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Project Plan:

Come walk with me through these highlighted neighborhoods and appreciate their beginnings and their life today. Project Schedule and Milestones ...

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    1. Project Plan: The Word on the Street: Albany Neighborhoods

    Josalyn Gervasio School of Information Science & Policy University at Albany

    2. The Word on the Street: Albany Neighborhoods

    Thesis: Albany, The capital of New York State is one of the oldest cities in North America, settled by the Dutch in 1624. This site will take you on a short trip through time, history, people, culture and growth by visiting four of it’s many neighborhoods. Some of these neighborhoods may be well known to you, others unknown or forgotten. These are streets you may travel through for fun, or on your way to work or school.

    3. The Word on the Street: Albany Neighborhoods

    Continued…. Come walk with me through these highlighted neighborhoods and appreciate their beginnings and their life today.

    4. Project Schedule and Milestones

    11/5/02: Library Research (Suny) 11/6/02: NYS Library Research 11/9/02: Photo’s of Neighborhoods 11/11/02: 1st Mock-up Delivered 11/11/02: Feedback from 1st Mockup 11/12/02: Continued Research 11/15/02: Secure interview with 2 History Dept. Grad Students

    5. Project Schedule and Milestones

    11/20/02: Try to secure interview with Neighborhood Association Leaders. 11/25/02: Try to secure interview with local author: John J. McEneny – book title: Albany Capitol City History on the Hudson 12/1/02: Development of Web Site 12/6/02: Corrections / Additions to the site 12/8/02: Final Web Site completed 12/9/02: Final Web Site delivered

    Target Audience The audience can be anyone from the casual user, student, visitor,researcher or historian. Four Goals of this Web Site Encyclopedia of Albany History Design Considerations: Use of original photos User friendly colors Basic fonts Maps Provide email for any comments (contact information) Provide the user with no more than 3 clicks to access their desired information Site Sections Usability Objectives Site needs to have some eye- pleasing photos intermingled with text Sites need to have scholarly and correct historic information Site needs to be up to date, easy to access and use ( 3 clicks access) Depending on why the user accessed the site will determine if he/she returns and how often they return Competitive Analysis Times Union Communities Pros Overview of Albany neighborhoods in a compilation of articles written by staff writer, Frances Ingraham Simplistic design- but has many elements of a good site. Each page has options to click to other pages as well as options for contact information. Has a quasi times union logo on each page. Uses minimal color/text centered on each page Cons Some out dated information since taken from 1996 articles written by staff writer Competitive Analysis Albany New York: Capitol City Pros Overview of Albany and it’s neighborhoods utilizing clickable areas Design is clean and centered/ user friendly Stated that the content will change monthly, noting historical highlights of that month Provides great links to other sites photographs Cons Lack of information Some links don’t work “Dates in Albany History” page is sketchy- not sure why only December Mock-up of Landing Page Information Architecture The Word on the Street: Albany Neighborhoods Neighborhoods TimeLine Maps Resources Little Hollywood Delaware Buckingham Mansion Area Downtown Photos Important Dates City Maps Neighborhood Maps Web Links Statistics Albany Song Interviews Library Resources Historic Information Important People Web Site Resources Visitor’s Guide New York History Net Historic Albany Foundation Images of New York State Capitol Albany Institute of History and Art The People of Colonial Albany Library Resources Gerber, Morris. Old Albany: A Pictorial History of the City of Albany., 4vols. Saratoga Springs: Portofino Publishing, 1985. Kennedy, William. O Albany – An Urban Tapestry. New York: Viking Press, 1983. Weise, Arthur James. History of the City of Albany. Albany: E.H. Bender, 1984 Dutch Settlers Society of Albany. Yearbook – The Dutch Settlers Society of Albany. Albany: The Dutch Settlers Society of Albany, 1925. Kimball, Francis P. Albany – a cradle of America. Albany: Albany County Hudson – Champlain Celebration Committee, 1959.
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