The Purpose of OSWG

Now in its seventh year, the Oklahoma State Webmanagers Group (OSWG) was founded in September of 1997. The group is sponsored and coordinated by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries (a state agency) for the benefit of other public sector programs.

Today, OSWG has over a hundred members who are engaged in the planning, design, implementation and management of web-based information offered to the citizens of Oklahoma.

The membership of OSWG is quite diverse, and includes public information specialists, graphic artists, programmers, web developers, database administrators and persons assigned to positions not even directly related to information technology duties.

OSWG members have different levels of expertise, and almost always have other responsibilities in addition to their web-related duties. The group encompasses both those who are advanced in the art of web development, and those with little or no "webwork" experience whatsoever. Our philosophy is this: there is room for everyone at OSWG.

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What can it do for me?

OSWG currently offers the following benefit to its members:

• The opportunity to network with web developers from other state agencies, and to share experiences, tips, skills and knowledge. 
• Educational presentations on a wide variety of topics related to web development.
• Access to a "members only" website that provides useful information not available in the OSWG public access site.
• A "members only" message boards system.
• An opportunity to help build the OSWG website into the first tool a public agency webmanager reaches for when he or she is assigned a web development project.

Some of OSWG's plans for the future include:

• Job class/compensation surveys for webmanagers and webworkers in state government.
• Group discounted technical seminars, workshops and other training opportunities.
• Remotely based link checking, log analysis and monitoring of your agency's website.
• Customized search pages available for inclusion in your agency's website.

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When and where do you meet?

The Webmanagers Group usually meets the second Tuesday of each month at the Oklahoma Department of Libraries' (ODL). ODL is located at 200 N.E. 18th Street in Oklahoma City (see a map and directions). ODL provides the administrative support for the operations of OSWG, as well as the home for its official website. You can contact OSWG's adminstrative support team by email at oswgadmins@oltn.odl.state.ok.us.

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