Glenn Peterson, Hennepin County Public Library
Sarah Houghton, Marin County Free Library
David King, Kansas City Public Library
John Blyberg, Ann Arbor District Library
- Large Public Library Web Sites (David)
- Phoenix: Current information, online news, catalog, research, welcoming their customers, subject guides
- Seattle: interacting & introducing (action words)
- New York: programming/events, finding things
- Main focus: content, customers, communication
- Redesigning with Web Standards
- How are libraries doing it? (Glenn)
- No legions of Web developers
- 3.6FTE devoted to Web services in (6 actual people)
- 70% of reserves are being places through the Web site.
- It’s all about leverage
- Web application software
- Rapid Development Environment (Web site design specific software)
- Reference staff for content
- Learn more about XML (pull in RSS data)
- Subject Guides
- Starting points for finding information in specific topic area
- Bring together in one place all library resources on a topic
- What’s include
- Datdbases
- Websites
- Catalog links
- Events
- Blogs
- RSS feeds
- classes
- 2000 pages, Sarah’s it and get just 5 hours per week to work on the site
- Use blogging & RSS
- You don’t have to call it a blog
- Linked searches
- Simple HTML forms
- Printable PDF forms
- Reading/listening lists
- Collect patron feedback
- Lightweight virtual reference
- IM, Jybe (for library version coming soon), SMS
- An Arbor District Library (John)
- LAMP
- Linux
- Apache
- MySQL
- PHP
- Drupal CMS
- Trends (David)
- More redesings
- More connectivity (RSS, SMS)
- More video
- More patron content contribution
