Book Review: Library Technology and User Services: Planning, Integration, and Usability Engineering

This is a review of the book, Library Technology and User Services: Planning, Integration, and Usability Engineering by Anthony Chow and Tim Bucknall. Published by Chandos Publishing, 2012

Linked Data for Cultural Heritage

This is a review of the book, Linked Data for Cultural Heritage, edited by Ed Jones and Michele Seikel. Published by American Library Association, 2016

Affordable Course Materials: Electronic Textbooks and Open Educational Resources

This is a review of the book, Affordable Course Materials: Electronic Textbooks and Open Educational Resources. Diaz, Chris, ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 2017, 144 pp., $65.00, ISBN: 978-0-8389-1580-

Book Review: When Search Meets Web Usability

This is a review of the book, When Search Meets Web Usability by Shari Thurow and Nick Musica. Published by New Riders, 2009. ISBN 9780321605894

Book Review: Designing the Digital Experience: How to Use Experience Design Tools & Techniques to Build Websites Customers Love

This is a review of the book, Designing the Digital Experience: How to Use Experience Design Tools & Techniques to Build Websites Customers Love by David Lee King. Published by Information Today, Inc., 2008. ISBN 0910965838, 9780910965835

A Review of Drupal in Libraries

This is a review of the book, Drupal in Libraries by Kenneth J. Varnum. Published by ALA TechSource, 2012

A Review of The Transformed Library: E-Books, Expertise, and Evolution

This is a review of the book, The Transformed Library: E-Books, Expertise, and Evolution, by Jeannette Woodward. Published by American Library Association, 2013

A Review of Social Media for Creative Libraries

This is a review of the book, Social Media for Creative Libraries, by Phil Bradley. Published by Facet Publishing, 2015

A Review of Library Analytics and Metrics

This is a review of the book, Library Analytics and Metrics, edited by Ben Showers. Published by Facet Publishing, 2015

Library Web Development: A Decade in Review

Objective: This poster examines how academic medical libraries have presented their web sites over the past decade: 1) How have advances in web technologies influenced the “look and feel” of the web site? 2) What other developments contributed to the evolution of medical library web sites? 3) How has the librarian\u27s role in web development changed in the last ten years? Method: Reviewing the history of the web and developments in new technology, we will note significant turning points in the design of our own library web site and that of other institutions of a similar size and mission. Using data and images from the Way Back Machine at www.archive.org we will plot how changes in technology effect: what information is presented, page layout and usability. We will examine how changes in librarianship and the “information explosion” have helped the medical library web site progress. Results: From examining our own web site history we have determined that we were slow to implement new design technologies. Many of the technologies that were initially incorporated into the web page design improved on graphical elements at first. Improvements on layout, searching and form design soon followed. In 2000 a new underlining database structure (Cold Fusion) was added to the web site that allowed staff to better manage the large number of e-resources the Library provided. Once a full time position dedicated to web management was created our web site was able to focus on layout and usability. Conclusion: From looking at other web sites of similar size we have determined that many Libraries web sites progressed first as an “online directory” providing basic information, to a page that started to offer services such as request forms and links to an OPAC and/or Medline, to finally a dynamic page with electronic books, journals and databases. Many institutions offer customized pages for individual users. Additional research is recommended