❓ A WA parliamentary question inquires about the websites maintained by the Department of Culture and the Arts and its service agencies, including their costs, functions, security, and marketing practices. The response provides details on each aspect.
AnsweredQoN 955Legislative Assembly
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(1) How many websites are maintained by the Department of Culture and the Arts and service agencies?
(2) What are their annual costs?
(3) What are the principal functions of each of these sites?
(4) Are these sites managed to national best practice standards in regard to security, privacy and accessibility?
(5) What action will be taken to achieve website marketing savings?
(2) What are their annual costs?
(3) What are the principal functions of each of these sites?
(4) Are these sites managed to national best practice standards in regard to security, privacy and accessibility?
(5) What action will be taken to achieve website marketing savings?
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Answered
3 August 2009
Responded by
Minister for Culture and the Arts
Response time
55 days
(1) Ten
(2) Department of Culture and the Arts $172 218
Art Gallery of Western Australia $20 666
State Library of Western Australia $168 538
Western Australian Museum $69 217
ScreenWest $35 062
State Records Office $258 987
BOCS Ticketing $83 172
Costs include: hardware, software, hosting, communications, support and content maintenance.
(3) The principal function of the below websites is to provide a public face for the respective organisation, that provides relevant and current information about each organisation's core business activities, and identify its respective significance for arts and culture in Western Australia.
Department of Culture and the Arts
Information site. State government agency responsible for the Government support of arts and culture in WA. Promotes grants information, programs, relevant news, events and offers information about all the organisations covered by the portfolio.
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Information site for the public about the State Art Collection and what's on, including exhibitions, visitor and educational programs for schools, events, venue booking, Gallery Shop, publications and how to support the Art Gallery.
State Library of Western Australia
(There are four websites in total)
The main website provides information allowing users to search catalogues and databases, access information gateways on selected subject areas, events and exhibitions and showcasing virtual tours and displays, how to find the library, what's available and getting involved. Other websites provide information pertaining to family literacy program, catalogue listing across all libraries and an inter-library loans system.
Western Australian Museum
Information site advising users about the Museum, information and links to all sites ( Perth, Maritime, Fremantle History, Geraldton, Albany, Kalgoorlie Boulder), Discovery Centre, exhibitions, documentary unit, Museum shops, offer to join newletters and other museum clubs. While there are a few sub websites, the key one being the Welcome Walls website which provides an information database of migrant families who stepped ashore at Fremantle and Albany during the early part of the 20
th
century.
ScreenWest
Information site advising about ScreenWest, resources and publications, events calendar, funding programs, and filming in WA (locations, facts, cast, crew, talent, facilities).
State Records Office
Information site about the organisation, news, events, governance, service to Government and Community, collections, and Digital Services initiative.
Event information and online booking website to events.
(4) Yes, they are managed to meet national best practice. More specifically all agencies across the portfolio are aware of the Website Governance Framework based on W3C, which was published by the former Office of eGovernment (now Public Sector Commission) through the Premier's Circular 2007- 08, and comply to these standards and the Department continually ensures web standards are maintained in accordance with these guidelines and frameworks that include accessibility standards.
(5) While these websites are information based, apart from the basic resources to manage them, additional and direct marketing costs for commercial marketing purposes are not incurred.
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(2) Department of Culture and the Arts $172 218
Art Gallery of Western Australia $20 666
State Library of Western Australia $168 538
Western Australian Museum $69 217
ScreenWest $35 062
State Records Office $258 987
BOCS Ticketing $83 172
Costs include: hardware, software, hosting, communications, support and content maintenance.
(3) The principal function of the below websites is to provide a public face for the respective organisation, that provides relevant and current information about each organisation's core business activities, and identify its respective significance for arts and culture in Western Australia.
Department of Culture and the Arts
Information site. State government agency responsible for the Government support of arts and culture in WA. Promotes grants information, programs, relevant news, events and offers information about all the organisations covered by the portfolio.
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Information site for the public about the State Art Collection and what's on, including exhibitions, visitor and educational programs for schools, events, venue booking, Gallery Shop, publications and how to support the Art Gallery.
State Library of Western Australia
(There are four websites in total)
The main website provides information allowing users to search catalogues and databases, access information gateways on selected subject areas, events and exhibitions and showcasing virtual tours and displays, how to find the library, what's available and getting involved. Other websites provide information pertaining to family literacy program, catalogue listing across all libraries and an inter-library loans system.
Western Australian Museum
Information site advising users about the Museum, information and links to all sites ( Perth, Maritime, Fremantle History, Geraldton, Albany, Kalgoorlie Boulder), Discovery Centre, exhibitions, documentary unit, Museum shops, offer to join newletters and other museum clubs. While there are a few sub websites, the key one being the Welcome Walls website which provides an information database of migrant families who stepped ashore at Fremantle and Albany during the early part of the 20
th
century.
ScreenWest
Information site advising about ScreenWest, resources and publications, events calendar, funding programs, and filming in WA (locations, facts, cast, crew, talent, facilities).
State Records Office
Information site about the organisation, news, events, governance, service to Government and Community, collections, and Digital Services initiative.
Event information and online booking website to events.
(4) Yes, they are managed to meet national best practice. More specifically all agencies across the portfolio are aware of the Website Governance Framework based on W3C, which was published by the former Office of eGovernment (now Public Sector Commission) through the Premier's Circular 2007- 08, and comply to these standards and the Department continually ensures web standards are maintained in accordance with these guidelines and frameworks that include accessibility standards.
(5) While these websites are information based, apart from the basic resources to manage them, additional and direct marketing costs for commercial marketing purposes are not incurred.
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