Creating a User-Centered Website for Your Library

Hill, Nate

dc.contributor.author	Hill, Nate
dc.date.accessioned	2014-12-03T18:12:06Z
dc.date.available	2014-12-03T18:12:06Z
dc.date.issued	2011-02-23
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11213/377
dc.description	Patrons entering through your home page should feel as welcomed as those through your front door. Make sure your library’s website is at its best for you and your patrons. Nate Hill, web librarian at San Jose (Calif.) Public Library, guides attendees through innovative ideas and strategies to make their websites more intuitive and user-friendly. Learn how the impact of design and content on website effectiveness and see how simplicity can actually increase usability. This archived webinar was originally presented February 23, 2011. Recording sold as an on-demand webinar until February 21, 2013. Running time: 52 minutes. Learning Outcomes: At the conclusion of this on-demand webinar, participants will know: How to organize web content in a way that will increase ease of use and navigability; Design strategies to drive web users to specific information; How to simplify content and design to create a more effective website. Instructor: Nate Hill is the web librarian at the San Jose (Calif.) Public Library (SJPL) and the PLA Blog Manager. Nate was an instrumental part of the Digital Futures web team at SJPL responsible for redesigning the SJPL website, providing a “six blocks” design concept that was the structural basis for the new, user-friendly site. Before joining SJPL in 2010, Nate worked with the Brooklyn (N.Y.) Public Library for 10 years. His career has focused on emerging technologies and service innovation within public libraries. Contact Nate Hill: Email: nathanielhill@gmail.com Twitter: @natenatenate Books mentioned during the presentation: The Design of Everyday Things, by Donald Norman; Designing Brand Identity, by Alina Wheeler; The User is Always Right, by Steve Mulder and Ziv Yaar; Never Leave Well Enough Alone, by Raymond Loewy.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Patrons entering through your home page should feel as welcomed as those through your front door. Make sure your library’s website is at its best for you and your patrons. Nate Hill, web librarian at San Jose (Calif.) Public Library, guides attendees through innovative ideas and strategies to make their websites more intuitive and user-friendly. Learn how the impact of design and content on website effectiveness and see how simplicity can actually increase usability. This archived webinar was originally presented February 23, 2011. Recording sold as an on-demand webinar until February 21, 2013. Running time: 52 minutes.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Public Library Association	en_US
dc.subject	web	en_US
dc.subject	website	en_US
dc.subject	homepage	en_US
dc.subject	design strategies	en_US
dc.subject	webinar	en_US
dc.title	Creating a User-Centered Website for Your Library	en_US
dc.type	Video	en_US