What's New at the Idaho State Library Vol. That is the outcome of a recent meeting of state webmasters, co-hosted by the Idaho State Library, the Department of Administration and the staff of the Information Technology Resource Management Council. The purpose of the meeting was to present information about a proposed GILS project, introduce the concept of using metadata to index state web sites, and get some feedback from those most closely involved in publishing information on state web sites.
Webmasters play an increasingly important role in agency publishing and service delivery.
Many state agency publications now appear in dual formats, and some are published only on the Internet. While the benefits of web publishing are clear, the sheer volume of data makes it hard to find specific information. Keyword searching is crude at best and often delivers too many hits. Some web documents, such as databases and scanned images, are not searchable by search engines. Once found and bookmarked, web pages may be removed without warning.