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7 Essential
Elements
  to Awesome
  an
       Library
      Website
david lee king | topeka & shawnee county public library | davidleeking.com
It’s Ned’s fault!
       thewikiman.org
made me
 think...
       flickr.com/photos/76578519@N00/4695658106
Customers want
something to read,


1.
 watch, & listen to
   when they visit
        the library
Not the
real goal
Not the
real goal
Not the
real goal
provide
     ebooks

  ebooks
              flickr.com/photos/38314728@N08/4040927469
you can’t
 get this
      ebooks

  at the “real”
    library!   flickr.com/photos/38314728@N08/4040927469
engage
in
social
media
social
book reviews
multimedia
flickr.com/photos/99283995@N00/4714600224




Goal:
   create
     something
for them to do
Customers have
questions, &


        2.
ask at
the library
            flickr.com/photos/93482873@N00/5252737515
Goal:
    answer
  Questions
flickr.com/photos/91871643@N00/4872236368




3.
 Customers need
     to know the
normal stuff, too.
provide basic info
provide basic info
provide basic info
provide basic info
share the normal stuff too
Goal:
     tell people
the normal stuff
Websites
        need actual
        staff!
flickr.com/photos/79053562@N00/4330136289
                                           4.
library building
website =
 actual
  work flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/4117760291/
+ free
theme
website =
real staff
        flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/4117760291/
Goal:
   staff the
    website
flickr.com/photos/7amanito/3039338366/




Goals!
   5.
library       geek

          : -)
goals        goals


           You should
              be here
Goal:
   create &
  meet goals
reach beyond
 your webbish
 boundaries



flickr.com/photos/39685654@N00/388012741
                                          6.
flickr.com/photos/beavis/2425374221/




    go where
people gather
tweetup, SMC,
conference, ev
 tweetup, SMC
gathering
nference, event
      gatherin
Goal:
    go where
people gather
mobile-
     friendly

7.
designmodo.com/responsive-design-examples/
brainstorm
   first
Goal:
  be mobile
    friendly
1   2 3
RE:Goals
       4
 7 6   5
      flickr.com/photos/99283995@N00/4714600224
don’t forget this
Thank You!

davidleeking.com

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