[WEB4LIB] ] RE: academic web administration

[Lee Jaffe]

Couldn't disagree more with the tone of this.  Yes, we shouldn't
rely on a link on a page as the only way for users to find us, but
don't discount the importance of prominent links as a means of
finding you.  And don't underestimate the importance of Web
presence as a means to reminding the "powers that be" that you
exist.  -- Lee Jaffe, UC Santa Cruz

At 5:17 AM -0700 5/15/01, Drew, Bill wrote:
>You can't rely on being placed on the first page of the web to get people to
>use your library webpages.  That is the lazy person's way out.  You must get
>out there and market your library.  Create an e-mail based newsletter.  Send
>out notices to appropriate faculty groups about new books and new databases.
>Get out of the library and go to department meetings.  Take part in college
>wide committees and activities. 
>
>The first page of the most effective college webpages do not necessarily lit
>any departments.  They usually list the type of user: prospective student;
>enrolled student; faculty/staff; general public; alumni.  The library would
>then be liste don every one of those pages.
>
>Bill Drew
>drewwe at morrisville.edu