After reading the 3 articles, it really made me want to re-do the website I made for our school library in my first year there. I will say the one thing I did well was to make it simple to navigate and easy to read. I was thinking I had made a great leap by doing it on my own with no previous experience, because the previous librarian before me had no library website available before. However, I realize now that I need to add some things.
I think the top 5 things I would want on the library website are: contact information, newly arrived materials list, library services available, a link to our library catalog, AR book lists, and a list of good links for students and parents to explore. I work in a K-5 library, so at this time I am not too worried about research materials or database links. I would definitely consider adding those though if I ever move to a middle or high school library.
I want to be better this year about upkeep on my library website. So much to do, so little time. I am considering putting a blog on there for teachers to follow to encourage collaboration and for them to check out professional resources.
I have a lot to think about...Peace out.
2 comments:
That's great to take your best stab at a site and then you just always keep rethinking it and making it better. You can even use your own site for a website eval assignment to get student feedback!
I agree, there are so many things to stay on top of that the blog doesn't seem like top priority. However,I use our district site to access the online catalog quite frequently, in fact had to ask that it be put back on the website when it recently disappeared. I know another library that uses her library blogspot as the home page on all of the computers in the library. From that blogspot students access the online catalog.
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