Library Homepage Design at Medium-Sized Institutions

Autor:	Angie Thorpe, Scott L. Jones
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Web standards Computer science media_common.quotation_subject Design elements and principles Academic library Subject (documents) Library and Information Sciences Bachelor Computer Science Applications World Wide Web Web page Interlibrary loan Social media media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Web Librarianship. 8:1-22
ISSN:	1932-2917 1932-2909
DOI:	10.1080/19322909.2014.850315
Popis:	This study sought to describe and analyze the homepages of academic library Web sites at 313 medium-sized bachelor's and master's general institutions. The authors evaluated an unprecedented number of library homepages for the presence of 118 design elements and reported common and uncommon design practices at these libraries. They found 21 elements present on at least half the homepages studied. Seven of these occurred on at least 80 percent of the pages studied: links to the university homepage, library hours, images, portals by subject or links to subject guides, links to interlibrary loan services, “about” sections, and catalog searches. This study serves as a baseline for the current practices of homepage design for a large population of libraries. The results of this survey indicate trends and common design elements for library Web site design and show which elements Web designers and librarians at medium-sized libraries should consider including on their Web pages. Findings are compared with a simi...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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