Maintaining a library website is as important as its initial
development. In this issue of Library Technology Reports King draws
from his team’s four-year experience running the acclaimed digital
branch of the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library (TSCPL). From
website tweaks to staffing issues, King outlines recommended
strategies and workflow plans for continually meeting library users’
needs and effectively highlighting library programs and services,
including Ways to engage library users in conversations about books,
movies, and other materials A detailed listing of what data TSCPL
tracks and the tools they use for the website, blogs, and social media
platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and FourSquare Their
team’s approach to efficiently maintaining 24 blogs and six social
media accounts Tips for using rotating banner ads to draw attention to
website content, a technique which brought in 3,000 page views for a
post about the new library catalog Reasons behind the decision to
migrate to the WordPress content management system (CMS) How gathering
customer feedback led to more effective location for their My Account
link The lessons learned by King and his team at TSCPL can help any
library sharpen their presence on the Web while efficiently
maintaining library website operations.
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Guidelines for Operating the Library Website
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780838994375
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
American Library Association
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter