The Infodome Dispatch

Our style sheets need some work. Some things don’t display so nicely in Firefox, and I’m scared to look at them from a MAC. Nothing breaks, they just need some help.

I’ve also been wanting to set us up so that people don’t have to click ‘printer friendly’ in order to get a printer friendly version. Information here.

But I wonder if it’s worth the effort at this point - maybe we’ll create a cleaner style that prints better?

Buried content:

• E-reserve (+ reserves, period)
• check your circulation record

Non-existant content:

• how to print
• photocoppy and printing info (including color printing)
• library services for disabled students.

RSS feeds:

• New books
• new databases.

Other ideas?

One product I’ve seen in use: BosDates

Library terms evaluated in usability tests and other studies

Terms on tested pages

(thanks, Carolyn)

Hours pages with Webteam comments

• Georgia State Library
• Multnomah County Public Library
  We like the easy access to similar information such as phone numbers and location maps.
• University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh Polk Library
• UC Berkeley Library
  Too busy, but we like the easy access to similar information.
• Northern Arizona University Cline Library
  We like the calendar - click on a day and get building hours. Look for this software. We would also want summary information.
• Duke University Libraries
  Some people like, some find it too busy.
• Boston University Libraries
  Wow, they have a lot of libraries!

This is just a start. We’ll probably want to look at each site and list what we like, and also list more sites.

NCSU Libraries - I like the front-page organization of this site, and some of the link labels are very good.

ASIS&T Website - I need to explore this further, but I went to look for something specific and found it very easily.

Yale University Library