Review of content
This past week, I have assigned specific spaces at HSL and Ambler to be described by individuals most familiar with those spaces. These are almost ready to post to the new website QA site. In my last update, I mentioned that we decided to move the release of the new website back to Summer of 2019, to coincide with the opening of Charles Library. In light of that change, we will no longer work to describe spaces, or services directly associated with Paley Library and instead work on describing the spaces and services in Charles.
Website structure development
In the past two weeks, the dev team, primarily Chris, Chad and Steven, pushed out several new features. These include:
Display of library hours
Scrolling emergency notification bar
Ability to add a springshare “Request an appointment” button for the person entity
Website design
Now that we have the general design framework, we are now working on the microsite homepages and the entity display templates.
Microsite homepages - I have a wireframe for each of the microsites and have scheduled time with each branch director to discuss the wireframe before it goes to Rachel for design.
Entity display templates - Much of the website content and structure will depend on metadata entities; i.e. person, building (library), space, group. Each entity will use a similar template for the display. The core design team is working on templates for these entities. A mock-up of the building or library entity template is below.
Review of Services
The working document that lists services is available here. Please add comments in the Google Doc directly. The goal with this list is to get as many services as possible. However, I know that this list may not be exhaustive. We are also compiling a list of related spaces and groups that will be entered into the website.
Production website
Buildings have been entered in the new website. The screenshot below shows the back-end admin interface for managing buildings and their descriptions.
Spaces will be added next, followed by people and groups.
Design of the Library Website
The design core team has settled on a design that we think will work. A mock-up of the library homepage (what will become library.temple.edu) is below (click on the grey box to view).
The next step is to create a sitemap and wireframes so we have an idea of what other pages will be needed in the website. Both of these processes are underway. You can see the beginnings of the wire-framing here. The password is “Temple19”.
Project Timeline
As we have moved through this project, it has become clear that some modifications are needed to the project timeline. The original plan was to have a beta release in October and a full launch in January of 2019. The more realistic outlook is to now have a beta in January 2019 and go live with the full site in May of 2019.