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Peer reviewedStover, Mark; Zink, Steven D. – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1996
A review of college and university library home pages concluded that many higher education home pages are badly designed, difficult to navigate, and a poor reflection on the institution. The most common shortcoming was the tendency to create too many links or overly large graphics. An appendix lists points to consider when constructing a home…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Graphics, Design Preferences, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMcGillis, Louise; Toms, Elaine G. – College & Research Libraries, 2001
The purpose of this study was to assess usability of an academic library Web site and to better understand how faculty and students complete typical tasks using one. Despite their success in completing the tasks, participants experienced difficulties in knowing where to start and with the site's information architecture-in particular while…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Design Preferences, Higher Education
Peer reviewedEngle, Michael O. – Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 1996
Discusses the use of the World Wide Web by academic libraries for reference and instruction. Widespread availability of software for browsing, creating, editing, and mounting World Wide Web pages necessitates discussion on the development of a library Web site; Hyper Text Markup Language; software evaluation; suggestions for writing Web pages; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Design Preferences, Futures (of Society)
Download full textDavis, Marc; Boyer, Janice – 1998
In July 1997, the University Library at the University of Nebraska at Omaha adopted a new structural model for Web site development--the publishing metaphor. Rather than relying on an individual expert (the Webmaster) or a WebTeam comprised of a few individuals, the model permits everyone in the organization, regardless of position or Web…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer System Design, Cooperative Planning, Design Preferences
Barry, Tony – 2000
This survey examined the home pages of 36 Australian university library World Wide Web sites. Reports were run on these pages, using a service that checks the HTML for validity and reports errors, a service that checks usability by the visually disabled, and a program that checks the HTML, corrects and reports errors, and improves efficiency style…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces, Design Preferences
Wei, Wei – Sci-Tech News, 1998
Describes the creation of a World Wide Web site for the Science Library International Outreach Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Discusses design elements, content, and promotion of the site. Copies of the home page and the page containing the outreach program's statement of purpose are included. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Design Preferences, Foreign Students, Global Approach
Peer reviewedCherry, Joan M. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1998
Evaluation of data from assessments of full bibliographic displays in academic library OPACs (online public access catalogs) and World Wide Web catalogs against a checklist of desirable features found that OPAC displays scored 58% and Web displays scored 60%. Discusses weaknesses, focusing on those found in the majority of the displays…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Records, Check Lists, Comparative Analysis
