SCHOOL LIBRARY WEB PAGES:
FROM CREATION TO INTEGRATION

Planning your web page

Know your audience.

Who is going to use the library web page ?

How are they going to use the web page ? At Adam Scott C.V.I. - 60 % of students surveyed said they used the web page mainly for research

What type of look do you want (fun, professional, graphic) ?

Should students help you with the library web page (see below)

Considerations

• All the work for your page should be located under ONE folder
• Keep a separate folder under your web page folder to hold images
• All web page files including images should have not have spaces in their file names
• All web file names should be in lower case
• Do the following before starting you library web page
  • decide on what will be the main web pages before you start creating them
    • main page home
    • research links page
    • resources page
    • student projects page
    • teacher assignment page
  • decide on the look,feel and colour scheme
• Avoid large graphics as they slow down your web page
• Make sure you know your board policy for posting images of students and /or their names - see Adam Scott C.V.I. permission form
• Limit you use of animated gifs, flash and sound
• Avoid files that need plug ins
• Consider security. Never give out server passwords to students.
• Avoid putting your professional or personal email address on your web page - get a hotmail, gmail etc email address. Remember that if some email's you you have to respond as it may be a parent. Posting your email address can be problematic.
• keeping your web page simple will make it easer to update
  • use the same font throughout
  • do not use different coloured text except for titles or important information
  • avoid distracting background images

Advantages/disadvantages of getting student to do web pages.

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