Sunday, January 8, 2012

Task #10 - New Website

I missed the December staff training due to being short staffed at the Clifton branch but I've had some time to play around with the new site.

Things I Like:
  • I love that there are no drop down menus! Those were so irritating.
  • The "Other Free eBooks and Audiobooks" links are a good addition. 
  • I like how I can get to downloadable media from both 'Books and Media' and 'eResources'.
 Things I Don't Like:
  • The Services page was a little plain, a pictured icon for each service would have been a nice touch. 
  • Too much text! Will there be more icons? It took me a while to find the "What's Next?" link which I use a lot.
  • Why does searching the catalog bring up a new tab? Is this just because it's the development site? I hope so because I always have too many tabs up.
I'm not sure if our patrons will like it, nobody reads anything anymore - kind of like signs.