Peabody Launches New Web Site, Receives National
Accolade
By Kirsten Lavin Peabody Institute
Just weeks after its launch, the new
Peabody Institute Web
site was named Site of the Day on Oct. 14 by
Macromedia.com, an industry leader in Web design software
development. The site, developed by Baltimore-based no|inc,
includes flash animation features on faculty and students
along with a wealth of information about campus life,
programs of study and upcoming events. With the distinction
of being named a Site of the Day, the Peabody endeavor is
in the company of sites developed by Jaguar, IKEA and
Brooks Brothers.
Peabody's Web site redesign initiative, which began
more than a year ago, was charged with creating a site that
would not only be dynamic to outside users but would
encourage communication between the disparate audiences
within the Peabody. A team of faculty and staff worked
closely with no|inc to create a custom content management
system that empowers faculty, staff and students to publish
information freely.
Harlan Parker, a faculty member at the Peabody
Conservatory and chair of the Steering Committee on
Information Services, said, "The new Web site provides
visitors the opportunity to experience our preeminent
faculty and talented students while capturing the great
history and traditions of the Peabody." Also, he said, "The
new site offers more than a nice design. Because faculty
and staff can publish content freely, it literally turns
the Peabody inside out."
In order to publish information on the new Web site,
faculty and staff attend a training session designed to
help familiarize them with the custom content management
system. Ursula McLean, who works in the Arthur Friedheim
Music Library, attended a recent training session and said
she came away armed with ideas for her music bibliography
class. "The system is well designed and really very easy to
learn," she said. "I think the nicest part of the Web site
is the ability to get the materials to the Web site without
the pain of FTP [file transfer protocol]. I found it very
easy to bring over the HTML files that I had already
created or edited."
Highlights of the new Web site include four flash
animation profiles of students and faculty from both the
Conservatory and Preparatory divisions and an exhaustive
calendar highlighting the nearly 800 events on the Peabody
campus each year, as well as extensive informational
resources about everything from financial aid to flute
studies.
To see the new Peabody Institute Web site, go to
www.peabody.jhu.edu.
The firm that designed the site, no|inc, is online at
www.noinc.com.
The Macromedia Site of the Day archive is available at
www.macromedia.com/showcase/archive.
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