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

  • Website development and UX: Jason Michel

  • User Experience: Meris Mandernach and others TBD (Note: see related Wiki space for information about User Experience cohort)

  • Other participants TBDUX Writer: Erika Pryor
  • Student Web Assistant: Kati Minsavage
  • CMS User Training: TBD
  • User Experience (UX): Robyn Ness, Meris Longmeier, and the /wiki/spaces/libraries/pages/1673367

  • 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 cohort
  • Form a /wiki/spaces/libraries/pages/1673367; 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-springwinter 2018, ongoing)
    • News, Event, Exhibits editors - January 2018
    • Locations editors - February 2018
    • Special Collections editors - February/March 2018
    • Services editors - TBD
  • Release early preview site for public feedback (mid-summer)(fall 2017)
    • first release (About Us) - November 2017
    • home page release - December 2017
    • Strategic Directions - January 2018
    • News, Events and Exhibits improvements and editor access - January 2018
    • Staff Directory / Bios development and iterative improvement - January 2018
    • Locations pages improvements and editor access - February 2018 (estimated)
    • Special Collections pages initial release and editor access - February 2018 (estimated)
    • Locations and Hours section release - March 2018 (estimated)
    • Services section development - TBD
  • Replace old site with new site (as soon as January June 1, 2018, depending on content readiness and user testing results)

Website Redesign Project FAQ 

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(updated 6/25)

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