[Web4lib] Need efficient way to post "library closing" message

[Carol McGeehon]

My library director came across a script which allowed us to automate a
library closed message on our web page. My computer tech edited the
script extensively for our needs.  If you are interested, you can see a
clean copy of our script at the following url and go to View and Source:

http://www.co.douglas.or.us/library/opentime/opentime_roseburg.html

As far as I know, anyone can use this script.  If you would like to see
it in context, you can go to the following url and see Library closures
and the open today message:

http://www.co.douglas.or.us/library




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From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Gaynor
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:05 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] Need efficient way to post "library closing" message




In the past, we have added a message to the top of selected pages on our
web
site to inform our users of the library's closure over the winter
holidays.
For example, we would add a message to our home page, main database
page,
our request forms, "Ask a Librarian" email reference form, etc. There
are
probably about 18 pages that were involved.  We thought that we should
add
this message to more than just our home page as users may take various
routes to get to a specific page.

I'm wondering if there are other more efficient ways to handle this
other
than manually adding the message to each page and deleting it after we
come
back to school in January.  We recently revised our web site to be XHTML
compliant and to use style sheets.

Thanks for any suggestions you might have.  Our web site is at
<http://library.webster.edu>. 

Kathy M. Gaynor
Reference Librarian
Emerson Library/Webster University
470 E. Lockwood Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63119
(314) 961-2660 x7811
kgaynor at webster.edu 



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