Menus

[Monica King]

hi all,
we use several different software programs to lock down our public internet 
workstations including the WinU menu by bardon. (i've also tested and like 
everybody's menu builder by carl as well)  menus are a wonderful way to 
diminish the need for extensive user instruction as resources can be clearly 
organized and labeled in the menuing environment.  i also like menus because 
they send a visual message to our patrons that these computers may not 
"behave" as they do in their homes or offices. when we received our gates 
library foundation computers (which were locked down with the nt policy 
editor) we ended up with two different systems in our library. one with a 
menu, and one with icons on the desktop. to work around this (at least until 
we complete our review of menus that work on NT and 95 pcs) i altered our 
library's web site to appear like a menu with buttons organizing our online 
resources (since fortunately most of our stuff is web-based subscriptions)  
i really like the idea that someone else on this list posted about having an 
internal and external home page and have been re-working our site based on 
that concept for the last week. has anyone else done this? i would 
appreciate taking a look at existing examples.  thanks

monica king
ouachita parish public library
(318) 327-1490


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