The Library Web Manager's Reference Center

The following resources have been selected to be of possible use to library Web managers. Many of them have been announced on the Web4Lib electronic discussion, or have come from frequently asked questions on that forum.

	404 Errors Messages and How to Improve Them | 404 Help Zone | 404 Research Lab | Improving the Dreaded 404 Error Message an Alertbox column by Jakob Nielsen | Script to Handle Redirections of 404 Not Found Errors by Peter Murray | Web Watch: 404s - What's Missing? an Ariadne column by Brian Kelly |
	Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE Web Information and Resources Documents describing and demonstrating basic and advanced HTML tags and a very select set of links to additional Web authorship resources.
	The Best of Web4Lib Messages with helpful information for Web managers, including: Automating Account & Password Logins on the Web: Summary "Bombproofing" Win95 User PCs Booking Rooms via the Web Link Checkers Netscape Timeout for Macs Netscape Timeout for Windows Resources for Blind Web users Search Engines Reference List Searching for Antiquarian Books on the WWW Web Document Capturing Software Web Server on a Disk (WAD) What Makes a Web Site Good Z39.50 and the World Wide Web
	CGI Programs Useful programs for adding functionality to your Web server, including: | Mailing Form Input (Yamform by Prentiss Riddle) | ILL Forms Processing Kit by Paul Lutus | Miscellaneous SunSITE Perl Programs
	Clip Art Library-related clip art for use on library Web servers: | Stephanie Stokes Design | Janet Meyers' Collection | Yahoo's list of clip art sites.
	Current Awareness Resources Links to about twenty current awareness resources on the net, with about half of them searchable from that one page.
	Directories General Librarians' Resource Centre: Technical Resources - Links to Web resources, managed by the Toronto Chapter of SLA. Libweb: Library Servers via WWW - by Thomas Dowling, OhioLink Online Catalogs with "Webbed" Interfaces by Eric Lease Morgan, North Carolina State Univ. webCATS: Library OPACS on the World Wide Web - by Peter Scott, University of Saskatchewan Library Schools World List of Departments and Schools of Information Studies, Information Management, Information Systems, etc. - by Thomas Wilson, Sheffield Univ., UK Public Libraries SJCPL's List of Public Libraries with Gopher/WWW Services - by Donald Napoli, St. Joseph County Public Library, Indiana U.S. Public Libraries on the Web - by Peter Sylvan, Milton Public Library, MA Regional Directories Canadian Libraries on the World Wide Web - by Peter Scott, Univ. of Saskatchewan UK Public Libraries - by Sheila and Robert Harden School Libraries School Libraries on the Web: A Directory - by Linda Bertland, Stetson Middle School, Philadelphia, PA School Library & School Librarian Web Pages - by Peter Milbury, Chico Senior High School, CA Topical AcqWeb - Acquisition and collection development, sister publication to ACQNET. Electronic Reserves Clearinghouse - Jeff Rosedale, Columbia University E-Mail Reference Sites - Bernie Sloan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Forms Library Forms - by Jim Robertson, New Jersey Institute of Technology Reference Question Forms Technical Processing Online Tools (TPOT) - The place to go for Internet-based technical processing information and resources
	Evaluating Web Resources Assistance for figuring out what is good and what is not: Evaluating Web Resources by Jan Alexander and Marsha Tate
	Guides & Tutorials Online resources to help you learn key tools and tasks on the Web. Creating A "Kiosk" Browser in Netscape Navigator - by Andrew Mutch Effective Bookmarks Management By Carole Leita. A very complete and illustrated online tutorial on managing Netscape bookmarks. Exploiting and Abusing Netscape Navigator (for those trying to prevent such) - By Tim Kambitsch How to Edit Netscape for Public Access Computers By Carole Leita. Describes editing Netscape for Windows 3.11 or Windows 95 to disable certain features. Internet Resource Evaluation - A Bibliography - by P. F. Anderson, Nancy Allee, Jean Chung, Brian Westra, Virginia Lingle. Limiting Email (and other such services) on Public Access Workstations - By Eric Schnell Netscape Unofficial FAQ - More than you ever wanted to know about the most popular Web browser. Public Access Computer Security: How to setup Windows and Netscape An excellent resource by Bill Moseley and the InFoPeople Project. Securing Netscape in the Public Library - A set of very useful tutorials by Andrew Mutch. Setting Up a Public Access Computer Using Windows NT - From the Schenectady County Public Library Windows Workshops A series of online tutorials on MS Windows, Netscape, Eudora, FTP, WebWhacker, etc. by Boyd Collins at Rutgers University. Workstation Security - An excellent site for information on a variety of aspects relating to securing a public workstation, by Monica King. The World-Wide Web and Mosaic: An Overview for Librarians An aging (1994) but still very informative overview of the Web aimed at librarians. Written by Eric Lease Morgan for PACS Review.
	Innovative Internet Applications in Libraries By Ken Middleton, Todd Library, Middle Tennessee State University.
	Launching CD-ROM or Other Applications From a Web Browser Documents that describe this procedure include: | Launching CD-ROM and Other Applications from a Web Browser, by Peter Gorman | Configuring Web Browsers to Launch Networked CD-ROMs by Robert Joachim | Launching Programs and CDs from Web Browsers by Larry Schankman.
	Search the Web4Lib archive Want to quickly find answers to your questions? The archive of this electronic discussion for library-based Web managers is chock-full of great stuff. Put in a few keywords and let it fly!
	Search Tools Ways and means to find what you need. | Search Engine Watch | Web Site Search Tools |
	The State of Library Webs Thomas Dowling periodically reviews the state of library-based Web systems, based upon HTML validation of the entry page of library Web servers. His first such posting, Stats o' the Day was posted on February 7, 1997, the second, Stats o' the Day Revisited was posted on April 29, 1997, and the last, Libweb milestone and Stats o' the Day revisited was posted on January 27, 1998.
	Style Sheets Information on implementing style sheet support for your HTML 4.0 documents. Style Sheets Reference Guide
	Validating HTML The inimitable Thomas Dowling explains validation, makes a case for doing it, and tells you how to do it. If you code Web documents, do your users a favor and be familiar with what he's talking about.
	Web Design How to not drive away your users and keep them coming back. | Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design - Jakob Nielsen | Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design Revisited - Jakob Nielsen | Top Ten New Mistakes of Web Design - Jakob Nielsen | Web Design for Librarians - from the Rutgers Univ. Scholarly Communication Center. |
	Web Manager's Digital Library Online books and articles for Web managers. See also Current Awareness Resources for searching and browsing journals. Bet@ Books from McGraw-Hill Macmillan Personal Bookshelf
	Web Policies Fend off those lawsuits by implementing the appropriate policies. Good collections of Web policy pages include: | Public Library Internet Access Policy Statements | Susan Brown's Collection | Stacey Kimmel's Collection |

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