After six years, Loma Linda University's Del E. Webb Library's website was in need of attention. As a first step in the redesign and update of the library's site, we toured other health science library sites to scout the features, layout, and functionality that we wanted to include. In that process we identified common navigational markers among the sites. This poster outlines how different libraries have chosen to approach navigation, and how librarians can use this information when remodeling their own sites. CA Providing links to and information about electronic journals from the library Web site takes a large amount of time and effort.
Many libraries use database systems with Web interfaces that build lists on the fly.
Although this is feasible in libraries with dedicated Web managers or strong institutional technology support, smaller libraries often do not have the expertise or tools for database solutions. Because of the hospital's affiliation with USC, hundreds of e-journals are available to the staff. One option was to hard code an alphabetic list of e-resources using an HTML editor. However, once created, the list would be time consuming to modify. Separate lists would also need to be created for different subject categories.