Library Web Page Review Committee
Notes of Meeting of March 21, 2005
Porter Library Room 428
1:30pm to 3:00pm

Present: Christy Branston, Rachel Caldwell, Helena Calogeridis, Sandra Keys (recorder), Esther Millar, Marina Wan (chair)

Regrets: Marian Davies, Linda Hastings, Bill Oldfield, Dan Sich

Notes from Last Meeting

The notes from the meeting of March 14, 2005 were approved.

Business Arising

The ethics application has been sent.

Agenda Review

No changes.

Review of Timeline

• should come up with draft personas/scenarios to test draft designs
• we need to finish "final" design by the end of May
• discussion regarding steps 7 and 8 ensued, with the result that both steps should be completed in 4 weeks
  • the question of whether we are dependent on Contribute was raised; the answer is no
• step 5 (survey) is ongoing; we do not have to wait to begin (except for ethics approval)
• the usability studies will not be a thorough job, just take a sample; they need to be completed by May 15
• draft designs (step 4) must be finished by the end of April
• tasks for Affan:
  • main navigation
  • sub-navigation
  • printing (navigation bar - yes or no?)
• step 6 will take place from May 15-30
• check out http://www.libtest.uwaterloo.ca/clf for drafts Affan has already done
  • should we keep sub-links open? No
  • we should use the model Affan created which changes the page when a link is clicked on (e.g., http://www.libtest.uwaterloo.ca/locations/umd/)
    • change "library home" to "library web"
    • put a line between "library home" and "UMD home" to separate them
  • have some major categories as sublinks under "library web"
• how should we use the right side?
  • quick links, further navigation (e.g., discipline, UMD navigation)
  • if we use the right side, then we have a printing issue
• printing issue
  • print as it looks on the screen or lose the navigation bar, etc.?
  • does every page have to be fixed width? Action: Marina
• if "library web" opens on secondary pages, options should be the same as on the home page
• discipline pages
  • use the right column for discipline links?
  • ask Affan to make a page like this. Action: Esther

Navigation Scheme

• need news/text in the centre section
• should we have a less "formal" website, opening it up for blogging, etc.?
• discussion regarding "Hours"
  • placement?
  • just a link?
  • no decision made

Around the Table

• a pre-meeting discussion regarding the Research Databases page took place. Marina will send ISR a message regarding possible suggestions. Action: Marina