This week, we were tasked with finding good examples of library websites. I found two great websites, both hosted through Weebly.com.
http://firstcoloniallibrary.weebly.com/ The website of First Colonial High School Media Center in Virginia Beach has a lot to offer. I was immediately attracted to its' clean, uncluttered look, and 3D, wood-grain background. The home page is largely dedicated to promoting books. It has several sections, including "coming soon in the movies", "hot new titles", and "trending titles and authors". Each features rotating book covers very effectively. One of the drop down menu titles is technology tips. It provides an extensive listing of presentation tools with links, and some have pdf direction files available too.
http://www.chhsmediacenter.com/ Collins Hill High School Media Center, located in Georgia, is another great high school library website. The home page is filled with staff and student book favorites, along with attractive book covers and descriptions. One of the menu titles, tech tools, has a ton of humorous, creative photos of students, staff and student groups caught in the act of reading, with the text, "read" overlaying the photos. Students are reading on the sports field, while doing handstands, etc.
This site even provided a link to a slidedoc that they put together on making a Weebly website. http://www.slideshare.net/hfrilot/easy-website-creation-with-weebly. Hopefully it's as easy as they make it sound. I'm heading in that direction now!
I love the coming soon to the movies. I wonder where the librarian found out that information? That would be very cool for students and might excite them to read books they might otherwise overlook.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I would like to know where to find that information.
DeleteTwo great sites! For the First Colonial site, I also love the coming soon to the movies! I love that the pictures of the book covers constantly rotate. The Collins Hill site is great! The website is so easy to navigate and I love that there were student picks and staff picks.
ReplyDeleteI really loved that both sites featured so many reading choices.
DeleteI used First Colonial as one of my website examples as well! I did my observation at the library there last semester and I helped with updating the website a little bit and immediately thought of it for this assignment. I think they have done a great job with it!
ReplyDeleteI agree, Erin. That's so cool that you were a part of making this website shine!
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