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Author Blowers, Helene.

Title Weaving a library Web : a guide to developing children's websites / Helene Blowers, Robin Bryan
Published Chicago : American Library Association, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Contents If you build it -- Our world -- Readers' advisory -- Homework assistance/ reference help -- Programming -- Outreach services -- Their world -- Chapter 2: Innovative sites that work -- Outreach -- Traditional outreach -- Outreach to special populations -- Outreach partnerships -- Programming -- Online stories -- Online books -- Activities -- Summer reading -- Readers' advisory -- Booklists -- Standard booklists: Annotated booklists -- Reviews -- Reviews by adults -- Reviews by children -- Animated reviews -- Homework assistance -- Web directories -- Portals -- Pathfinders -- Tutorials -- Email reference -- Virtual reference -- Live homework help -- Summary
Chapter 3: Guidelines for engaging young users -- Children & adults -- Designing for kids -- Pre-readers (3-5 year olds): Beginning readers (5- 8 year olds): Intermediate readers (9-12): Young adults (13-17): Content guidelines -- Start out simple -- Focus on content -- Identify your audience -- Tap into children's natural curiosity -- Be fresh and current -- Engage with interaction -- Create comfort -- Navigation guidelines -- Keep the structure and layout simple -- Let children know where they are -- Consider a search feature -- Don't mess with the browser -- Multimedia guidelines -- Provide download information -- Keep introductions short -- Provide children with control -- Use passive animation for longer downloads -- Provide plug-in information -- Use sound to enhance the experience -- Make learning fun
Chapter 4: Secret ingredients-special considerations -- Privacy-issues and guidelines -- Children's online privacy protection act (coppa) -- Protecting privacy while engaging children -- Polls -- Book reviews -- Registration -- Personalized sites & portals -- Personalizing a one-time activity -- Reference -- Handling photographs and images -- Privacy policy -- Accessibility-clearing the way to the table -- Accessibility standards -- Basic compliance -- Above and beyond basic -- Section 508 guidelines -- Verifying accessibility -- Manual monitoring -- Testing tools -- Maintenance -- Developing a maintenance plan -- Identifying maintenance elements -- Identifying individual maintenance issues -- Identifying tasks & responsibilities -- Streamlining maintenance tasks -- Pulling the plan together -- Building maintenance interfaces -- Updating the site -- Summary
Chapter 5: Building a team -- Collaborative team approach -- Assembling a project team -- Team leader -- Content creators -- Advisors -- Web developers -- Designers -- Programmers -- Outside developers -- Benefits -- Drawbacks -- Request for proposal -- Formalizing the process -- Developing effective teams
Chapter 6: creating a recipe for success -- Refining a good idea -- Let the brainstorming begin -- Developing a project plan -- An approach to success -- Storyboarding -- Charting the site's structure -- Directory & naming conventions -- Laying out the screens
Summary Eager to feed their curiosity with interactive information, children are becoming more responsive to technology, and many now use a mouse more effectively than a crayon. By embracing the possibilities of the Internet when programming for children, libraries can empower the young with great information while supplementing traditional children's services
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Internet in children's libraries.
Library Web sites -- Design
Web sites for children -- Design
COMPUTERS -- Online Services.
COMPUTERS -- System Administration -- Storage & Retrieval.
Internet in children's libraries
Library Web sites -- Design
Form Electronic book
Author Bryan, Robin.
ISBN 0838998682
9780838998687
9780838908778
0838908772