Hi Danny,
It think it really depends on the size of organisation, but you right I don't know of anyone whose job title is called "webmaster". Its "Website manager" or a combined role with something else. Since webmasters used to do the technical and the content, whereas now they tend to be split up to different job roles. Especially with the development of CMS they don't need to be anymore, but if you can do both its a bonus.
I do both the technical and the content (although not exclusively), and we haven't had as yet a need for CMS, plus I do many other 'job roles' as well, so I would fit into the combined bracket.
, Graham
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Subject: Where have all the webmasters gone?
Hi list
This is by way of a quick poll of intuitional experience -- all replies & thoughts very gratefully received....
Is the idea of the "webmaster" role now completely out of date*? Back in the day, I used to work with someone whose job title was webmaster: their responsibility was basically the AMP part of the LAMP stack; or everything between the operating system and the content, often across a range of different internal and public-facing websites.
Have such positions now been split/absorbed into either 'IT' or 'development'? Do such jobs still exist? A quick web search yields lots of very out-of-date descriptions of the position. Do any of you have institutional webmasters? What are their responsibilities? Does anyone have a recent job description they can share?
Thanks very much for your help
Danny
*the implicit sexism in the job title is not under consideration here
Danny Birchall
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