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Stimulate Creating a library website . Anke Jacobs - UA - Campus Drie Eiken 3 August 2005. Stimulate http://lib.ua.ac.be. Library website. Visibility Tool for offering access to e-info Information provider Communication with end-users One stop shop. Stimulate http://lib.ua.ac.be.
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StimulateCreating a library website Anke Jacobs - UA - Campus Drie Eiken3 August 2005
Stimulatehttp://lib.ua.ac.be Library website • Visibility • Tool for offering access to e-info • Information provider • Communication with end-users • One stop shop
Stimulatehttp://lib.ua.ac.be UA library website = desktop • Oct 2004: launch of new website • Desktop technology • Embedded in Brocade • Desktop • a tool to offer dynamic services to end-users through the web • a website created by Brocade, adjustable to your needs
Stimulatehttp://lib.ua.ac.be Structure • Meta-information • Desktop • Services • Look and feel • Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Stimulatehttp://lib.ua.ac.be Meta-information desktop • Frames • Icon • Menu • Services • Default language • Associated borrowing system • Authentication < http://anet.ua.ac.be/brocade >
Stimulatehttp://lib.ua.ac.be Meta-information services • Default service • Services • Predefined services • New services (sub-menu, static html pages) • Hided services • Services are defined in Brocade every library using Brocade can make use of this services (cooperation)
Stimulatehttp://lib.ua.ac.be Advantages of the desktop • Very easy to create a website • Menu frame: easy links to the most important services on your website • Ftp integrated in Brocade: easy to upload changes (static.zip & core.zip) • Easy to manage multiple languages
Stimulatehttp://lib.ua.ac.be Summary • Enter meta-information using Brocade forms • Select your services • Adjust CSS to your needs • Uploading files using the *.zip file < http://lib.ua.ac.be >
Stimulate http://lib.ua.ac.be Questions? ? Anke.jacobs@ua.ac.be