Dr. Trudi Hahn’s Publications Page Design Project II INFM 700 –Spring 2008What are the design requirements?How did we translate these design requirements into a publications page?How did it go?Final ResultsSlide 7Dr. Trudi Hahn’s Publications PageDesign Project IIINFM 700 –Spring 2008Team:Ferhat Omur Rhett McCartyAhmad LadhaniSujatha DissanayakeWho is our client? Dr. Trudi Bellardo HahnWhat are her research interests?1. History of information science2. Federal funding for library & information science3. Education & training for library & information science4. Information literacy and library instruction5. Digitization and preservation6. Scholarly communication7. Subject indexing8. Online information retrievalWhat 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. Hahn’s 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.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. Hahn’s 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.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 didn’t?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.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.Current siteNew