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Web Laboratory: Redesign as an Opportunity for Experimentation
Heather CookReference LibrarianBergen Community College
Yolanda SheppardWeb Master/ Technical AssistantBergen Community College
VALE/NJ ACRL/NJLA CUS Users’ Conference Thursday January 5, 2012
The Committee
•Formed Spring 2011•Diverse Group:
▫Dean of Library and Assistant Dean▫Web Master▫Innovative Interfaces Specialist▫Metadata/Cataloging Librarian▫Reference Librarian
Website Vision StatementThe 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
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
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
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
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
DrupalHost Gator Drupal Gardens
• Web Hosting• Application Hosting –
Drupal• VPS Hosting (Virtual
Private Server)• Easy and Affordable
Feedback
•Google Docs Forms- used to gather feedback
•Link to feedback on test website•Feedback received:
▫Suggestions, clarifications, confusing items, language issues, navigation
Student23%
Faculty67%
Other10%
Feedback by Affili-ation
Suggestions72%
Positive21%
Negative7%
Feedback Type
Where is the “My Library Account”
link?-Faculty/Staff
I like how everything is
easier to access.
-Student
Database access
should have its own box,
not just a tab.
-Faculty /Staff And perhaps the
search for databases could be by keyword
rather than subject?
-Faculty/Staff
I don’t think its much different
from the former, but it’s a nice
touch.-Student
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
Questions?
Yolanda Sheppard ysheppard@bergen.eduHeather Cook hcook@bergen.edu
http://ssltestlibrary.net
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