LibraryTechie

Here’s another useful link on usability:
http://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/staff/webTeam/ethno/

It’s been a while since I’ve written about web design, but this came across my radar screen this morning and I found it to be very bookmark-worthy:
http://www.jkup.net/terms.html
We tend to forget that terms like “catalog” or “database” can be confusing to users. John Kupersmith’s site is a much needed reminder that we have to think like [...]

I’ve been looking at the structure of my library site a lot lately, feeling that it’s just not right. We have the usual categories: teens, kids, adults. We have a link to the catalog and a link to patron information, and our calendar and newsletter. We’ve put our services into labeled boxes. Maybe that’s not a [...]

My logic model began with me at my desk with a few sheets of blank paper and a handout from the Logic Modeling workshop I’d attended. There were times when I wanted to just read over the handout and move on; some of the questions were not easy to answer. I had to push myself to [...]

If you already have your website up and running, and are working on a redesign, take the time to do an objective critique of your site.
Don’t just say, “This site is not working. I need to redesign it.” Without having a clear idea in your mind of what is wrong with the current site, the [...]

As we work toward redesigning our library’s website, a recurring issue keeps pushing itself to the forefront of our discussions:
What is the purpose of our website?
In the past, this question has come up but we never arrived at a solid answer. I dove into building our website without a real sense of where I was [...]