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Goals
Layout
Access points
Evaluation of content
Usability
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Audience
School-Age
College
Older Adults
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Layout
What’s easy to find
Find the Search option or site map
Differentiating the ads from the content
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State of Ohio Site
note non-conventional layout of search option
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GPO Access |
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GPO Access –
multiple
database search |
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GPO Access –
searching
hints on every page |
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Access Points
Search buttons
Navigation buttons
Is the site intuitive?
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Librarians Index to the
Internet |
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Evaluating Content
The rules for what is good don’t change when it comes to the web
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Evaluating Content
Currency - how often is it updated and does it matter?
Authority – who created the site
Access Points (Index or Site Map)
Accuracy of information
Links to and from
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Internet Public Library |
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Remembering What is Where
Search for necessary information
Create abstracts or mnemonics
Use an Index
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Ohio Capitol Connection - for use in Libraries only |
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Use the advanced search feature whenever possible
And, Or, and Not are very important words
Don’t forget parentheses and quotation marks
Understand what ranking and fuzzy logic do - there is an excellent
description of this on
GPO Access
Google’s Advanced Search
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Power Point v. Live WWW
Fixed presentation
Lack of interaction between ‘students’ and information
Hard to be spontaneous
Works even if the web connection is down
Makes great overheads and handouts
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Training patrons & staff
Hands on is better than a lecture or demonstration!
Create exercises for teaching
Leave time for practice
Describe what to do, DON"T DO IT
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Usability
How’s the layout?
Does the site require 3rd party software? Or a download?
Do you need a ‘fast’ connection for all the pictures and sound?
Skip the frames!
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Simple and Straightforward
A few parting words:
Describe the site
Talk about its features
Let the patron do it themselves
Keep it simple
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Course Front |
Course Outline |
Course Bibliography |
Course Links
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