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Title: A Style Guide for the River Campus Libraries


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A Style Guide for the River Campus Libraries
  • Michael Donovan
  • River Campus Libraries

2
Agenda
  • What is a style guide?
  • What are the resources for page editors?
  • What are the responsibilities of the Digital
    Initiatives Unit and Page Editors?
  • Questions?

3
What is a Style Guide?
  • A set of guidelines
  • (i.e. all text is top aligned and left justified)

4
What Does it Accomplish?
  • Universal Design
  • ADA Compliance
  • Aesthetics
  • Usability

5
Sources for Guidelines
  • Web Design and Usability Literature
  • Sarah Hortons Web Style Guide
    (www.webstyleguide.com)
  • WebAIM web accessibility standards SEC. 508.
    (http//www.webaim.org/standards/)
  • World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) HTML
    accessibility standards (www.w3.org)
  • Research Based Web Design and Usability
    Guidelines (www.usability.gov/guidelines)
  • Experience Education

6
Resources For Page Editors
  • Staff Documentation
  • Page Editors Updates Web Updates
  • Page Editors Checklist
  • Link Checker
  • Digital Initiatives Unit

7
Page Editors Checklist
8
All Guidelines Fit Into Categories
  • Universal Design
  • ADA Compliance
  • Aesthetics
  • Usability

9
Digital Initiatives Unit Responsibilities
  • Create update the style guidelines
  • Apply the style guidelines to top level pages
  • Keep Page Editors up-to-date

10
Page Editors Responsibilities
  • Apply checklist to your pages
  • Check links
  • Give feedback on use of tools

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Questions?
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