Test Your Library Website

As you know we are in the process of redesigning our library website. If you would like to test our current sites' usability try looking at this 57 point checklist for maximum usability by Jessica Hupp. See if you agree with the standards she uses to determine how easy it is for patrons to navigate our site.

Next Meeting

The next meeting will be held Monday Nov. 10th from 8am to 9:30am at the support services meeting room. Let Bob T, or myself know if you have any questions.

Database Marketing

As our library district seeks to save money, databases are being discontinued and reevaluated on a regular basis. Do we really need more and better databases? Which ones are essential? Many patrons are not aware of these databases, how do we market them online and in the library, or on the web and in print etc.? Even many of our staff members are not aware of the databases on our website, is this because they are not that useful? I find many of them very useful, I wish we had more but the trend is going in the other direction. What do we do now?

Who would like permission to post?

If you are quite a talker, and would like to post to this blog let Bob or I know and we will give you permission. Many of you probably have more questions etc. that we have not looked at or even considered. We will ask you about the future of this blog at our next meeting on Monday November 10 at 8 am at admin.