[Web4lib] Academic library website design v. campus design

[Yitzchak Schaffer]

On 6/16/2010 10:07, nancy wrote:
> Is there a trend toward or away from academic library websites including the
> parent institution's navigation links and menus?
>

Not knowing any trends, I'll editorialize instead... >:)

I am strongly pulled in the consistency direction; it seems to me more 
appropriate that all departments within the institution should have 
similar look and feel to their sites, from a user experience perspective.

That said, we have our own Drupal-based site for our library system, 
totally independent of the college site; we check for updates to the 
college links each day and push them into our system.  There are styling 
differences within the page, but the overall look and feel is maintainted.

Compare these:
http://www.touro.edu/lrc/oltutoring.asp [college]

http://www.tourolib.org/services/guides-tutorials/evaluating-web-resources
http://www.tourolib.org/about/news
http://www.tourolib.org/faq

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Yitzchak Schaffer
Systems Manager
Touro College Libraries
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