webpage redesign
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JWU-Providence
Homepage (Slight) Re-designMarch 2, 2011
The Bottom Blues
• The bottom fields of the homepage get little use; • Only a few topics get any hits at all (most popular topic in “About the library” received only 14 clicks in 2011, less than .5 %)
January 1 – March 1 2011
These numbers do not refer to ‘latest news’; they refer to links in the tabbed search box;------
-Strongest at beginning of term (BI’s)
Insights
• Average page time is very low• Need to keep attention; keep all
information on home page relevant so it does not crowd out the others
• Reduce/filter relevant information
Changes
• Minified About Page– The most FAQ topics will continue to
have links• MLA Guide• APA Guide• Schedule Library Instruction
–Will also include a basic ‘about the library’ navigation bar.
• Everything else can be accessed through LibAnswers box
OLD
NEW
About
Social Media Box
Custom Site Search (both lib.jwu.edu andjwu-ri.libguides.com
Sliding News Box
Can help spread word of new and underperforming databases
Current
Planned
Down the Road
• Encore Synergy Single Search• Mobile Site
What users of the website see when accessing the homepage from a mobile phone: