your website is a verb: persuading librarians to let go
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In a large academic research library, “KEEP ALL OF THE THINGS” is a legitimate part of our mission. While that’s a useful mission when it comes to books, it spells disaster for a website, something that became both painfully clear and critically important to address during a recent CMS migration. I’ll talk about persuading librarians – a tough crowd – to let go of some of their content in the interest of providing an active and engaging experience for their users, and I promise not to invoke that song from “Frozen” in the process. (Lightning talk from Confab Central 2014)TRANSCRIPT
Your Website is a Verbpersuading librarians to let go
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Anne HainesWeb Content Specialist, Indiana University Libraries
Confab Central May 8, 2014
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7.8+ million books
in 900+ languages
880+ research databases
60,000+ e-journal titles
815,000+ e-books
3.6+ million microforms
36,550+ linear feet archives &
manuscripts
11,700+ print serials
… and over 8,000 web pages pre-migration.
Keep ALL the things!!!!!!!
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So. Many. Things.
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Some heirlooms are better than others…
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…keep ALL the things??
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your website is a verb.
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Actual librarian (super helpful)
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Old site :(
New site :)
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Choose your battles…
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