A Path to Providing User-Centered Subject Guides

Stitz, Tammy; Laster, Shari; Bove, Frank J.

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A Path to Providing User-Centered Subject Guides

dc.contributor.author	Stitz, Tammy
dc.contributor.author	Laster, Shari
dc.contributor.author	Bove, Frank J.
dc.date.accessioned	2024-10-21T14:19:07Z
dc.date.available	2024-10-21T14:19:07Z
dc.date.issued	2011-12-16
dc.description	This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an Article published in Internet Reference Services Quarterly 16 Dec 2011, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/10875301.2011.621819.
dc.description.abstract	The experience at the University of Akron illustrates a transitional path from static Web sites to dynamic, user-centered Web design. Starting with Web-based subject resource guides that were difficult to maintain and navigate, University Libraries migrated to a content management system that solved existing maintenance issues and created the opportunity for interactive resource lists. Subsequent usability testing found that users needed librarian-designed subject guides to understand and access resources. Consequently, University Libraries redesigned its Web site functionality. In the course of this article, it is shown that ease of maintenance and ease of use need not be mutually exclusive.
dc.identifier.citation	Stitz, T., Laster, S., Bove, F. J., & Wise, C. (2011). A path to providing user-centered subject guides. Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 16(4) https://doi.org/10.1080/10875301.2011.621819
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1080/10875301.2011.621819
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1920/14060
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Taylor & Francis
dc.subject	subject guides
dc.subject	dotCMS
dc.subject	library website
dc.subject	content management
dc.title	A Path to Providing User-Centered Subject Guides
dc.type	Article
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