Redesign Your Library Website

A comprehensive guide for all sizes of libraries, this book guides you through the entire process of effectively redesigning your library's website-from evaluating your current site and understanding user needs, to creating a budget, through to launching and maintaining your updated site.

For today's increasingly web-savvy patrons, your library's website is a critical aspect of your services and user experience. If it's time for a website makeover for your library, this book will take you through the process step-by-step, sharing lessons learned and pointing out pitfalls to avoid. The end result? You'll delight your patrons with easy-to-find information, wow your director with an easy-to-use content management system (CMS), and impress your board with a website that clearly communicates your library's value.

Written by two veterans of the process who have presented workshops on this topic, this book covers the entire process of library website redesign: from evaluating your current website, to making the decision of whether to hire a web developer or do it in-house, to usability testing. It also addresses budgeting, making content and design decisions, the launching process, marketing, and upkeep of your new site.

About the author

Stacy Ann Wittmann, MLIS, is library director of the Eisenhower Public Library District in Harwood Heights, IL.

Julianne T. Stam, MLIS, is the marketing specialist at the Eisenhower Public Library District in Harwood Heights, IL.

Product details

• Authors: Julianne Stam, Julianne T. Stam, Julianne Terese Stam, Stacy Wittmann, Stacy Ann Wittmann, Wittmann Stacy Ann
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9781440838569
• ISBN: 978-1-4408-3856-9
• No. of pages: 136
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 227 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; IT, Internet and electronic resources in libraries, IT, Internet & electronic resources in libraries