[aisle] library webpages

[Barb Proeger]

Amy,
It is very evident to the viewer and potential users that you indeed took a
lot of time to develop your web site. Even though
I am a high school media specialist, I had to look at every tab to see what
was there. I also liked the easy bar links to the
guides etc that you have developed. Kudos to you for a great display of
your libraries resources and programs.

Our principal has asked all of his staff to revamp their web pages as we
have been guilty of being stagnant. I think I
am going to borrow some of your wonderful ideas to see if I can bring a
freshness to my page.

Barb Proeger
Erie High School

On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 8:30 PM Amy Grabowski via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi Carla,
> I thought the same thing!  Now more than ever I wanted our website to be
> effective.  I just published the first phase of my new site, it took me
> about 2 days to get it completed.  Its nothing fancy, but my goal was a
> simple, effective, scalable, and user-friendly site.  Our school is about
> 75% in person, so my first goal was to get a solid foundation in place for
> the new site, and then to reach out to the in person and remote teachers to
> see what they think and what I can add/modify to support them all.
> https://sites.google.com/itasca10.org/franzenlibrary/home
>
> These were my main takeaways from the process, in case you're interested:
>
> - Leaving the school's content management system - Our CMS was not
> supportive of the type of site I wanted to create, it needed to be user
> friendly enough for me to make changes often in order to keep it up to
> date.  It also needed to support a modern look and feel and use responsive
> design.  I moved to Google Sites and am happy with the decision.
> - Starting with a strong site map/menu structure as the basis - I took the
> existing links and information on our site and the new information I wanted
> to add and basically created an outline/sitemap in a google doc.  This
> helped make it clear what the main menu items should be before actually
> starting to build the site.  I tried to highlight the core functions of my
> library (at this point in time) as the main menu items, while keeping in
> mind the need for growth and change.  I tried not to get too hung up on
> this though, in the end, if I do need to modify, it won't be hard since its
> in Google Sites now.
> - Steal from others! - As always, the librarian community has so much
> information.  I looked at other school library websites and used them for
> inspiration to build something that would work specifically for my
> community.  (Shout out to the original creator of the Bluestem bookshelf
> idea, I added a Thinglink version to my website, kids saw it today and
> said, 'That is so cool!', so thanks!!!)
> - Simplicity of content - I tried to use images, buttons, and links
> effectively and to be as concise as possible with blocks of text.  My goal
> was for users to find what they need with a quick glance, I knew that too
> much information would make the site just as bad as not enough information.
>
> It was super satisfying to get the new site up, I'm going to start
> introducing it to kids and staff in the next couple of weeks, so that will
> be the real test!
>
> Good luck!
> -Amy
>
>
> On Wednesday, September 9, 2020, 03:26:45 PM CDT, Buell, Carla via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>
>
> Has anyone recreated their webpages for their school library to reflect
> new ways of learning due to COVID? If so, can you send or share with me off
> the listserv? I was just talking to my team about how our pages could be
> better used to support virtual learning.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Carla Buell
>
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