Owner Responsibilities
Information on Salisbury University's Web server (http://www.salisbury.edu) is considered an official publication. The final responsibility for the content of each Web document/page rests with the individual or department that has a Web page up on the SU server. If you submit a Web Work Order to the Web Office to place content on the SU Web server, you are responsible for accuracy of that content; this includes old pages that have not been redesigned.
Anyone who submits information to the Web Office for creation of a web page(s) is responsible for the accuracy of their content. When a job is finished and placed on the SU Web server, an e-mail will be sent to the author(s) of the site to review the completed work and to respond accordingly if something is incorrect.
For people creating their own Web page(s), again, you are responsible for your content. It is your responsibility to maintain it, update it, design it, and to submit the URL to the Web Office for review. The Web Office is available for consultation on any of these issues.
Whether the Web Office or another party places a Web page(s) up on the SU servers, that department/office is also responsible for responding to inquiries that are either sent directly via an e-mail link to a designated recipient or via e-mails that have been forwarded from the Web Office.
To aid you in this process, the Web Office recommends that each department or office which chooses to create their own pages, designate one person (Web Coordinator) responsible for your information. For example, if a user notices incorrect information in a file or has a suggestion for other information that might be useful, the user should be able to directly e-mail the Web Coordinator to suggest a correction or addition.
The departments/offices may find it more appropriate to have this individual coordinate that department's electronic publishing effort (Web presence) rather than doing it all him/herself. Specifically, a department as a whole or the designated Web Coordinator should:
Coordinate the gathering of information for Internet publication within the group
- Decide how the information will be organized
- Decide how often the information is going to change and how often the information will be updated
- Integrate Internet publishing into the group's publication cycle:
- Convert information from its current form to the appropriate electronic publishing format
- Prepare the information for display on the Internet by saving it in the appropriate file type
- Make certain that all departmental Web pages are in compliance with copyright rules and with SU guidelines and policies
- Include e-mail links on the group's or department's Web pages
- Notify the Web Office when a department/office-level home page is ready for review by sending the URL of that page
- Verify that the department's or group's online information is up-to-date