Students and faculty who haven't used the Yale Library's website over the summer recess will see several changes to its main page at www.library.yale.edu designed to improve its functionality.
The new site brings more information to the forefront and combines the functions of the old "Front Door," which was designed for visitors and novice users, and the "Research Workstation," where the electronic databases and research offerings were collected.
The redesigned site organizes the library's resources and services into four distinct sections: "Research Tools," "About the Library," "Libraries and Collections" and "Library Services." In addition, a search in Orbis, the online catalog, is possible from the main page. A "bookmark" on the right highlights the "Quick Links -- fast access to Borrower Account information and frequently used services, such as renewing books and requesting materials from other libraries. There is also a section for library-related news.
Designed by the New Haven firm AHDesign, the new website incorporates thematic colors with images from the leaded glass windows in Sterling Memorial Library.
The new site was developed over the course of nine months by a library task force, using surveys, usability tests and open forums to determine the needs of students, staff, faculty and visitors.
According to Holly Grossetta Nardini, chair of the redesign task force, the site's new organization "responds to concerns we heard from students and faculty about the duplicative nature of previous library websites. By combining our "Front Door" with the old "Research Workstation," we've been able to move information up a level and provide links to key library research tools, services and general information from one Web starting point."
The Yale Library staff welcomes feedback on the new site; there is an easy-to-use web-based comment form available as a link on the footer of each page.
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