.html
• A common design elements or a template for pages linked from the departmental home page is highly recommended

Suggested:

• Pages linked from the partmental home page should have links to
  • The department home page
  • HC Academics page http://www.haverford.edu/deptinfo/academics.html
  • HC home page www.haverford.edu
  • Email to department web contact
  • Last date modified

Routine maintenance required

• The web site must be maintained regularly:
  • Review and update content each semester
  • Remove outdated materials
  • Check and update links to other pages
  • Verify contact information and date on home page
  • Inform college webmaster about changes in page locations
• Email to the department web contact must be answered in a timely fashion

For further assistance:

• For information about web page design, creation, and maintenance see http://www.haverford.edu/acc/webdev/webdev-faculty.html
• For question about these departmental web site requirements, please contact Barbara Mindell.
• For assistance in creating or modifying a web site, please contact your departmental liaison (list of departmental liaisons)
• Students are often available to assist in the work under your supervision, and most faculty secretaries are available to help in maintaining departmental pages as well. Please contact ACC if you need help locating a student assistant; training on web page design and maintenance is offered regularly through ACC and the LLC.