Radical Reference Website Upgrading and Updating
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. What do you use the Rad Ref site for? Choose all that apply:
What do you use the Rad Ref site for? Choose all that apply:
Asking questions
Answering questions
Getting user guidelines
Consulting the Reference Shelf
Reading blog posts
Other (please specify)
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. What are the barriers to answering questions and creating other content such as blog posts? Choose all that apply:
What are the barriers to answering questions and creating other content such as blog posts? Choose all that apply:
Don't have/can't remember username and/or password
Nervous about answering questions alone
Lack of clear content guidelines
Lack of clear technical guidelines
Don't know Drupal
Don't know HTML
Other (please specify)
3
. What should be on the homepage, visible to logged-in volunteers? Choose all that apply:
What should be on the homepage, visible to logged-in volunteers? Choose all that apply:
"About Us" navigation link
"Ask a Question" navigation link
"Press Room" navigation link
"Reference Shelf" navigation link
"Volunteer" navigation link
"Wiki" navigation link
"Donate" submenu
"Local Collectives" submenu
"Rad Reffies' Blogs" submenu
"My Account" block
"Recent blog posts" block
"Who's online" block
"Rad Reffies' blogs" block
"Submit a reference question" link
Questions
Answers
Blog posts
"Answered Questions" block
"Unanswered Questions" block
Tag cloud
4
. What should be on the homepage, visible to patrons and visitors (not logged in)? Choose all that apply:
What should be on the homepage, visible to patrons and visitors (not logged in)? Choose all that apply:
"About Us" navigation link
"Ask a Question" navigation link
"Press Room" navigation link
"Reference Shelf" navigation link
"Volunteer" navigation link
"Wiki" navigation link
"Donate" submenu
"Local Collectives" submenu
"Rad Reffies' Blogs" submenu
"My Account" block
"Recent blog posts" block
"Who's online" block
"Rad Reffies' blogs" block
"Submit a reference question" link
Questions
Answers
Blog posts
"Answered Questions" block
"Unanswered Questions" block
Tag cloud
5
. What elements can we remove from the front page altogether for all viewers? Choose all that apply:
What elements can we remove from the front page altogether for all viewers? Choose all that apply:
"About Us" navigation link
"Ask a Question" navigation link
"Press Room" navigation link
"Reference Shelf" navigation link
"Volunteer" navigation link
"Wiki" navigation link
"Donate" submenu
"Local Collectives" submenu
"Rad Reffies' Blogs" submenu
"My Account" block
"Recent blog posts" block
"Who's online" block
"Rad Reffies' blogs" block
"Submit a reference question" link
Questions
Answers
Blog posts
"Answered Questions" block
"Unanswered Questions" block
Tag cloud
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. How could the repository of questions be made more accessible to visitors? Choose all that apply:
How could the repository of questions be made more accessible to visitors? Choose all that apply:
Use a controlled vocabulary to assign subjects to each question
Create a few broad topic headings (e.g. Social Sciences, Literature, U.S. Politics, etc.) and assign each question to one
Display questions differently, other than in a list
Other (please specify)
7
. What do you like/dislike about the site's design? Choose all that apply:
What do you like/dislike about the site's design? Choose all that apply:
Colors
Logo
Three-column design
What is in each column (please explain)
Navigation links (please explain)
Blocks (please explain)
What goes in the center column [currently it's all content -- questions, answers, blog posts, meeting announcements and minutes, resource shelf entries, etc.] (please explain)
Explanation(s) of answer(s) above and/or additional comments:
8
. What other library or social networking sites and tools do you use? Choose all that apply:
What other library or social networking sites and tools do you use? Choose all that apply:
ALA Connect
Facebook
Discussion lists
FriendFeed
Flickr
LinkedIn
LiveJournal
Meebo chat rooms
MetaFilter
MySpace
Personal blog
Tumblr
Twitter
Other (please specify)
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. If you checked off anything in Question 8, please explain any lessons you think Rad Ref can take from the way those sites operate and/or are designed.
If you checked off anything in Question 8, please explain any lessons you think Rad Ref can take from the way those sites operate and/or are designed.
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. Is there anything else you'd be willing to share with us? If so, please do!
Is there anything else you'd be willing to share with us? If so, please do!
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