We are embarking on a review and redesign of the Libraries’ web presence in order to take advantage of the changes in the University of Miami libraries (UML) environment, as well as to enhance our current technical infrastructure.

The newly created Website Redesign Advisory Team (WebRAT) in coordination with the User Experience (UX) Team and the Web & Application Development Department will be leading this redesign effort. The website reflects us all, so we want the redesign effort to be transparent and participatory. We will be sharing relevant documents via Box; soliciting feedback through surveys, focus groups and public fora; and providing regular updates online and in person. Each member of the team is responsible for communicating our efforts to assigned departments, collections or libraries.

We are planning to have the main (UML) website as well as the distinctive collections (Cuban Heritage Collection, Special Collections, University Archives) live in advance of the start of the fall 2017 semester. We will then turn to the branch websites, and launch them as they are complete and each branch is ready. Questions? Email Andrew Darby.

WebRAT Members

Team members with assigned departments

Lisa Baker
Digital Media Lab, Learning Commons, Richter LRS

Brittney Bomnin
Communications, Facilities, Financial Administration, HR, Office of the Dean

Angela Clark-Hughes
Branch libraries

Andrew Darby

Paige Morgan
Digital Strategies

Jay Sylvestre
Distinctive Collections

Patricia Villanueva
Systems, Web & Application Development

Elliot Williams
Access Services, Acquisitions, Collection Strategies, Metadata & Discovery, Preservation

UX Members

Kineret Ben-Knaan

Ava Brillat

Stephanie Cone

Cory Czajkowski

Andrew Darby

Lauren Fralinger

Nicola Hellmann-McFarland

Natapol Phensiriphand

Amy Strickland

Patricia Villanueva

Elliot Williams