I will be posting website URLs in separate blog posts. Please visit each website and post comments on it.
Please include:
General comment about overall appearance.
Describe the design elements that you like.
Describe the functionality features that you like.
again I like the prominent catalog and account access don't care for the yellow/red color scheme three columns, but varied size and colored left one makes it less boring
From a reference staff member: Did not care for the orange/red color combination. The library name was hard to read at the top of the website. Links at the bottom of the page were hardly legible.
From a reference staff member: No address found on homepage. Liked the search engine for searching the library catalog, all online resources, the website, all Minnesota libraries, and Google. Liked the list of ways to access Reference Assistance including the Virtual Reference Shelf compiled by the Library of Congress and the Internet Public Library 2.
Branch pages give info for the branches local community and local events. Address info on individual branch pages took a few extra clicks. Like patron account button visible next to pay fines button.
Staff comments: I didn't like that the griver.org site had different looks for a lot of their pages. I thought that was sort of confusing.
No scrolling at most common screen resolution. Pay Fines??(link on upper right) - a service of Envisionware, hmmm.
ReplyDeleteagain I like the prominent catalog and account access
ReplyDeletedon't care for the yellow/red color scheme
three columns, but varied size and colored left one makes it less boring
From a reference staff member:
ReplyDeleteDid not care for the orange/red color combination. The library name was hard to read at the top of the website. Links at the bottom of the page were hardly legible.
From a reference staff member:
ReplyDeleteNo address found on homepage. Liked the search engine for searching the library catalog, all online resources, the website, all Minnesota libraries, and Google. Liked the list of ways to access Reference Assistance including the Virtual Reference Shelf compiled by the Library of Congress and the Internet Public Library 2.
From a reference staff member:
ReplyDeleteOnly real takeaway for me’s the Useful Search Box with Drop Down Menu
Branch pages give info for the branches local community and local events. Address info on individual branch pages took a few extra clicks. Like patron account button visible next to pay fines button.
ReplyDeleteStaff comments:
I didn't like that the griver.org site had different looks for a lot of their pages. I thought that was sort of confusing.