Making Library Web Sites Usable

Making Library Web Sites Usable
Author: Tom Lehman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2008
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

If your library's website is not as user-friendly as it could or should be, you need this book. A LITA guide, it is the most authoritative, current reference on usability testing for libraries. It gives you practical advice in clear, non-technical prose, plus success stories from 18 academic, public, corporate, and government libraries. Read it and you will learn what usability assessments are, why they are important for libraries, why you should do them regularly, and what the most common challenges are. You will also learn all of the necessary how-tos, whats, and whys for the most common assessment techniques and how to interpret your results, document findings, and effectively communicate results and recommendations. Usability-in-action success stories from Purdue, the University of Virginia, and Wright State University libraries; the Clinton Macomb Public Library in Michigan; the MITRE corporate library; and the library at NASA Goddard offer rare insights and practical advice for facing challenges like limited time, working within a budget, and rallying support for website changes. For library webmasters, members of library Web or usability teams, and library administrators committed to putting their patrons at the center of their website design strategy but unsure of how to begin

Maximum Accessibility

Maximum Accessibility
Author: John M. Slatin
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Total Pages: 644
Release: 2003
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780201774221

Written for Web developers this text provides the practical tools, design techniques, and testing methods to implement web accessibility standards without losing any of the functionality of a Web site.

Usability Testing for Library Web Sites

Usability Testing for Library Web Sites
Author: Elaina Norlin
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2002
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780838935118

This guide aims to help both experts and beginners to determine how well their Websites are performing for their customers. Applying the best practices of usability testing, you should learn how easy it is for trained users to interact with it, and whether users are motivated to use the technology.

Design Accessible Web Sites

Design Accessible Web Sites
Author: Jeremy J. Sydik
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Accessible Web sites for people with disabilities
ISBN: 9781934356029

This book outlines the basic principles and techniques for developing accessible HTML, audio, video, and multimedia content, such as building testing into projects to improve results and reduce costs; adding accessibility features to external media like PDF and Flash; and more.

Web Accessibility

Web Accessibility
Author: Richard Rutter
Publisher: Apress
Total Pages: 686
Release: 2007-03-19
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1430201886

Web accessibility not just morally sound – there are legal obligations as well Very large potential audience, consisting of web developers and business managers Very little competition to this book

Making Libraries Accessible

Making Libraries Accessible
Author: Char Booth
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2012
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0838958621

As a provider of public space and digital content, your library is duty-bound to promote equitable access to all users, regardless of whether they use assistive technology. In this issue of Library Technology Reports, editor Booth makes the case that that attention to the core principles of consistency, flexibility, and simplicity go hand in hand with libraries’ commitments to open information and accessibility. Even when staffing levels or resources aren't ideal, libraries can substantially improve the experience of people with disabilities. In this issue, expert contributors address standards, spaces and services, devices, websites, and collections, offering advice on Assistive technology products, including screen readers, literacy software, and speech input E-books and e-readers for users with print disabilities, with charts comparing accessibility features of the most common e-readers The nuts and bolts of using HTML, CSS, Javascript, or JQUERY for accessibility Best practices for evaluating vendor database compliance

Library Web Sites

Library Web Sites
Author: A. Paula Wilson
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2004-01-19
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0838908721

Patron based step by step guide for creating basic or advanced online library services and integratin all aspects of library activites in the virtual world. Includes a checklist of elements essential to a library web site. Explains how to manage content using databsed backed web pages, marketing and promoting services online, integration of external content including licencing, library catalogs and ebooks on the site,conduct reader advisory services online, update using th editorial calendar tool, and acrchive online resources.

Web Site Usability

Web Site Usability
Author: Jared M. Spool
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1999
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781558605695

Based on data collected from research conducted at UIE (User Interface Engineering), this book describes how well or poorly some information-rich Web sites performed when real users attempted to find specific answers.

Library Web Ecology

Library Web Ecology
Author: Jacquelyn Erdman
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2014-01-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 178063191X

Library Web Ecology is a thorough reference to help professionals in Library and Information Science (LIS) to develop a sustainable, usable, and highly effective website. The book describes the entire process of developing and implementing a successful website. Topics include: managing a web team, developing a web culture, creating a strategic plan, conducting usability studies, evaluating technology trends, and marketing the website. Worksheets and examples are included to help library web professionals to prepare web development plans. Although this book is aimed at LIS professionals, a number of concepts can easily be applied to any organization that would like to develop a more effective website. - Provides practical and realistic solutions to website problems - Suggests different strategies, giving the pros and cons, so professionals can determine what strategy is best for their library - Includes worksheets and examples

Useful, Usable, Desirable

Useful, Usable, Desirable
Author: Aaron Schmidt
Publisher: ALA Editions
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-06-13
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780838912263

Useful, useable, desirable: like three legs of a stool, if your library is missing the mark on any one of these it's bound to wobble.