This is COMPLETELY my fault (Karen / PUBLIB here). I was
approving stuff
stuck in our queue and was irked with myself when I saw I
had approved a
Word attachment, which is like coughing into a salad and
bringing it to
a potluck. (In my defense, I knew the post was "too
large" but couldn't
tell why until I had posted it... but it was suspiciously
huge, which is
usually enough to warrant the kibosh from us.)
This list would have worked far better as a post or as a
link to a Wiki
or blog post or website page... more useful and accessible
(and far less
virus-prone).
Finally (posting as Karen/Karen), I appreciate the effort
into this list
but I did notice that very little of the conclusions were
user-centric
or evidence-driven. I didn't see "stats went up"
or "users liked it" or
"it improved findability by x percent." I do
"get" the difference
between ugly and pretty, which is hard to quantify, but I
still felt
skeptical about the list as a whole.
Karen G. Schneider
On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:43:29 -1000, "Caitlin
Nelson"
<cnelson hawaii.edu> said:
> Hi - I think having a list of library websites is a
great resource, but I
> have a couple of suggestions for improvement:
>
> - You should alert users that the link will bring up a
word document
> rather
> than a new page. For example, use (DOC) after the
title.
>
> - It would be great to see the library websites in a
table or list form,
> rather than a cut-and-paste from the email listservs.
Also, some of the
> libraries mentioned don't show a link to the websites!
(I thought that
> was
> the whole point  )
>
> - Hopefully you have already received permission from
the writers to post
> their personal information on your document. Many of
those replies
> contained email addresses and physical
addresses/contact info. I know
> some
> of that that information gets posted to the web4lib
archive, thus is
> already
> on the Internet, but I myself would still be wary of
having that
> information
> up.
>
> Good luck with this endeavor!
>
> Caitlin Nelson
> Assistant Librarian
> TransPacific Hawaii College
>
> On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 7:00 AM,
<web4lib-requestwebjunction.org> wrote:
>
> > Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:25:14 +0000 (GMT)
> > From: libconsultoptonline.net
> > Subject: [Web4lib] Top Public Library Websites
(Cross-Posted)
> > To: web4libwebjunction.org
> > Message-ID: <e3ece6d741f9.47b7a91aoptonline.net>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >
> > Here is a link to a list of replies that I
received for Top Public Library
> > Websites. If you wish to comment, please send
replies to the list.
> > Many thanks to everyone who sent their suggestions
and thank you for your
> > patience!
> >
> > http://myli
braryweb.com/mylibraryweb.aspx
> >
> > ~Marie Monteagudo
> > libconsultoptonline.net
> >
> > mylibraryweb.com
> >
> >
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