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from Joomla to Blogs: giving your website a refreshing new look
Dr. Curtis R. Rogers, SCLADirector of Communications/SC State Library
session overview❖ library web site
use
❖ library web sites vs. commercial web sites
❖ using Joomla
❖ using blogs
❖ resources
library website design
hire a web designer and let them do what the do best
use a CMS so that multiple staff can update specific pages
rely on the entire staff
disband your web site committee
LIBRARY WEB SITES
libraries are centers of knowledge
librarians are information specialists
library web sites should reflect
who we are
what we do
BUT WE MUST DO IT WELL!
NCSU AND ENDECA
HTTP://WWW.LIB.NCSU.EDU/ENDECA/TECHNOLOGY.HTML
http://flickr.com/photos/morville/sets/72157603794374821/detail/
joomla in libraries
http://www.joomlainlibrary.com/
http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/
using blogs
• no money? use a blog!
• www.wordpress.com
• use a blog for
• book discussion group
• programming, events
• even as your entire websitehttp://leecountypubliclibrary.blogspot.com/
resources
10 steps to a user friendly websitehttp://www.searchengineguide.com/kalena-jordan/10-easy-steps-to-a-user-friendly-website.php
website design and usabilityhttp://www.usabilityfirst.com/websites/index.txl
thank you!
Dr. Curtis R. RogersSCLA President/SC State Library Director of [email protected]: crr29061 www.curtisrogers.info