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ERIC Number: ED391528
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: 101
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-0-8389-0674-5
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Building the Service-Based Library Web Site: A Step-by-Step Guide to Design and Options.
Garlock, Kristen L.; Piontek, Sherry
The World Wide Web, with its captivating multimedia features and hypertext capabilities, has brought millions of new users to the Internet. Library staff who could create a home page on the Web could present basic information about the library and its services, showcase its resources, create links to quality material inside and outside the library, and interact with browsers. Chapters include: (1) "The Home Page Advantage," which presents an overview of the World Wide Web and its ramifications for libraries; (2) "Start with a Plan," explains how to decide on an approach, a project timeline, and Web-related policy; (3) "Everybody's Web Site: Consensus and Collaboration," focuses on presenting the plan to staff and educating them; (4) "Content Search and Selection," which features directions for including remote content, or outside hyperlinks, as well as a list of subject directories and search engines; (5) "Presentation: Style and Structure," concentrating on design issues; and (6) "The Dynamic Web Site: Promotion Evaluation, and Maintenance." Throughout the book, screen captures of actual library home pages are provided, along with their Internet addresses; example of things other libraries have put on their home pages include maps, policy statements, hours of operation, directories, guides to the online catalog, interlibrary loan request forms, and even short video clips "starring" the library staff. Appendices offer online resources, special considerations depending on whether the setting is an academic library, school media center, or public library, and home page templates with sample hypertext markup language (HTML). (BEW)
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Publication Type: Books; Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Media Staff; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: American Library Association, Chicago, IL.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A