From Dreamweaver to Drupal: A University Library Website Case Study

Buell, Jesi; Sandford, Mark

doi:10.6017/ital.v37i2.10113

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“…A recent redesign project at Colgate University took a more independent approach in which a small team of librarians reworked a static, Dreamweaver site and changed information architecture while also shifting the site's platform to Drupal (Buell & Sandford, 2018). Here, pre-dev surveys and other UX testing of faculty, students, and staff assessed stakeholder needs while a post-development round of testing showed overwhelming preference for the new site.…”

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Elmwood,

Kelly,

Perry

et al. 2024

JoNL

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Periodic website redesign projects have become essential -- though often complex and costly -- measures that libraries take to ensure users’ ease of access to resources. Though administrators often enlist university web designers or even outside contractors to undertake these projects, librarians themselves can and should be at the center of any library website redesign. This is easier for libraries with employees who have considerable web development-related skills, but it is also within reach for libraries with smaller staff and limited web development skills. Indeed, free UX testing applications, basic office software, and open source or freely available CMSes such as Drupal make library website redesign projects both feasible and affordable. Generating buy-in and recruiting content editors to help build the new site are two vital measures for a successful redesign, as well as ongoing, post-launch maintenance. During our library website redesign, we leveraged both the communication of UX testing results and periodic peer training activities to create support, invite feedback or input, and recruit partners for content creation on the new site. As our site launched, we sustained the momentum of our peers’ involvement with the site by providing training materials, tech support, and targeted documentation. By combining freely available, user-friendly applications with a strategic, inclusive implementation process, even libraries with limited resources can successfully complete significant website redesign projects.

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“…Accordingly, it was found that website content, organization, appearance, navigation, usability, functionality, performance, security, and availability mostly aid in making a website a good marketing tool, and hence attract more students to enroll at a university [4]. The work in [5], [6], [7] discussed the development of university and library websites using the following CMSs: Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress. Whereas, the studies [8], [9], [10] utilized the PHP, ASP.NET, and Java Server Faces (JSF) frameworks to develop different dynamic websites.…”

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Holistic University Website Management: People, Technology and Processes

Al‐Hawari¹

2020

TEM Journal

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The fact that a university website is developed and managed primarily in-house entails addressing multiple challenges to enhance the product quality, organization productivity, and customer satisfaction. Therefore, this paper introduces a holistic approach to website management that incorporates three key elements of software management: people, technology, and processes. Accordingly, a multidisciplinary team structure with distinctly outlined leadership, roles, skills, and responsibilities is proposed to manage websites effectively. Besides, an appropriate technology stack is identified to develop a website that is content-based, has a flat content structure, is not interactive, and does not require complex workflows. Furthermore, suitable project management, software development, and website business processes are adopted to produce high-quality services while satisfying time and cost constraints. Finally, applicable evaluation methods and key performance indicators are suggested to assess the effectiveness of the adopted business processes and the quality attributes of the website.

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“…Foreign scholars and practitioners highlight some issues of creation and operation of libraries' websites. In particular, they study issues about site content management solutions (S. Conrad, C. Stevens [13] and J. Buell, M. Sandford [14]); ease of use of a university library site (E. Azadbakht, J. Blair, L. Jones [15]); consulting services on a site (S. Burke and M. Strothmann [16]); mobile applications and mobile sites (D. Potnis, R. Regenstreif Harms, E. Cortez [17] and N. Arroyo-Vázquez, J.-A. Merlo-Vega [18]).…”

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The Webportal of V.O. Sukhomlynsky State Scientific and Pedagogical Library of Ukraine as an Information Resource for Implementation of Research in Education, Pedagogy and Psychology

Berezivska

Pinchuk²,

Varaksina

2020

ITLT

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In the context of the digital transformation of society and the integration of Ukrainian science and education into the European scientific and educational space, it becomes necessary to carry out high-quality, competitive scientific research which is demanded by theory and practice. The key factor in this process is the creation and successful functioning of a system of information and analytical support for research in education, pedagogy and psychology. Today libraries accumulate materials for digital education and they can effectively serve as centres for learning throughout life. A library should be a full-fledged part of the open scientific and educational space. The paper presents to the scientific and educational community the educational information resources of the V. O. Sukhomlynsky State Scientific and Pedagogical Library of Ukraine (SSPL) of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine (NAES of Ukraine). The authors feature the major characteristics of the SSPL web portal, its contents, functional specificity and purpose. It has been substantiated that the library site meets the requirements of relevance, substantial completeness, usability, accessibility, topicality, it has its own unique style, harmoniously combines the traditions of the scientific and pedagogical library and new technological solutions. It has been substantiated that the SSPL web portal fully fulfils informational, search, educational, advertising, navigation functions and serves as an integrated resource, a powerful tool for promoting information and library products and services that meet modern scientific and educational needs of society. The authors, among other things, have provided an overview of the SSPL electronic catalogue as the basis for scientific research. The relevance of the institution’s web portal has been statistically confirmed. It has been substantiated that the web portal is a powerful tool for conducting research in the issues of education, pedagogy and psychology. Also, its functioning is a significant factor that affects the image of both the SSPL and the NAES of Ukraine. The priority tasks for improving the web portal have been identified.

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