As new students arrive at college campuses everywhere, we all know the first thing they do is … check out their library’s web page (go/library)! So, once you do that, you might wonder: what’s with this “library quick search” thing? … Continue reading →…Continue Reading What’s With This “Quick Search” Thing…?
Tag: LIS Website
Sign up for LIS Website Testing!
Students, Faculty, and Staff: Would you like the opportunity to help LIS improve its website and make it work for you? If you agree to help, we’ll observe and record you performing some tasks on the website. Sessions will be … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Sign up for LIS Website Testing!
Usability Surveys on LIS Web Pages
The LIS web team is at it again! In a effort to improve the user experience on the LIS website we are conducting usability testing. For a few weeks you’ll find obtrusive mint green boxes in the corners of the … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Usability Surveys on LIS Web Pages
LIS Website Team Update: UNA
This is an update on the LIS Website Team’s progress toward the User Needs Analysis (UNA) piece of our charge. Right now we’re sharing the results and suggested changes that emerged from the UNA with the LIS Content Managers for … Continue reading →…Continue Reading LIS Website Team Update: UNA
Does tagging content make it easier to find with search? No.
I’ve received this question from several people now. Below are two videos from Matt Cutts who works on Google’s Webspam team explaining how tagging content mostly does not affect their search results. This also means that tagging largely will not … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Does tagging content make it easier to find with search? No.
Two New Civil War Collections Won for Special Collections
Erastus Hibbard Phelps Collection The winning bid on the Archive of Civil War paymaster Erastus Hibbard Phelps, Middlebury Class of 1861, was made at auction by Andy Wentink, Curator of Special Collections & Archives. The archive was one among nearly … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Two New Civil War Collections Won for Special Collections
LIS web presence – marketing project
The LIS Web team – Dan Frostman, Jess Isler, Richard Jenkins, Matt La France, & Barbara Merz – has been conducting a publicity blitz for chosen features of the LIS web presence. The selection was done in consultation with other … Continue reading →…Continue Reading LIS web presence – marketing project