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Web Laboratory: Redesign as an Opportunity for Experimentation

Web Laboratory: Redesign as an Opportunity for Experimentation. Heather Cook Reference Librarian Bergen Community College. Yolanda Sheppard Web Master/ Technical Assistant Bergen Community College. VALE/NJ ACRL/NJLA CUS Users’ Conference Thursday January 5, 2012. The Committee.

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Web Laboratory: Redesign as an Opportunity for Experimentation

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  1. Web Laboratory: Redesign as an Opportunity for Experimentation Heather Cook Reference Librarian Bergen Community College Yolanda Sheppard Web Master/ Technical Assistant Bergen Community College VALE/NJ ACRL/NJLA CUS Users’ Conference Thursday January 5, 2012

  2. The Committee • Formed Spring 2011 • Diverse Group: • Dean of Library and Assistant Dean • Web Master • Innovative Interfaces Specialist • Metadata/Cataloging Librarian • Reference Librarian

  3. Website Vision Statement The Library website will: • Be accessible to all users, on all browsers, from all devices • Provide access to all Library resources and services • Adhere to the Bergen Community College website guidelines

  4. Website Design Goals • Navigation • All information within one click of the home page • Easy to update and maintain • All pages reviewed/Updated every 6 months • Every unique piece of information exists only once, but may appear many times

  5. The Process • What’s being done right now? • In Libraries and beyond • Functionality at the center • Major Concerns: • 1. Navigation • 2. Database subject sorting • 3. Editing existing pages/Layout of home page • Applied innovations and ideas from test website to current website

  6. The Product • Launched October 2011 • 70+ pages down to 35 • Improved current website with problem solving ideas from the test website • In the cloud: • Formsite, Libguides, Drupal, Google Calendar, Google Forms • Link from the Library’s home page

  7. Collaboration Before • Meeting with IT Faculty Department chair • Alternatives to SharePoint • Suggested tools • Drupal • (ex. www.whitehouse.gov) • Microsoft Expression Web After • Suggested some tweaks: • Fonts • Links to pages outside of site • Plans to ask next semesters’ Web Design class to give feedback

  8. Drupal Host Gator Drupal Gardens • Web Hosting • Application Hosting – Drupal • VPS Hosting (Virtual Private Server) • Easy and Affordable

  9. Feedback • Google Docs Forms- used to gather feedback • Link to feedback on test website • Feedback received: • Suggestions, clarifications, confusing items, language issues, navigation

  10. Database access should have its own box, not just a tab. -Faculty /Staff Where is the “My Library Account” link? -Faculty/Staff And perhaps the search for databases could be by keyword rather than subject? -Faculty/Staff I like how everything is easier to access. -Student I don’t think its much different from the former, but it’s a nice touch. -Student

  11. Looking Toward the Future • Keep in test phase and work on suggestions • Useful exercise for editing, updating and finding solutions ‘outside of the box’ for the current website

  12. Questions? http://ssltestlibrary.net Yolanda Sheppard ysheppard@bergen.edu Heather Cook hcook@bergen.edu

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