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Dr. Trudi Hahn’s Publications Page Design Project II INFM 700 –Spring 2008. Team: Ferhat Omur Rhett McCarty Ahmad Ladhani Sujatha Dissanayake. Who is our client? Dr. Trudi Bellardo Hahn What are her research interests? History of information science
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Dr. Trudi Hahn’s Publications PageDesign Project IIINFM 700 –Spring 2008 Team: Ferhat Omur Rhett McCarty Ahmad Ladhani Sujatha Dissanayake
Who is our client? • Dr. Trudi Bellardo Hahn What are her research interests? • History of information science • Federal funding for library & information science • Education & training for library & information science • Information literacy and library instruction • Digitization and preservation • Scholarly communication • Subject indexing • Online information retrieval
What are the design requirements? • A list of all the publications with links to material (if available). • Easy method for the user to find a publication from a particular research area. • A link to Dr. Hahn’s complete, “academic-style” CV. • Ordering all publications in reverse chronological order. • Keep the webpage uniform with CLIS website. • A way to maintain the website and update it as required.
How did we translate these design requirements into a publications page? • A single webpage with all the contents (list of publications) on the main page. • The ability to refine the list based on client-specified categories. • A link to Dr. Hahn’s CV on the main page. • The categorized list of the publications in reverse chronological order. • Have the same CLIS header and style. • Since the client wanted a simple, non-technical way to update the website, we used PHP “explode” function to make this possible.
How did it go? What worked well? • The meeting with the client. • Some research and suggestions for the website before the client meeting. • Client liked the suggestions. • Group meetings- All team members had the same excitement to do this, which helped a lot. • Discussing various options with each other and coming up with the best alternative by mutual agreement. • Client was quick to respond via emails. What didn’t? • Client did not know exactly what she wanted. • Had a very general idea about the website but wanted to change it for easy user accessibility, hence was very involved in the process which helped a lot.
Final Results How did we know? • Client gave an outline. • We thought we knew what she wanted. • We explained our layout to the client. • As it turned out, that is exactly what she wanted. Results: • A website with proper organization and navigation system. • Since the client is non-technical, a website which is sustainable and extremely easy to maintain and update. • And most importantly, a website how the client wanted it and also which is easier for the user to find any information about the client.
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