[Web4lib] Who's the Rock Star

[Walker, David]

> Has anyone seen a library that managed to make all 
> the different solutions look like they're part of the same, 
> organic whole?

I think Cal Poly has done a good job, particularly given the limitations of some of the systems (e.g., their catalog) they are working with.  Marya Figueroa is the designer there.  

So:

Website: http://lib.calpoly.edu/
Catalog: http://poetry.lib.calpoly.edu/
Metasearch: http://xerxes.calstate.edu/slo/
Link resolver: http://sfx.calstate.edu:9003/cpslo?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:17703411
Guides: http://libguides.calpoly.edu/
ILL: http://illiad.lib.calpoly.edu/illiad/illiad.dll

. . . and a number of smaller application throughout their site.

--Dave

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David Walker
Library Web Services Manager
California State University
http://xerxes.calstate.edu
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From: Tim Spalding [tim at librarything.com]
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 1:26 PM
To: Walker, David
Cc: Robert Balliot; web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Who's the Rock Star

> Worth pointing out that there is a lot more to libraries (academic libraries in particular) than just the catalog. There are plenty of opportunities for those working libraries to flex their design skills.

No, I completely agree. I stress it because it tends to be the part
that needs the most improving. But the catalog is generally not under
the control of the library's web group anyway.

The multiplicity of different resources invites a ransom-note result.
Has anyone seen a library that managed to make all the different
solutions look like they're part of the same, organic whole?

Tim