About the WHOI Web Group

Mission
The mission of the web group is to facilitate the timely electronic dissemination of oceanographic information, especially the work of WHOI investigators and students, and support the web needs of the WHOI community.

Goals

Improve visitors' experience at WHOI.edu and attract additional visitors
Provide web-based tools and applications to increase efficiency and effectiveness of WHOI staff
Enable content owners to manage their web content with minimal technical effort
Convey at WHOI.edu the excitement and breadth of WHOI investigators' and students' science and engineering research

Strategies

Provide state-of-the-art web infrastructure
Adhere to editorial, design, and technical standards and guidelines for WHOI websites
Establish efficient and effective workflow processes
Promote awareness of online tools and educate the WHOI community in their use
Develop innovative efforts to reach out and deliver web content
Create a mechanism to prioritize and manage web projects (based on Communications plan, standards/compliance, and overall web project plan)

Originally published: February 16, 2005

Last updated: August 9, 2011