Did you know ALA is redoing the website?
Must be an ALA conference week, I’m suddenly noticing lots more ALA related stuff. One thing I found was the Web Planning - Webplanning wiki, which details the adventurous process being taken to disseminate info about and gather member input.
“By June, a number of high-priority fixes will be made to improve navigation and information architecture, including graphical recasting of home page content to provide more prominence to weekly spotlight items. Google search results also will be modified to assure users that they are searching ALA content and have not left the ALA site. Work will begin on creating flyouts and dropdowns on high-level navigation items. Members should be able to preview the preliminary redesign at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., and provide feedback on various redesign options.”
Not to be a Luddite, I’m hoping for shorter, more human readable URLs.
The list of folks tapped for this project is long, diverse, and I recognize many well qualified (in many different ways) people; I’m hopeful the “premier association” of library / information professionals will soon have a website that doesn’t run counter to the ease of use, intuitive design ideals for which we all strive.