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  • Project Lead: Robyn Ness
  • Implementation Lead: Beth Snapp

  • Website development and UXWeb/Drupal Developer: Jason Michel

  • Drupal User Training: Sue Beck
  • User Experience (UX): Meris Mandernach and others TBD (Note: see related Wiki space for information about User Experience cohort)Other participants the UX cohort

  • Others: TBD

Project Goals: 

Redesign the OSU Libraries publicly public facing web pages, including all libraries-controlled pages about locations, services, collections, events, and other information about what we have to offer our various user and partner communities. The goal is to restructure information about libraries and access to library resources in a way that is easy for users to navigate and is conducive to quickly finding what is needed for research, teaching, and learning.

Out of Scope:

  • Interfaces to subscription databases, online journals, or other vended systems (i.e., OhioLink)
  • Subject and Course Guides (LibGuides)
  • Digital Exhibits and Digital Collections
  • Knowledge Bank
  • Staff Intranet
  • Online fines payment system

Project Milestones

  • Start content analysis of current website (winter 2017)
  • Start OSUL functionality discussions (winter 2017, iterative) 
  • Start user needs surveys (winter 2017, iterative)
  • Form user-centered design a user experience (UX) cohort; start user testing (winter-spring 2017, testing iterative)
  • Share initial draft of information architecture, rework based on testing (spring 2017)
  • Begin Drupal training and content migration (late-spring, ongoing)
  • Release early preview site for public feedback (mid-summer 2017)
  • Replace old site with new site (as soon as January 1, 2018, depending on content readiness and user testing results)

Project FAQ

 

More information to come!