Website migration details

Friday, July 17, 2015 by Graham Faulkner

First phase of launch is complete

On Friday, July 17 we officially launched the new library website. You will notice a totally-redesigned home page that is mobile-friendly and includes an expanded "one search" feature. The new website's subpages are hosted on the Waterloo Content Management System (WCMS).

Full launch in August

On Friday, August 14 we will begin redirecting most pages of the current website to the new website. Until then the two sites will operate in parallel.

There are a number of current website sections that are not part of this migration and will remain as-is. These include:

Thanks

This migration is the effort of numerous people across multiple library departments and Waterloo IST. We wish to extend our thanks to all involved, including:

IST's WCMS team, including the developers, system administrators and quality assurance testers
- led by Andrew McAlorum
Library Digital Initiatives developers
- Graham Faulkner, Chris Gray, Yifei Zhao
Library communications personnel, past and present
- Meg Beinarovics, Nancy Collins, Sarah Forgrave, Rose Koebel, Jeff Macarandang, Esther Millar
Library usability and user interface testing team
- Aziz Aboueleinin, Helena Calogeridis, Marian Davis, Larisa Smyk, and Agnes Zientarska-Kayko
Library content (re)writers
- Rose Koebel, Sara Perkins, Larisa Smyk, Graham Yeates
Library Web Operational Management Group
- Aziz Aboueleinin, Annie Bélanger, Pascal Calarco, Graham Faulkner, Chris Gray, Courtney Earl Matthews, Kathy Szigeti, Charles Woods, Yifei Zhao
Library WCMS project team
- Aziz Aboueleinin, Annie Bélanger, Pascal Calarco, Helena Calogeridis, Graham Faulkner, Jane Forgay, Chris Gray, Kathy Szigeti, Yifei Zhao
Those who contributed content, attended the open houses and offered feedback along the way