Library hunter college update#
Update on Where we are in the process: What have we done? What is next? What are our challenges?ĥ. What will carry-over from the Main library's main page and what will be different and why.Ĥ. Branch Libraries: Come to a firm decision on how we want to approach the main page(s) of the branch libraries. should Archives (for example) want a newly designed page in the meantime before we launch the new site, do we do it? Why or why not?)ģ. Priorities: We need to talk about when/if I update existing pages, how much, etc. (As a direct result of a meeting today between Danielle, Stefan and Ilan.)Ģ. Web Responsibilities: Discuss who does what. The next web cmte mtg is tomorrow, Thursday, June 18 at 2pm in room 609.ġ. *****I WILL LET THE CMTE KNOW WHEN THE FRANK STEEN MEETING IS SCHEDULED AND I WILL EMAIL THE STYLE GUIDELINES AS WELL******** B ut, we need to make sure the information on this site is up to date for the fall, regardless if the new site is launched or not. I will assume this role after the web site is launched as well. I will also ask cmte members to help me with this on an as-needed basis. I will manage this and ask people to send their updates to me either on Word docs, emails, or paper, whatever works for them.
This will cut-down on the work after the site is ready in Drupal (which SK is working on presently). >I am also going to start asking people to update their content on the current site so that we can move our project forward. At this meeting we will ask them if they have a logo or will create one and if they have a style guide in mind. The following people have expressed interest in attending the meeting: PS, SLW, LY, LG, BL, SK, IZ. >I need to write a style guide and have it ready for the meeting with Frank Steen. The branches will have their own logos/photos for the masthead to distinguish them from the other Hunter Libraries pages. Branch Libraries: It was decided that the branch libraries were going to have the same look as our current home page. Danielle, Phil and Ilan to get together to write/organize content making it easier for alums/newly graduated/public know what their access and privileges are. We will also do the needed updating on an as-needed basis. I will also do the Ask Us Page with Meebo/QP Widget. Priorities: I will do the job pages for the fall. Contact Cohen Circulation at (212) 650-7155 or inquire at any library service desk for information regarding access and borrowing privileges.2. Access is also provided to affiliated members and Friends of the Library. The libraries provide services to individuals with disabilities. Members of the City College community have access to the libraries' physical and virtual collections, including circulation privileges and remote access. The CCNY Libraries Archives and Special Collections Division is committed to acquiring, preserving and providing access to records of enduring value that document the history of City College – the nation's first public institution of higher education – and its alumni, faculty and students throughout its history. This includes e-journal articles and e-book chapters. The Interlibrary Loan Office obtains materials not found in the wider CUNY Library system. Specialized research help can be found online and at our reference service desks (once we reopen). Our online databases and online journal collections, and the online research subject guides allow focused inquiry 24/7. The collections can be accessed through the libraries' catalog. As a federal depository since 1884, the libraries hold more than 230,000 government documents. The libraries own more than 1.6 million print volumes and provide access to more than 200,000 electronic books and 77,000 electronic journals. The libraries provide Information Literacy instruction across the curriculum, host instructional workshops, a calendar of events/exhibitions including cultural events. The libraries act as a crossroads of life on both campuses, offering a wide array of services to all members of the campus community, and providing leadership within the urban University in scholarship and research support, quality learning, enriched discourse and equity of access for diverse constituencies. The City College Downtown campus (Cunard Building, 25 Broadway) houses the Center for Worker Education Library. On the Harlem campus it comprises seven divisions across five buildings and the affiliated CUNY Dominican Studies Library. The City College Library System is the largest within CUNY.