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Ranganathan's Five Laws:
Books are for use.
Books are for all; or Every reader his book.
Every book its reader.
Save the time of the reader.
A library is a growing organism.
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RA Web Design
Page Modified: April 2, 2008
RA
Web Site Program
Links and information related to the RUSA/CODES Readers Advisory preconference session held in Toronto, 2003
Development, Design and Tech News:
Library Related:
SC State Library: Basic Public Library Web Site Checklist:
http://www.state.sc.us/scsl/lib/guidlins.html
University of Oregon Web Publishing Curriculum Resources:
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/it/webpub/
Useful annotated links related to guidelines for good practice, more information
and recommended reading.
Rutgers Web Design for Libraries:
http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/SCCHome/technical/tutorials/web_design/web.htm Resources, hints.
Usability:
Usable Web: http://usableweb.com/
"Usable Web is a stale collection of links about information architecture,
human factors, user interface issues, and usable design specific to the World
Wide Web".
Jakob Nielsen's Use It: http://www.useit.com/
Recommended Books: http://www.useit.com/books/
"Designing Succesful Web Sites: Put usability first; practice simplicity" By John Ashenhurst. Based on Nielson's work. http://www.roughnotes.com/rnmag/may01/05p32.htm
General:
Builder.com: http://builder.com.com/
CNET.com: http://www.cnet.com/
Lii.org: http://lii.org/search/file/netsearch
Links to key design and development sites and evaluating Internet resources.
Webmonkey: http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/
Web Page Design for Designers: http://www.wpdfd.com/
Web Pages That Suck: http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/suckframe.htm
WebReference.com "What Makes a Great Web Site?": http://www.webreference.com/greatsite.html
Web Style Guide: http://www.webstyleguide.com
ZDNet: http://www.zdnet.com/
Zen and the Art of Web Sites: http://www.tlc-systems.com/webtips.shtml
Tools:
Web Development:
Adobe
Golive
Macromedia Studio MX (Dreamweaver,
Fireworks, Flash, etc.)
Microsoft Frontpage
Graphic Design Tools:
Adobe Photoshop
Fireworks
Paint Shop Pro
PhotoImpact
Plugin tools & Streaming Animation: Adobe Acrobat, Flash, Shockwave, Livemotion
Avantgo - provides interactive and personalized content and applications to handheld and Internet-enabled phone users. Eight million subscribers use the My AvantGo mobile Internet service to access more than 2,500 content channels that have been optimized for mobile devices.
Web Design References - Tools: http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/support/Training/Online/webdesign/tools.html
TrainingTools.com: http://www.trainingtools.com
Includes free online courses.
Evaluation & Usability Testing:
Usability Testing for Dummies by Elaina Norlin: (powerpoint) http://www.hlaweb.org/ConferFolder/norlin.ppt
Michael Engle's Evaluating Web Sites: http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html
Community Analysis:
American Fact Finder - Census data: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet
Community Analysis by Roger C. Greer & Martha L. Hale, 1982 (Revised 1998 by M.L. Hale): http://academic.emporia.edu/hickeyci/li811/models.html
Bibliography:
Booklist - recent titles related to web design and development.
Selected RA Library Sites:
Cleveland Public Library Reading Room: http://www.cpl.org/ReadingRoom.asp
Columbus Public Library: http://www.columbuslibrary.org/greatreads/greatreads.cfm
Mid-Continent Public Library: http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/
Mowhawk Valley: http://www.mvla.org/booktalk/
Morton Grove Public Library the Webrary: http://www.webrary.org/rs/rsmenu.html
Skokie Public Library: http://www.skokie.lib.il.us/s_read/
Williamsburg Regional Library Bookweb: http://www.wrl.org/bookweb/
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