05 December 2018

LS Web Site Concepts

LS Web {by Concept}
Library Home Page  (https://library.austincc.edu)



* About LS


  • Contact Us (Directories) [12 Pages]
  • About Library Services [2 Pages]
  • Library Locations & Hours [4]
  • Guidelines & Policies [11 pages]
  • Mission & Goals [1 page]
  • Acceptable Use Guidelines [9 pages]



* Find Resources


  • Discovery/Library Catalog
  • Library Catalog Only
  • Classic Catalog Search
  • Course Reserves
  • A-Z List of Databases
  • Subject List of Databases
  • Research Guides
  • Online E-Books



* Get Help



  • Get Reference & Research Help [29 pages]
  • Library FAQs [74 pages]
  • Off-Campus / Online Users [6 pages]



* Services & Programs




  • All Services & Programs [41 pages]
  • Checkout Policies [10 pages]
  • Services for Student [11 Pages]
  • Services for Faculty [7 pages]

12 September 2018

Review LS Web Content


Page Responsibilities 



Preparation behind the scenes


  • List of files on LS Web
    • Compare
  • Page Responsibilities Spreadsheet


Organize/Remove extraneous files




Process to follow

  • MP defines
    • Sends to Reviewers
      • Reviewers
        • Reviewers send OK or suggestions

30 July 2018

AY19 LS Web Redesign

AY18-19 Redesign - See MindMap

Overview

  • ACC Web New Look
    • Launch Mar 2018
    • New Drupal template
    • No direct link to Library from
      • ACC home
      • From Student
      • From Faculty
  • No longer a 2nd Tier page (See Other Options below)

Objectives

  • Emulate ACC Web Site Look
    • Incorporate ACC looks when possible
    • CSS driven
    • Use collapsible menu similar to student page??
  • Make the Library Web Site Easy to Use
    • For Students
    • For Faculty
    • For IL purposes
  • Make the Library Web Site Attractive
    • For Students
    • For Faculty
  • Make all pages responsive via CSS

Surveys/Focus Groups

Tashley idea (email : Sunday, February 8 2009 08:33 am )
I had a dream about doing a survey recently (probably after my Faculty and Staff Evaluation Committee meeting on Friday).

In the dream, we had a focus group in our Instruction Area at Northridge, using laptops and clickers to complete a survey. I guess I was remembering that clickers are eventually going to be used for faculty evaluations--that item was on Friday's agenda.

Another idea from the meeting: Don't offer incentives to survey participants. Terry Moucheyleh was warned about offering incentives when she needed people to do a survey for her dissertation. Incentives skew the results, mainly by attracting only participants who are interested in the type of incentive offered.
  • Need general info
    • See attached file(s): Student Input.xlsx
    • What Students want?
    • What Faculty need?
    • What LSstaff want?
  • Need Feedback re: mockups
    • Students
    • Faculty
    • Librarians
  • Testing final draft

Strategy

Advertising Strategy

  • Consult with LS PR early Summer
  • Involve Teaching Team

Launch Strategy

  • To be determined

Steps Independent of other Actions

Although group decisions will affect content and sometimes layout, we need to start somewhere.
  • Create Standard
    • Header
    • Footer
  • Create draft example pages
    • Home
    • Major second tier
  • Create draft templates
    • Caveat: Will have to strip current content pages of their embedded styles.
  • Create appropriate styles for tier pages if necessary

Other Options

Schedule Timeline

  • Initial input from Web Advisory Group
    • Start Date: 2/9/2018[2018,02,09] Due Date: 2/23/2018[2018,02,23] Duration: 11 day(s)
  • Review by Group
  • Get Input on Access Points (links) from Librarians
Stopped here by Dean/AVP =============================
  • Determine what Access Links point to
    • Start Date: 5/1/2018[2018,05,01] Due Date: 5/31/2018[2018,05,31] Duration: 23 day(s)
    • We were asked to put a hold on further work until it was determined how we fit into the TLED web environment.

Put on hold.  May continue Spring 2019.

  • Student Input
  • Develop templates
    • Create style sheets
      • Home
        • All fonts in %
        • Max width code
    • Page Level 2
    • Possible Level 3
  • Create level looks
  • Initial input from Students/Faculty
  • Incorporate ideas into test pages
  • Get Feedback on Test pages
  • Incorporate feedback into pages