Core Facility Content Guide
Justification
In order to standardize available information and make it easier for existing and potential users to navigate the services available at the University of Utah the Health Science Core Facilities group maintains the main cores website. While individual facilities are encouraged to maintain their own web presence if desired the cores administration has establish a baseline set of content to be generated and maintained by the facility managers.
For facilities who maintain extensive customized websites regarding their operations, facilities and procedures we will be offering the option to link directly to your existing sites as a prominent button/link at the top of your page or linking directly to your site from our navigation menu. Please reach out to cores administration (James Cox/Brenda Smith) so we can address your specific situation as needed.
Required Sections
Facility Splash Banner
Facilities are responsible for working with the administrative office to produce or identify a representative graphic or image to be used as a banner/splash image. This image should be either an image of the facility location or a representation of the work performed by the facility.
Facility Overview / Description
Facilities are responsible for providing a 1-4 paragraph description of the facility and the general services / activities that it provides and/or supports. This copy should succinctly explain to users a short history of the facility and it's purpose. This overview should NOT include extensive details regarding specific processes or instructions for use or training
Facilities may additionally provide a short 1-2 sentence "blurb" to be used on space constrained lists/spaces to describe the focus of the facility. Facilities that do not provide this blurb will be listed by title only in such spaces.
Facility Rates and Services List
Facility managers will provide in the following format a list of all services regularly provided by their facility:
- Service / Instrument Name
- Internal Cost Basis
- External Commercial Rate
In addition facilities will provide their current Facilities and Administration Multiplier/Rate (F/A Rate) which will be used in conjunction with the Internal Cost Basis to establish the External Educational/Academic Rate.
Facilities that use the Cores Resource Management System will default to having this information provided automatically by the resource system. If a facility opts to maintain their service lists manually it will be the facilities responsibility to provide updated rates list to the website administrators on a regular basis (annually at minimum).
Hero Instruments (Optional)
Facility Managers can, at their discretion, identify instruments that are particularly representative of their facilities to feature as "Hero" instruments above the master services list for their facility. Instruments to be featured as such will need to have a professional looking image of the instrument, a description of the services the instrument provides, and the location of the instrument in addition to the general instrument information listed above. No more than 10 hero instruments should be identified for each facility.
Training Documents / Facility Use Instructions
Facility managers are responsible for providing access to the instructions necessary for the use of their instrumentation. This documentation can be provided in the following formats:
- URL's to a facility managed document set for each instrument. If providing URL's it is responsibility of the facility to maintain the documentation and ensure it's availability.
- Full content of the training documents for inclusion in the main cores documentation repository (this site)
- (Optional and Discouraged) PDF's of any applicable documentation for serving from the main cores website
Facility managers may request access to the Cores Bookstack server (this website) for the writing and storage of their documentation. Access requests can be sent to Elliot Francis at e.francis@utah.edu
Contact Information
Facilities will provide the following for all staff including facility directors:
- A high resolution professional quality photo of the individual in appropriate business attire.
Staff who did not have a picture taken at the cores annual retreat will be required to get a photo taken at the Marriott Library to be sent to the cores admin office for use on the website.
Staff may provide their own photos provided that the photo is well lit with the subject in business attire against a neutral color solid background and of sufficiently high resolution as to be usable for the website. Minimum acceptable resolution is 1500x2100 pixels. Photos should be in straight on portrait format.
The cores will provide based on university records:
- Full name
- Position Title
- A "Contact Me" button to the directory page for that individual on the people.utah.edu website.
The Cores Administration office will be providing a photographer at the Cores Annual Retreat to take updated photos of staff/faculty. Please contact the cores admin office for more information.
Recent published/cited research publications and/or media mentions
Facilities will provide NIH formatted citations for all publications from the preceding fiscal year and 5 major historical citations to be featured at the top of the citations page.
Optional Sections
Media / Image Gallery
Where applicable facilities may provide imagery or other media for inclusion. Images will be displayed in a scrolling grid format and should represent research output or notable facility attributes.
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