Abubakar,
We outsource our main website hosting to Pantheon (with only 24/5 support) and pay in the ballpark of $30k/year. We also host multiple web servers (on the University virtual server environment) for our ILLiad, Archives and custom web apps. In both cases due to hiring constraints, folks who are trained and hired to do other things (web design and application development) are forced to (try to) administer the web servers. All of us are professionals, not librarians.
I would expect depending on needs, costs and required/available manpower/knowledge would vary widely.
Erich
On Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 10:42, Abubakar Tidal eloquently inscribed:
> Hi all,
>
> I was curious about your library web server budgets.
>
> * Do you self-host? How much would estimate the yearly cost is
> including labor/sys administration? * If you pay for hosting, how
> much would you estimate the yearly cost is to host your site? * Do
> you have a dedicated librarian or staff to manage the web server?
> Best,
>
> Abubakar R. Tidal, Jr. (he/him/his)
> Chief Librarian and Department Chair
> Ursula C. Schwerin Library
> New York City College of Technology, CUNY
> 300 Jay St.
> Library Building L544
> Brooklyn, NY 11201
>
> jtidal_at_citytech.cuny.edu
> https://library.citytech.cuny.edu
Received on Wed Sep 17 2025 - 11:47:34 EDT