Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Computer class handouts online
This was completed a couple of months ago but forgotten about. You now have the ability to download our computer class handouts! On the Programs & Classes page, click on Adults in the Browse box to find the link. As of this writing there is only one handout, for Picasa, available. But, look in the future for more of these treasures!
Monday, April 18, 2011
Did You See?
On the Books, Movies, Music, OnDemand and Research & Business pages we have made a large change. You now see the feature story presented graphically. From the screenshot you see here, the Celebrate Children's Poetry is an example.
In keeping with the theme of the site, this design change was made to better fit with the look of the page.
Hope you enjoy!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Research & Databases Update
Today changes were made to the Research & Databases page. The top carousel/box now has a header which is a nice description of what you will find contained in this box. Thanx to our Communications Department for helping us with the name! Next to the title you will see a link called "business" and a link called "databases"
The "business" link takes you to a list of recent titles and further navigation to business resources available from ALD. Find the link to Suzanne Kaller's business blog or Kathleen Rainwater's twitter. Access business databases and find titles in our catalog.
We hope these changes are useful for the businessperson to find and access our rich array of business resources.
The "business" link takes you to a list of recent titles and further navigation to business resources available from ALD. Find the link to Suzanne Kaller's business blog or Kathleen Rainwater's twitter. Access business databases and find titles in our catalog.
We hope these changes are useful for the businessperson to find and access our rich array of business resources.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
March Changes Made
In the footer, the Contact Us and How are we doing links now go to an intermediary page which describes the customer surveys and provides links in different languages. You can also click to ask questions specifically about your account, ask a reference question, or suggest, comment or question.
Friday, February 25, 2011
End of February Changes to the Website
Exciting changes have been happening with the website!
When you click on Staff Picks in any of the Browse boxes you will now see the page has changed from an alphabetical list by staff pick name to a list of popular genres, age ranges and formats. Thanks go to the Communications Department for the wonderful graphics and to the Alyson and Jill for putting the page together. When you click on an icon you see a presentation of handpicked titles. The Staff Picks page still does have staff names presented, if the staff person has provided a review within the last 60 days.
Look for a new search in Movies – Family Friendly. This list presents G and PG rated movies and was added based on demand.
We hope you enjoy these changes!
Friday, February 18, 2011
February Changes
On the homepage you will see the large story box is or will be by February 22 changed over to a graphics box. The graphics will move in slideshow fashion. Clicking on the graphic will take the user to more content. The smaller box on the home page is now graphics based and clicking on this will take the user to more content, also.
Many of the links have been changed on the Browse pages in Books, Movies, Music, Russian and Spanish. Most of these links are now canned searches instead of feeds from III. We had multiple reasons for making these changes. In the Books, Movies and Music pages we evaluated the use of each link and removed links which were not being well-used. Our other consideration was removing feeds from III where possible in order to improve the performance of the III server.
In the footer under Community, a new link has been added, Patron Survey Results. Here users can find results of the DVD Vending Survey. Other survey results will be populated in this area.
Many of the links have been changed on the Browse pages in Books, Movies, Music, Russian and Spanish. Most of these links are now canned searches instead of feeds from III. We had multiple reasons for making these changes. In the Books, Movies and Music pages we evaluated the use of each link and removed links which were not being well-used. Our other consideration was removing feeds from III where possible in order to improve the performance of the III server.
In the footer under Community, a new link has been added, Patron Survey Results. Here users can find results of the DVD Vending Survey. Other survey results will be populated in this area.
January Changes
Updates made during January to the website include:
1. The navigation formerly entitled Research & Business is now renamed Research & Databases to reflect the database content and navigation found on this page.
2. The OnDemand page has experienced back-end changes. The result is the top carousel contains imags with links to services such as the downloadables. Anytime you see a database in the carousel, it is going to direct you to the list of databases page rather than to the "Connect Now" link. This is due to the library card authentication which is a requirement with most of our electronic products.
1. The navigation formerly entitled Research & Business is now renamed Research & Databases to reflect the database content and navigation found on this page.
2. The OnDemand page has experienced back-end changes. The result is the top carousel contains imags with links to services such as the downloadables. Anytime you see a database in the carousel, it is going to direct you to the list of databases page rather than to the "Connect Now" link. This is due to the library card authentication which is a requirement with most of our electronic products.
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