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Agreed that this would need some official stamp to really be meaningful. LITA sounds like a great venue. On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Joshua Welker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Cindi, > > A LITA interest group sounds like it would be ideal. I think it is very > important for this document to be associated with an official professional > library organization if it is going to carry any weight or credibility with > rank-and-file librarians. > > Josh Welker > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Cindi Blyberg > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:44 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 > - > Templates and Nav) > > *puts on LITA hat* > > There are several ways that LITA/ALA could play a role here. > > Publications: > There is a series of books called LITA Guides. Great way to get the word > out widely, but a static format. > http://www.alastore.ala.org/SearchResult.aspx?KeyWords=lita > > There are also Library Technology Reports - a periodical. Still static, > but > published more regularly: > http://alatechsource.org/ltr/index > > There is also the LITA UX Interest Group. IGs are fluid, volunteer-run > (not > appointed), and can pretty much do what they want. Publish and update > something? Sure! Establish and run a virtual conference? Definitely! Have > meetings and programs at conferences? Yes! Caveat: must be a LITA member. > > Happy to provide more info if needed. > > -Cindi > of the many hats > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Joshua Welker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > I definitely agree that we should adhere to larger web standards and > > that we should actively discourage conventions that libraries have > > adopted over the years that have nothing to do with wider standards > > and best practices (e.g. > > tabbed search boxes, content in sidebar regions). In fact, much of our > > work would just be bringing together information from several > > standards into a common location and putting a "librarian" stamp of > > approval on it. > > > > Some topics I had in mind: > > > > -Accessibility standards: screen readers, color blindness, keyboard > > navigation, alt tags, etc. > > -Text: readable fonts, colors, text alignment -Page layout: navigation > > location, sidebars, headings and subheadings, search box designs, > > database pages, mobile friendliness -Best practices for specific > > library platforms: LibGuides, DSpace, etc. > > > > Some official name would be required, of course. I also think it would > > be great if we could write a draft, bring it to an official ALA group > > like LITA, and get them to adopt it after making their own tweaks. > > > > Josh Welker > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > > Of Michael Schofield > > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:01 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: > > LibGuides v2 > > - > > Templates and Nav) > > > > I am interested but I am a little hazy about what kind of standards > > you all are suggesting. I would warn against creating standards that > > conflict with any actual web standards, because I--and, I think, many > > others--would honestly recommend that the #libweb should aspire to and > > adhere more firmly to larger web standards and best practices that > > conflict with something that's more, ah, librarylike. Although that > > might not be what you folks have in mind at all : ). > > > > Michael S. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > > Of Brad Coffield > > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:30 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: > > LibGuides v2 > > - > > Templates and Nav) > > > > Josh, thanks for separating this topic out and starting this new > > thread. I don't know of any such library standards that exist on the > > web. I agree that this sounds like a great idea. As for this group or > > not... why not! > > It's 2014 and they don't exist yet and they would be incredibly useful > > for many libraries, if not all. Now all we need is a cool 'working > > group' title for ourselves and we're halfway done! Right??? > > > > But seriously, I'd love to help. > > > > Brad > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Brad Coffield, MLIS > > Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis > > University > > 814-472-3315 > > [log in to unmask] > > > -- Brad Coffield, MLIS Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis University 814-472-3315 [log in to unmask]