Features
Interview with John Kupersmith,
Reference Librarian, University of California, Berkeley
John Kupersmith speaks about his thoughts on library web site design and how librarians are thinking out of the box..
Thomas Dowling talks about recent trends in library technology, web development, site usability, and the current state of library web designs.
Interview with Michael Lorenzen, Head of Reference Services at Central Michigan University
Michael Lorenzen discusses his new Web site LibrarianInstruction.Com and the changing face of library instruction.
Interview with Nancy Kroes,
Web Project Lead, Office of Information Technology
Nancy Kroes discusses her design philosophy and how she is applying it to Web sites at Western Michigan University.
Interview with Michael
Stilson, Jr., University Web Manager
Michael Stilson talks to the Web Office about open source Web development and creative, collaborative project management.
Columns
Redesigning a scalable, content-driven library web site isn't like redecorating your living room. It's more like piecing together a 9,000-piece jigsaw puzzle; you don't exactly know how all the pieces are going to fit together, at least not in the beginning. So where do you begin?
Ever since I first saw them as a child I've been fascinated with the modern ruins of Detroit, Michigan. Seeing these massive and beautiful buildings left to rot captivated me. For the past four years I have expressed this interest with the Forgotten Detroit Web site.
Projects
Staging Area
Learn more about current library web redesign projects, including dynamic PHP
subject guide and staff directory, usability testing, Making of Modern Michigan
digitization project, and the library web site design due to release in January
2004.
About this site
Designed with cascading style sheets, the Web Office web site completely separates
style from content, eliminating the use of HTML tables for layout and design purposes.
This explains why some browsers display a beautifully formatted web page while
others do not.
Library web site: version
2.0
Learn more about the Libraries web site redesign project, including timelines,
milestones, usability tests, and everything else you wanted to know about the
process.
Needs assessment
questionnaire: Parts 1 thru 4
Discover what your friends and colleagues have to say about the Libraries Web
site.
Web Basics
Configure your browser
for Adobe Acrobat Reader
You can either view an Adobe PDF file in the same browser window or you can have
the browser launch the Acrobat application separately in a new browser window.
Online Writing
Resources
Useful Web sites and Library books that will help you write for a Web audience.
