Since redesigning and combining parts of the website is a big project, it's hard to know where to start. How about this:
Julie, the next time you ask us to check links, how about having everyone pare down their lists to absolutely necessary sites? Meaning ones that aren't already part of the librarian's toolbox or aren't easily found through Google (or could be duplicated by other sites found through Google). We don't have to remove them completely at that point (although we could), but I could compile a "chopping block" list for review. And if there are entire categories we don't need (I submit Entertainment, Leisure, and my own History pages as three examples) that's fine too.
This might help decide what kinds of broad subjects we do still need and how to combine the websites - if any besides local ones are left over - with the lengthy list of databases, which isn't going to get smaller.
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good idea. Could we have some list (or do we already and I've missed it?)that would tell us how many "hits" each site has?
I have 2 "costume " sites, for instance, that seem to be good quality- how should I choose between them? Or how do I know if "costume" is just a non event, not a starter, among my recommended sites?
Any ideas? I can find most anything on GOOGLE, but what is worth having "recommended?"
There is only a list that tells us how many hits our own pages get: http://state.vipnet.org/webtrends/loudoun/lcpl/. Scroll down to Most Requested Pages. That will tell you how many times last month users looked at your Arts and Humanities page, for example. So unfortunately, there aren't hard numbers to look at, it's just our judgment as librarians on what is still worthy to keep.
If you want to see May-June 2007 WebTrends stats, they're on the G: drive in the LIBADMIN folder. The top ten and the bottom ten are grouped together. Some pages changed rank, but the ones at the bottom tend to stay at the bottom.
Thank you, Marcie. Have seen those
just wondered if I missed any I could later blame...
ps- Why does your very good response remind me of "Oh and Lieutenant? 'Yes sir' "Good luck"
Sorry, Marty. I hate to bear bad news, but sometimes you have to do the work yourself. ;)
To be more serious, there probably are products out there that would tell you (us) exactly where people come from in finding our webpages, where they go, what they do, what they click on, how long they stay, do they come back, but the county hasn't signed us up with any of them. What you see is what you get with WebTrends.
Gilligan (Bob Deaver?) is dead, but in his honor, I say "WORK!!!"
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