[Web4lib] Corporate logos on library websites?

[Conal Tuohy]

But you don't have to spend 5 seconds genuflecting before the sponsor's
logo on the door, every time you enter the room :-)

IMHO that would get very irritating quite quickly. 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of HAZEL Margaret E
> Sent: Tuesday, 27 February 2007 13:08
> To: Web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Corporate logos on library websites?
> 
> Or a corporate gift-named reading room.... 
> 
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> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Hutchens, Chad
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 3:49 PM
> To: Web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Corporate logos on library websites?
> 
> We're toying with the idea of putting supporting logos and names (for
> people/companies that contribute to our endowment) on a separate page
> that a user sees momentarily (for like 5 seconds) before 
> they're dropped
> into a database.  We're just in the experimental phase right 
> now to how
> it's going to fly with the rest of the campus (and other librarians).
> 
> Personally I don't see a problem with it as long as it's not 
> done in an
> annoying way.
> 
> I see plenty of libraries putting up logos that demonstrate 
> that support
> for databases comes out of tax dollars...why not for private companies
> and/or individuals? 
> 
> It's really no different than a book plate on the web in my opinion.
> 
> Chad E. Hutchens
> Electronic Resources Librarian
> Montana State University Libraries
> P.O. Box 173320
> Bozeman, MT  59717-3320
> (406) 994-4313 phone
> (406) 994-2851 fax
> chutchens at montana.edu
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Dawn 
> Work MaKinne
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 4:08 PM
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [Web4lib] Corporate logos on library websites?
> 
> I'm trying to discover if any libraries allow corporate logos (of
> library supporters) on library homepages or other library webpages. We
> used to have this conundrum solved by our library foundation having
> their own separate web domain, and we posted corporate logos on that
> website without much worry. Now our library foundation is a 
> link within
> our domain, and they would like to post logos on on our 
> homepage, their
> pages, summer reading pages, other program pages, basically 
> all over the
> place. I have concerns about so much mixture of commercial space with
> library space. Does anyone have a written policy? Or even an unwritten
> one? I've been looking around, and (1) I find no policies and 
> (2) I find
> no corporate logos on library websites. Hmmm. 
>    
>   Dawn 
>    
>   Dawn Work-MaKinne
>   Des Moines Public Library
>   Des Moines, Iowa
>   deworkmakinne at desmoineslibrary.com
>    
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