Library WebHead is the blog of one librarian who focuses on web technologies (per a former colleague - a library "webhead"). In it, our webhead talks about the work she's doing with that library's website, which is, inevitably, a work in process! She also highlights some of the latest trends in web development and libraries. The views expressed here are the library webhead's only and do not necessarily represent those of her employer (or of any other organization or person).
Monday, June 25, 2007
website usability - ambient findability at ALA
This David Lee King posting on the Ambient Findability session at ALA2007 (http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/06/25/ala2007-ambient-findability-librarians-libraries-and-the-internet-of-things/) - [btw, do a technorati search of ala2007 if you want to see a number of postings from multiple bloggers covering the conference - http://www.technorati.com/posts/tag/ALA2007 ] - is a wake up reminder (too bad I just keep hitting that snooze button) on where my priorities should be - and soon - test server cutover, etc., be damned. The presenter (Peter Morville) noted that you need to make your site "useful, desirable, accessible, credible, findable, usable & valuable". He suggested doing a "credibility audit" (this in place of a full-scale redesign)... "perceived credibility -- people trust nice-looking, well-designed sites"... ok, no more blogging for today, I've got work to do!
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