Nominally, running a web server is deceptively easy.
But production level services require maintenance/upgrades,
monitoring/security, disaster recovery, ability to adapt to evolving needs
as well as when staff move on, etc. -- the best way to handle that as well
as the costs depends very much on specifics connected with your needs and
environment.
Good systems are boring and can be maintained by mere mortals. Whatever
path you choose, I'd be leery of being too creative/clever -- that can set
things up for a lot of pain down the road.
kyle
On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 7:42 AM Abubakar Tidal <JTidal_at_citytech.cuny.edu>
wrote:
> 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 - 17:29:30 EDT