JWU-Providence

Homepage (Slight) Re-designMarch 2, 2011

The Bottom Blues

• The bottom fields of the homepage get little use; • Only a few topics get any hits at all (most popular topic in “About the library” received only 14 clicks in 2011, less than .5 %)

January 1 – March 1 2011

These numbers do not refer to ‘latest news’; they refer to links in the tabbed search box;------

-Strongest at beginning of term (BI’s)

Insights

• Average page time is very low• Need to keep attention; keep all

information on home page relevant so it does not crowd out the others

• Reduce/filter relevant information

Changes

• Minified About Page– The most FAQ topics will continue to

have links• MLA Guide• APA Guide• Schedule Library Instruction

–Will also include a basic ‘about the library’ navigation bar.

• Everything else can be accessed through LibAnswers box

OLD

NEW

About

Social Media Box

Custom Site Search (both lib.jwu.edu andjwu-ri.libguides.com

Sliding News Box

Can help spread word of new and underperforming databases

Current

Planned

Down the Road

• Encore Synergy Single Search• Mobile Site

What users of the website see when accessing the homepage from a mobile phone: