So what makes a good library website? I took a course this summer about Web usability and design. We learned a lot about web usability and what makes a good website overall (Do what users expect). We also learned a lot from Jakob Nielson and his book, Prioritizing Web Usability, however the class was so general that we didn't step in specifically and look at library websites. So this fall, myself, Dr. Anthony Chow and Patricia Commander are going to try to answer the question of what makes a good library website by looking at and evaluating a sampling of public and academic websites. I am really excited.
I also found this article today from Lorcan Dempsey's Weblog about the 3 stages of library websites. I wonder if what he found is also what we will find. And I want to check out NCSU's library page. Hopefully it will be as good as he says!
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