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New Jersey
• Visual appeal- bar on top, trapezoid with headings, site search box, BIG margins
• Link in text plus purple blob link
• A lot information well conveyed
• News feed is dynamic– 10 newspaper stories rotate through
• Logos for catalog, Center for Book, Find Library, across bottom
New Jersey
• Good use of white space and margins
• Second level for sidebar with links
• Third level for docs (statistics, e.g.), hover menus from sidebar visible from the second level
North Carolina
North Carolina
• Wide margins
• Slide show center, six pictures and message (connect, collect, empower, etc.)
• 2 sentence mission
• Link for state librarian welcome
• Service list, left; news on right
• Logos for links at bottom
NC, second level
• Page shows link for Services to libraries
• Links on left, Services by division
Third level, Library Devt
• Links for information, files, docs
• Related links for every page on left
• Looks like heavy duty programming challenge
Illinois
Illinois CyberDriveIllinois
• Secretary of State/State Librarian site
• Big blue margins all around
• Left column is static picture and info
• Center for who, what we have, what we do, what’s new
• Search box, center bottom
• Right column for calendar, enews, other
Illinois Library Development
• Illinois big WebJunction presence
• Keeps information for librarians off the state portal
Georgia Public Lib Service
Georgia Public Libraries
• Very text oriented
• Nice tabs on left for Public, Kids, Libraries, Trustees
• Much narrower focus than most State Library websites
Vermont
Vermont
• Banner with book
• Text driven, goes to all edges of page
• News on right
• Long mission
• Search box in upper right is good
• No dynamic elements
• Need to scroll down to see full page
Tab for general users
• Vermont.gov information
• Vermont Library directory?
• Databases (on left in column)
• No marketing of VT libraries
• All sites taken from favorite webpages on http://vtdolweb.wetpaint.com/
• All viewed June 29, 2009