Ejournals Web Page Development: The process

Guiding Principles in Web Development

1996
  • Physics Journals (AIP/IOP)
  • less than 50 titles
  • flat html files
1997-1998
  • encorporate sciences, social sciences, arts & humanities
  • more than 500 titles
  • flat html files
  • 2 subject pages, 1 alphabetical
1998-1999
  • consortial deals (TUG/ OCUL)
  • move from UW to TUG
  • greater than 2000 titles
  • flat html files
  • 1 alphabetical, 4 subject
  • need for alternative to flat files
  • excel spreadsheet development, xml, Opentext indexing and dynamic delivery
  • move to 11 subjects
2000
  • new pages - News, pubs
  • more than 4000 titles
  • NASIG, ACRL
  • fine tune interface
  • identify issues with functionality
2001
  • user feedback
  • CNSLP
  • over 5500 titles
  • MySQL, ZOPE for better searching functionality
  • refine subjects
  • refine Excel structure for portal development
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