I’ve been working on updating the library’s website this summer. Recently, I completed some new designs for important pages I want to share with you. Our landing pages direct users to the content they need to reach their goals. And our location pages help our users know where to find study space, collections, and more.
At least that’s how these pages should work. Ours are not great, and it is time to update them to make them more useful.
Here is the landing page for the first new navigation category: Find, Borrow, Request.
It directs to collections and materials, as well as information about libary accounts. The other landing pages will have similar layouts, and should be ready to preview by next week.
Location pages have not served our users for a long time. The new location pages highlight the services, spaces, and collections of each space. We also share restroom location, including gender-neutral locations, nursing stations, and more. The new study space section will show off the variety of quiet and collaborative spaces we have.
Here is the new Steelcase Library location page. I’m updating other locations as I take new photos.
One new feature of these pages is Breadcrumbs - these are links and visual cues to the website’s structure. I have to add these by hand but by the start of Fall semester, they should be throughout the site.
Next week I will have landing pages complete and progress on other locations. The first full week of August I will begin some new content pages for study spaces and computer labs. As always, I will keep you updated here!