from Joomla to Blogs:
giving your website a
refreshing new look
Dr. Curtis R. Rogers, SCLA
Director of Communications/SC State Library

session overview
❖ library web site
use
❖ library web sites
vs. commercial
web sites
❖ using Joomla
❖ using blogs
❖ resources

library website design
hire a web designer and let them do
what the do best
use a CMS so that multiple staff can
update specific pages
rely on the entire staff
disband your web site committee

LIBRARY WEB SITES
libraries are centers of knowledge
librarians are information specialists
library web sites should reflect
who we are
what we do
BUT WE MUST DO IT WELL!

NCSU AND ENDECA
HTTP://WWW.LIB.NCSU.EDU/ENDECA/
TECHNOLOGY.HTML

http://flickr.com/photos/morville/sets/
72157603794374821/detail/

joomla in libraries
http://www.joomlainlibrary.com/

http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/

using blogs
• no money? use a blog!
• www.wordpress.com
• use a blog for
• book discussion group
• programming, events
• even as your entire website
http://leecountypubliclibrary.blogspot.com/

resources
10 steps to a user friendly website
http://www.searchengineguide.com/kalena-jordan/10-
easy-steps-to-a-user-friendly-website.php
website design and usability
http://www.usabilityfirst.com/websites/index.txl

thank you!
Dr. Curtis R. Rogers
SCLA President/SC State Library
Director of Communications
803-734-8929
crogers@statelibrary.sc.gov
Meebo: crr29061 www.curtisrogers.info