[WEB4LIB] RE: Library Web Page Design

[Donna Stewart]

Hi, Carolyne -

Not quite a month later, I'm finally catching up on Web4Lib mail and ran
across your post.  This was exactly our intention when we redesigned our
library's site a couple of years ago, and what a hard sell it was.  Not
nearly stodgy - I mean professional - enough for the tastes of our staff,
but fortunately our users overruled us.  These days when I'm asked to create
a new page, people actually ask me to use the "find it" "get it" "do it"
language.

http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/

Miami University Libraries has a very nice combination of both approaches:
http://www.lib.muohio.edu/

Donna Stewart
Cleveland State University Library Systems
d.stewart at csuohio.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Sidey, Carolyne L
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:18 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Library Web Page Design


Trying again.

Apologies if this has been discussed in the past.  I could not find anything
in the archives.

I am looking for examples of library web pages designed around the concept
of what the user would be looking for (as opposed to what the library has to
offer)

Something along the line of  the Microsoft ad - where do you want to go
today?

Currently my site is organized by services and holdings.  Any ideas,
samples, comments????

thanks

Carolyne




Carolyne Sidey
Manager, XRCC Library
Xerox Research Centre of Canada
2660 Speakman Drive
Mississauga, Ontario
CANADA L5K 2L1
1 (905) 823-7091 ext. 302
1 (905) 822-7022 FAX
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