When the users of this government library heard that its Web site was going to be revamped, they worried that it might not meet the original's high standard. Here's how the librarians there listened to their customers, trained staff, and conducted usability testing to make sure they met their users' expectations.
Thieves could be grabbing your passwords, patron information, and any other data stored on or keyed into your computersand most likely, you wouldn't even be aware it was happening.
You don't have to be a pro to master fundraising, as this resort-town public library discovered. Its all-volunteer staff hosted flea markets, raffles, and benefit golf tournaments to raise money, and one volunteer even learned how to write successful grant proposals. They proved that with strong community support, every penny really adds up.
Just like eating well, exercising, and getting regular checkups promote good health, following a few sensible security practices often protects your systems more effectively than trying to prevent every conceivable threat with overzeolous security measures.
L'utilisabilite d'un logiciel (de recherche d'information par exemple) se definit par son caractere intuitif. L'A. donne des exemples d'elements qui rendent les logiciels non-intuitifs : couleurs de boutons, signes directionnels, conventions syntaxiques, nom inadequats
Talk about special collections! These military medical history documents from wars past needed to be preserved, and careful digitization was the answer.
A Midwestern town's aging historical records and images faced ruin. To save its crumbling past, this library dedicated time and money to excavating its records and scanning its books and historical documents, preserving them through digitization.
Sure there's a buzz around PDAs, and all the techies are talking about them. But that doesn't have anything to do with libraries, right? Wrong! Find out how assumptions such as It's too expensive to support them and They're just a fad are not only untrue, but might even cause your library to fall behind users expectations-and sooner than vou think!
