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The new website looks great on all devices, with fewer pages and shorter, to-the-point content that is easier to find, thanks to the re-designed navigation.
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Our Website Design Process
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With an average of 97,000 hits a month, the Library’s website is the second most visited site on campus. In May 2014, the Library contracted with design firm Chapter Three to help guide us through the redesign process. The firm helped us ensure that our new site is compliant with the best practices of responsive design, and adheres to ADA guidelines for accessibility.
We recruited staff from various library departments and Campus Strategic Communications to review every page of the website. Our team surveyed UCR faculty, staff, and students about their experiences with the website, and determined which content should be reorganized, removed, or rewritten in order to better highlight the library’s services and features.
Then, the library’s User Experience Designer / Web Developer, along with other members of the Cyberinfrastructure Department, implemented this reconceptualized design and built it on the Drupal open source platform, which more than half of the top academic research libraries in North America have adopted.
We conducted internal testing, launched a beta version of the site for public comments, redesigned based on the feedback received, and officially launched the new website on June 15.
The site will continue to be tested and enhanced iteratively to best serve our users.
Please let us know what you think!
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The UCR Library serves the research and teaching needs of the campus, and serves Inland Southern California as the regional research library. Your gift makes a tremendous difference—through philanthropic support, you help the students, staff, and faculty at UCR make a positive impact on society.
UCR is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and gifts to UCR are tax deductible to the extent allowed by State and Federal law.
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