A Style Guide for the River Campus Libraries

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A Style Guide for the River Campus Libraries

• Michael Donovan
• River Campus Libraries

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Agenda

• What is a style guide?
• What are the resources for page editors?
• What are the responsibilities of the Digital
  Initiatives Unit and Page Editors?
• Questions?

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What is a Style Guide?

• A set of guidelines
• (i.e. all text is top aligned and left justified)

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What Does it Accomplish?

• Universal Design
• ADA Compliance
• Aesthetics
• Usability

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Sources for Guidelines

• Web Design and Usability Literature
• Sarah Hortons Web Style Guide
  (www.webstyleguide.com)
• WebAIM web accessibility standards SEC. 508.
  (http//www.webaim.org/standards/)
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) HTML
  accessibility standards (www.w3.org)
• Research Based Web Design and Usability
  Guidelines (www.usability.gov/guidelines)
• Experience Education

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Resources For Page Editors

• Staff Documentation
• Page Editors Updates Web Updates
• Page Editors Checklist
• Link Checker
• Digital Initiatives Unit

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Page Editors Checklist
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All Guidelines Fit Into Categories

• Universal Design
• ADA Compliance
• Aesthetics
• Usability

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Digital Initiatives Unit Responsibilities

• Create update the style guidelines
• Apply the style guidelines to top level pages
• Keep Page Editors up-to-date

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Page Editors Responsibilities

• Apply checklist to your pages
• Check links
• Give feedback on use of tools

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Questions?