The Infodome Dispatch

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 isn’t official yet, but I’m starting to list things that we’ll need to discuss/do:

• Minutes-keeping - taking turns
• Update on subject db pages (Carolyn Baber)
• Hours pages
• Mission/objectives/goals for the Website - it’s time to review and revise in light of strategic planning.
• Content inventory - what we have, what we need, what’s most important.
• Ongoing Cool Sites project

Chair:
Ellie Dworak

Appointed Members:
Carolyn Baber [January 2008]
Marilyn Hall [January 2008]
Mark Lester [January 2008]
Steve Savage [January 2007]
Nicole Shibata [January 2008]
Toni Whitley [January 2007]

Ex officio members:
Brian Lenz (Lfolks Webmaster)

1. Database pages-
   Carolyn Baber and Anne Turhollow will work on reviewing our current subject database pages and subject categories. Ellie will ask Sandy Neer to combine the alphabetical list of databases with the list of fulltext journals.
2. Changes to website-
   We will spend some time exploring a new mode for presenting databases and also most subject guide content. This will likely be driven by a db back end, so we need to design the output before building anything.
3. Marilyn Hall volunteered set up an ongoing ’sticky doc’ of problems, ideas, and websites we like. Team members will send their ideas to her.
4. It was noted that all of the secondary navigation pages need revision. We will start with the “research” page and continue with the others. A “community” navigation page was suggested.
5. The ‘hours’ page also needs revision to be more clear, since the Library building has somewhat complex hours. Team members should send ideas to Mark Lester, who will compile them and distribute before our next meeting.
6. Marilyn suggested exploring a clustered format for presenting information. She will point team members towards some resources for more information.
7. The various maps on our Website need to be reviewed for accuracy. Mark Lester noted that this may be addressed in another committee. It should still go on our list of things to address, and when we’re ready to do so, we can interface with that group.

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