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DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION STUDIES
LIS1510
Library and Archives Automation Issues
Mounting information
on the Web
Andy Dawson
Department of Information Studies, UCL
(University of Malta 2010)
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DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION STUDIES
What we will be covering today
• Why use the Internet?
• Considerations for effective Internet
publishing
• Key design issues
• Practical – more creating web pages
with HTML
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DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION STUDIES
Why the Internet?
• Popularity
• Costs
• Simplicity
• .... Hype?
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Why provide information on the
Internet?
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Sell goods or services
Raise awareness
Advertise
Improve access
Collect data
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Check your reasoning
• What do you want to achieve?
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Know what you’re doing, and why
Can the Net/Web do it?
Can you reach your target?
Is there a better way?
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Don’t forget Email-related services
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Horses for courses
Accessibility & effort
One-offs vs sustained presence
Nettiquette & Spamming
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The Client-Server concept
• The importance of the technology
• The need for a server
• Options for implementation
– DIY, Internal, ISP, Consultancy
• Using a service provider
– “Free” space and support costs
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Service issues
• More in lecture 10
• Linking to databases etc
– Advanced processsing - CGI scripts,
APIs, PHP
• Client-side and server-side processing
• Financial transactions
• Resource ramifications
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Design issues
• Why will users come?
– Content is King
But that said…
• Artistic design vs Technical design
• A picture is worth...?
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Text Cat = 3 bytes
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Line cat (bmp): 3,000 bytes
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Real Cat (bmp)= 375,482 bytes
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Design issues
• Why will users come?
– Content is King
But that said…
• Artistic design vs Technical design
• A picture is worth...?
• Still pictures - moving pictures!
• Visual accessibility issues
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Design issues
• WYSINWTG
– Predictability
– PDF and alternatives (and CSS – more tomorrow)
– Java and dynamically –driven sites
• Page layouts
– Usability rules
– Consistency
– Key elements
• The “lowest common denominator” approach
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Document structures
• People like structure...
• Structural types
– Sequential
– Heirarchical
– Web
– Hybrid
• Document structures and navigability
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Storyboarding and structural
preparation
• The importance of control and planning
• The value of storyboarding
– Start on paper – ALWAYS!
• Tools for control and maintenance
– Freestanding tools
– “Environmental” tools
• Problems with presentation-oriented tools
and compatibility
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DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION STUDIES
That’s it for today!
• Any questions?
• Now more practical work!
• Tomorrow: More XHTML (and CSS)
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