Making a management library website: a case of Vikram Sarabhai Library, IIM Ahmedabad

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1 Making a management library website: a case of Vikram Sarabhai Library, IIM Ahmedabad By Viral Navik Sr. Library Professional, Vikram Sarabhai Library, IIM Ahmedabad Bhavesh Patel IT Professional, Vikram Sarabhai Library, IIM Ahmedabad ETBL, 21 November, 2017

2 Why we need to analyse the library website? or thinking about redesigning the library website Library website is the first contact point for users. Is your library website, fulfilling the users needs? Is library has a user-centered design? Content management of library resources is proper? Library website is dynamic in terms of regular updates (News, events, resources etc.)? Your library website is interactive?

3 Why we need to analyse or redesign the library website? Your library website is device compatible and browser compatible? Does your library website supports the research and subjective needs of users? Does your library website has social media, RSS feed, augmented reality and virtual reality etc.

4 Introduction of Vikram Sarabhai Library website IIM Ahmedabad (Landing page)

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6 Vikram Sarabhai Library website is made in open source PHP (Hypertext Pre-processor) scripting language and MySQL Developed & maintained by library staff It is very user friendly and user interactive It is device compatible and mobile friendly One platform or one window access of LMS, IR, Discovery Search Engine, Subject guide and Social Media. Website Statistics through Google analytics

7 History and challenges of making Vikram Sarabhai library website During 2002 to 2004 V S Library website was in HTML Challenges - Not user interactive, Static, not proper navigation, Browser incompatible, Limited display content, need to write lots of codes

8 During 2004 to 2008 Library web site was in HTML Improvement from Previous website - Multiple HTML pages, improve navigation

9 During 2008 to 2014 Library website was in Joomla (CMS Content Management System) Improvement from Previous website - Dynamic content, easy to manage, improves in interlinking of web pages includes OPAC & IR Challenges - customization issues, security issue, plugin issues

10 During 2014 to 2017 Library website was made in PHP (Hypertext Pre-processor) & MySQL Improvement from Previous website - More dynamic content, easy to manage, improves in interlinking of web pages, Google analytics integration, Integration of Discovery, A-Z journals, and OPAC Challenges - Not responsive

11 Latest Website - February 2017 Improvement from Previous website - Responsive, user interactive, integration of subject guide, all in one search (IR, OPAC, Discovery, J-Gate, Database), social media widget, more features like testimonials, faculty publication and IR Videos Future enhancement - Real time library statistics integration, virtual map integration

12 How to make a great management library website User Requirements - One window search facility (Discovery, Databases, Journals, IR, OPAC) - ILL form, Remote Access login, New arrivals, - News Digest, Ask a librarian - Subject -

13 Research & subjective needs

14 Content Management

15 Social Media Integration (Facebook, Twitter) More SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Friendly Content is KING

16 Different views in various gadgets

17 Tools and technologies used for making a Vikram Sarabhai library website PHP (Open Source Scripting Language) My SQL ( database ) Responsive (Bootstrap technology) Use of.htaccess (URL rewrite rules) to making more user-friendly website. Google analytics for in-depth usage analysis purpose More SEO friendly content ( Title & meta data, URLs, etc)

18 Google analytics report of year 2016

19 Google analytics report of year 2017

20 Changes in statistics based on changes in technology up gradation Session Page view Average duration :08 3:03

21 Conclusion of this case Achieved the user requirements. Usage is increased (hits and session per users) Use of open source technology customized as per our need Increase ranking into various search engines ( Goolge.com, Ask.com, etc..) with good SEO (Search Engine Optimization) friendly strategy.

22 Thank You