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Minutes 10/17/2001

Present: Duke (minutes), Hennig, Skuce

1. Usability testing conference

Nicole discussed further the User Interface 6 East Conference she recently attended and the group debated ways we could potentially implement some of the methods suggested there. We felt many of these models could be useful for testing all types of services, so we decided to share these ideas with other library staff by sponsoring a brown bag discussion sometime during IAP.

2. Archives web site

The group reviewed mock-ups of several Archives pages and discussed further changes.

3. New sections of the website: DSpace, GIS, etc.

New public web pages are being developed for DSpace and GIS. These pages will be their own independent mini-sites (like the Institute Archives), but it would be nice for them to have some visual relationship to the larger MIT Libraries web site. Sarah Williams and Jonah Jenkins have been working on a wire frame (text-only draft) of the GIS site. Nicole & Darcy are working with Sarah to develop templates for the "look and feel" of these new GIS pages.

4. Staff vs. public web

The Metadata Committee has a need for both public and private web spaces. Their minutes and regular committee work should go on the staff pages on macfadden, but much of their work and findings may be of interest to the public. We suggested using the Subject Guide template and putting it on our public web site, for those pages they would like to write for an audience outside of the libraries' staff. This could be a Subject Guide about the topic of Metadata.

 

Next meeting:

Wednesday, November 21, 2-3:30 PM; 10-500 (Nicole's Office)

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