[aisle] library webpages

Thu Sep 10 15:04:57 CDT 2020

Thanks for sharing your links! I started retooling my library page
yesterday so these are very timely and helpful.

On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 1:35 PM Renee Kozeal via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi,
> I've seen this thread going and thought I would share. I just updated my LRC
> website <https://sites.google.com/phs-il.org/phs-lrc/home?authuser=0>
> from the old Google Sites to the new. It's actually very easy to work with.
> Anyway, I'm at Princeton High School so I am showing you a HS-focused site.
> I hope to keep building on my reader advisory but this is a start. Let me
> know if I can help in any way.
>
> Renee Kozeal
> Princeton High School
>
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 12:52 PM Barb Proeger via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> 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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