[Web4lib] Corporate logos on library websites?

[dan at riverofdata.com]

Several years ago I was web manager of www.idaholibraries.org, the site of the Idaho Library Association. At that time we sold ads to companies and had a "sponsors page" that you could link to. You never saw the sponsors' info unless you clicked to that page, though the link to it was somewhat prominent. 

Check the site and you'll see that it now has the ads down the right border. Visible on home page, but not objectionable, at least to me. They don't appear on subsequent pages.

Personally, I think it is fine to do, but I'd certainly not do it in any offensive manner, such as the five second redirect that was suggested. I'd consider either of the two ILA options as probably appropriate, even though I'm essentially positive it isn't legal to do so in Idaho.

dan


----- Original Message -----
From: Conal Tuohy Conal.Tuohy at vuw.ac.nz
To: Web4lib at webjunction.org
Sent: 2/26/07 8:20 PM
Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Corporate logos on library websites?

> 
> 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-----
> > From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org 
> > [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.... 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> > [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-----
> > From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> > [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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