Dr. Trudi Hahn

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Dr. Trudi Hahns Publications PageDesign Project
IIINFM 700 Spring 2008

• Team
• Ferhat Omur
• Rhett McCarty
• Ahmad Ladhani
• Sujatha Dissanayake

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• Who is our client?
• Dr. Trudi Bellardo Hahn
• What are her research interests?
• History of information science
• Federal funding for library information science
• Education training for library information
  science
• Information literacy and library instruction
• Digitization and preservation
• Scholarly communication
• Subject indexing
• Online information retrieval

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What are the design requirements?

• A list of all the publications with links to
  material (if available).
• Easy method for the user to find a publication
  from a particular research area.
• A link to Dr. Hahns complete, academic-style
  CV.
• Ordering all publications in reverse
  chronological order.
• Keep the webpage uniform with CLIS website.
• A way to maintain the website and update it as
  required.

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How did we translate these design requirements
into a publications page?

• A single webpage with all the contents (list of
  publications) on the main page.
• The ability to refine the list based on
  client-specified categories.
• A link to Dr. Hahns CV on the main page.
• The categorized list of the publications in
  reverse chronological order.
• Have the same CLIS header and style.
• Since the client wanted a simple, non-technical
  way to update the website, we used PHP explode
  function to make this possible.

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How did it go?

• What worked well?
• The meeting with the client.
• Some research and suggestions for the website
  before the client meeting.
• Client liked the suggestions.
• Group meetings- All team members had the same
  excitement to do this, which helped a lot.
• Discussing various options with each other and
  coming up with the best alternative by mutual
  agreement.
• Client was quick to respond via emails.
• What didnt?
• Client did not know exactly what she wanted.
• Had a very general idea about the website but
  wanted to change it for easy user accessibility,
  hence was very involved in the process which
  helped a lot.

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Final Results

• How did we know?
• Client gave an outline.
• We thought we knew what she wanted.
• We explained our layout to the client.
• As it turned out, that is exactly what she
  wanted.
• Results
• A website with proper organization and navigation
  system.
• Since the client is non-technical, a website
  which is sustainable and extremely easy to
  maintain and update.
• And most importantly, a website how the client
  wanted it and also which is easier for the user
  to find any information about the client.

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• Current site
• New site