[Web4lib] Library Website Awards...?

[Thomas Bennett]

So, does the "Best" WEB site look pretty or can it be just hum drum and help 
you find your target much quicker.  Sort sounds like, what was it? Better 
Flavor : Less Filling debate or something like that ;-)

  Who decides and what qualifies that judge? Maybe select a site a week and 
asks lists like this, reference lists, distance learning lists, ILL lists, 
and/or any other related lists to fill out a report card on each site 
submitted.  But then that is only 52 sites a year. If you want the Best of 
the Best then you need to look at functionality for the previously mentioned 
entities (lists) and others like the end user, the patron.  Not to mention it 
but I will, the man hours or woman hours it would take to prepare this data 
for review.  Sounds like it could be the Academy Awards of Virtual Libraries.

Just food for thought.

Thomas


On Monday 25 February 2008 22:37, Helen Linda wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 7:32 PM, <libconsult at optonline.net> wrote:
> > Does anyone have an inside track to ALA to suggest this...or ....maybe
> > figure out a way to do an online vote through the Web4Lib Wiki, perhaps
> > categories for Academic, Public, Special, School Libraries...?
> >
> > That's a wonderful idea! Here's a link to the ALA Awards Committee page
> > at
>
> the ALA website. There is contact info there and perhaps the liaison is a
> good place to start:
>
> http://www.ala.org/ala/ourassociation/governanceb/council/counccommittees/a
>wards.htm
>
> I agree that there are fantastic websites out there for and by libraries.
> Perhaps it would be better not to divide them by library type. A good
> website will stand as a model for designers regardless of subject matter.
> It would be a nice change to see the library community vote and act as a
> whole community on a matter of relevance to all librarians regardless of
> where they work.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> Helen Linda
> Eliot D. Pratt Library
> Goddard College
> Plainfield, VT

-- 
====================================================================
Thomas McMillan Grant Bennett		Appalachian State University
Operations & Systems Analyst		P O Box 32026
University Library			Boone, North Carolina 28608
(828) 262 6587

"... using OpenOffice.org, and save them back to disk automatically,
in MS Word format.  They surf the Web, check e-mail, do instant 
messsaging, view YouTube videos, visit their Facebook pages, learn 
touch-typing skills and lots more.  Our public library has been 
offering these Linux public stations for the past three years."
 - Phil Shapiro Linux Journal January 2008

Library Systems Help Desk: https://www.library.appstate.edu/help/
====================================================================