Library web site guidelines

[Boyd R. Collins]

With regard to web design for librarians, you may also want to take a look
at the Rutgers University Scholarly Communication Center collection, "Web
Design for Librarians" at http://scc01.rutgers.edu/SCCHome/web.htm.  This
is a compilation of resources from several sites and includes a compilation
of excerpts from various guides which attempts to summarize some of the
best advice from the major sources.

At 02:21 PM 7/10/97 -0700, John Kupersmith wrote:
>re Eric Rumsey's question:
>>Does anyone know of info on BASIC design principles of web sites,
>>especially library web sites?
>
>Here are some sources that I've found useful:
>
>Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton, 
>The Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide
>< http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/index.html >
>while not specific to libraries, is excellent.  It includes sections 
>on web interface design, site design, page design, graphics, etc.
>
>Eric H. Schnell,
>Writing for the Web: A Primer for Librarians
>< http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/eric/papers/primer/webdocs.html >
>includes some basic how-to's and a page on "Design Considerations."
>
>Mark Stover and Steven D. Zink,
>"World Wide Web Home Page Design: Patterns and Anomalies 
>  of Higher Education Library Home Pages,"
>Reference Services Review 24 (Fall 1996), 7-18,
>discusses hypermedia design issues and evaluates actual library 
>home pages (entrance pages to sites) according to a set of design 
>criteria.  
>
>Also, for what it's worth, our site < http://www.washoe.lib.nv.us >
>uses a consistent set of headers, footers, and graphics as navigation 
>aids.
>
>--jk
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