Friday, April 10, 2015 by Rose Koebel
There was a good turnout at the open house, and some great feedback. The Library web redesign team provided an update on these recent activities:
- The beta testing period is now closed and the icon has been removed from the lib.uwaterloo.ca home page.
- The team is in the midst of implementing the navigation and content recommendations (Word) across the home page and WCMS pilot site.
- The Services content type in the WCMS will be maximized as much as possible.
- The “Find and use resources” page is under development at https://wms-dev.uwaterloo.ca/library/find-use-resources.
- There are campus guidelines/constraints around left-navigation and a need for landing pages.
- The “IP checker” module on the development site is a way to encourage people to login with proxy to access all resources.
- Yifei has made changes to the homepage, including modifications to the “Hours and locations” block, which now features links to Google Maps for each library.
- The content re-writing team has begun its work.
The meeting was opened to questions and discussion. Highlights include:
- function of the filter on the “Find and use resources” page
- ordering of items on the page
- how articles are linked to from the site
