If you’re a public library looking for website hosting, the Nebraska Library Commission recently partnered with LibChalk to offer two new options for WordPress website hosting.
- WordPress hosting for individual libraries @ $250/yr.
- If you already have a WordPress site, it can be migrated to the new site at no additional charge.
- WordPress multisite: the more libraries who sign up, the lower the rate/ library
- 26- 75 Libraries: $136 to $167 (cost lowers as more libraries sign on)
- 76+ Libraries: $106 and less
Learn more about Libchalk: You can learn more about Libchalk’s features and pricing on this flyer. There are also new WordPress training options.
Free Option: Vern here at the NLC also built a free basic website that is automatically updated using data we already gather through the Library Survey. You can update the information on the website by submitting update forms, but you won’t be able to change the layout, or log in like you would with WordPress to make changes. But it has a solid amount of information already, so that might be okay. Here’s a demo of the site if you’re curious.
What Do You Want? Long story short, we’re trying to get a feel for how many libraries might want to jump on reduced rate pricing through a multisite website, and how many might want to get a good rate on their own WordPress website with all the bells and whistles, and how many want to head on down to free town for the free basic website hosted by the NLC.
Interest Form: Please fill out this interest form to let us know what you want!
You don’t have to have definite answers. There’s not a ‘this sale ends now’ kind of situation here. Libraries need time to plan, and so does the NLC. The only urgency is to reduce the rate on the multisite option, but even that count doesn’t have to be locked in right away. We understand you might need to check in with library boards and explore options.
This all only happened because of changes to the Nebraska Libriaries on the Web service, but any library is welcome to use these website hosting options.
When we get more responses on the interest form, we can share the multisite count to give libraries a better idea of the rate they can anticipate for planning, then reach out to libraries to figure out a timeline that works for everyone.
