[WEB4LIB] Re: Library Web Page Use

[Kathy Wheeler]

It really does depend on the webmaster and what they are aware of. I had 
asked our campus webmaster several times for a direct link of the 
University web site to no avail -- I don't think he saw a reason for it. 
One day, I found a lot of university web pages that did have the library 
off of the main page. I printed those, with an explanation of why it was 
important, and the link off of the University page appeared the same day 
after he got the mail.



At 07:54 AM 12/7/01 -0800, Howard Pasternack wrote:
>At 07:16 AM 12/7/2001, Karen Harker wrote:
>>Having a public affairs department taking over the Web site is far too 
>>common, nowadays.  The issue is the purpose of the Web site - is it to 
>>facilitate education and research by increasing access to information 
>>(through libraries, sharing data, developing online courses, etc.), or is 
>>it to attract students' tuition and supporters' donations?
>
>There is always hope.  When the University webmaster here was in computing 
>services, the libraries got relegated to three layers deep.  University 
>Relations is now responsible for our web and we are now one of the links 
>on the home page.  A lot really depends on the webmaster or the group 
>doing the design.
>
>Howard Pasternack
>Brown University
>

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