ITAL Editorial Board Thoughts.  Halfway Home: User Centered Design and Library Websites

Mark Cyzyk

doi:10.6017/ital.v37i1.10338

Mark Cyzyk The Sheridan Libraries John Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v37i1.10338

Abstract

Our Library Website has now gone through two major redesigns in the past five or so years. In both cases, a User Centered Design approach was used to plan the site.

Author Biography

Mark Cyzyk, The Sheridan Libraries John Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland USA

Mark Cyzyk, M.A. (Temple - Philosophy), M.L.S. (Maryland), is the Scholarly Communication Architect in The Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He works on implementation and administration of library technologies including Web-based content management systems, electronic publishing systems, archival information systems, online exhibition systems, and image management and presentation systems used in scholarly and instructional contexts.