Location information on library/institution webpages

[Elizabeth Richards]

> 
 Steve Clancy said
 (message edited)
> Many of the library homepages I visited, and also those of the affiliated
> institutions, did not clearly identify the location of the library, i.e.
> City and State.
> 
> I've noticed that this seems to be a chronic problem on the WWW in
> general, but we in the library world should be more conscientious about
> providing complete and accurate information.
> 
> Some might argue that physical location is irrelevant in the "virtual
> world," but I don't think we're quite there yet.
> 
> Check out your own library's and/or institution's homepage and see if you
> can easily tell where it's located (assuming you didn't already know.)
> 
What about the various sites which include telephone numbers but no 
area codes?  I've hit numerous universities and needed to give a 
patron the address and telephone number but couldn't figure out the 
area code. Do they put the information on an international 
network with the expectation that only locals will use it?????

Until we all become virtual people with no physical bodies, I think 
address, telephone and area code should be standard and easily found 
information on a home page.



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