[Web4lib] Academic library website design v. campus design

[Elisabeth Long]

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> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:07:18 -0500
> From: "nancy" <nancy at thesmudge.com>
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> Is there a trend toward or away from academic library websites including
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> parent institution's navigation links and menus?
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> The most successful I have seen are ones where rather than using the full
navigation bar of the university, there is a thin, simplified bar at the top
that provides institutional context and links back to the main university
pages.  This accomplishes university consistency without getting too
confusing.

See for example
http://libraries.iub.edu/ which uses a simple maroon bar with the IU
Bloomington logo to link back to the university pages.

or
http://www.lib.umn.edu/  which greys out the color of the univ link so it
doesn't compete.  this one also does include some of the navigation but
rendered as plain text links (even the search) so it, again, doesn't compete
with the main focus being the library page's functionality.