{"id":20662,"date":"2020-09-15T21:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T01:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=20662"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:47","slug":"4-keys-to-a-dazzling-library-website-redesign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/15\/4-keys-to-a-dazzling-library-website-redesign\/","title":{"rendered":"4 keys to a dazzling library website redesign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/library_hompeage_screenshot-700x300.png\" alt=\"&quot; &quot;\" class=\"wp-image-20664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/library_hompeage_screenshot-700x300.png 700w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/library_hompeage_screenshot-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/library_hompeage_screenshot-200x86.png 200w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/library_hompeage_screenshot-768x329.png 768w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/library_hompeage_screenshot-665x285.png 665w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/library_hompeage_screenshot.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>(U-M Library)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the last two years, a project team of the U-M Library I.T. Division has been working on the redesign of the library&#8217;s primary website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lib.umich.edu\/\">lib.umich.edu<\/a>, which launched in July. It features new technology infrastructure, designs, and information architecture, as well as fully rewritten content.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The response to the new site has been overwhelmingly positive,&#8221; writes project lead <strong>Heidi Steiner Burkhardt<\/strong> in <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.umich.edu\/blogs\/library-tech-talk\/4-keys-dazzling-library-website-redesign\">a post describing the team&#8217;s process<\/a>. Burkhardt also identifies and discusses the most significant factors for their success:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Project team norms<\/li><li>Commitment to internal communication<\/li><li>Focus on content strategy and plain language<\/li><li>Needs-informed designs and development<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the last two years, a project team of the U-M Library I.T. Division has been working on the redesign of the library&#8217;s primary website at\u00a0lib.umich.edu, which launched in July. It features new technology infrastructure, designs, and information architecture, as well as fully rewritten content.\u00a0 &#8220;The response to the new site has been overwhelmingly positive,&#8221; writes project lead\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/15\/4-keys-to-a-dazzling-library-website-redesign\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[109,111],"class_list":["post-20662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","category-professional-development","tag-design","tag-web"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U-M-library-logo-400x400-1.png",600,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U-M-library-logo-400x400-1-200x133.png",200,133,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U-M-library-logo-400x400-1-300x200.png",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U-M-library-logo-400x400-1.png",600,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U-M-library-logo-400x400-1.png",600,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U-M-library-logo-400x400-1.png",600,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U-M-library-logo-400x400-1.png",600,400,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U-M-library-logo-400x400-1-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U-M-library-logo-400x400-1-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U-M-library-logo-400x400-1-600x300.png",600,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U-M-library-logo-400x400-1.png",600,400,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U-M-library-logo-400x400-1.png",375,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"For the last two years, a project team of the U-M Library I.T. 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