Website

Over the next several months, visitors to the Libraries’ website will notice new ways to offer feedback about the site. Through changing bi-weekly user experience studies, the Libraries will evaluate how individuals currently use the website. Results from these studies will help shape the design and layout of the Libraries' new website.

The Libraries redesigned and launched four new Web pages in late July to help improve navigation of the website. These new pages will help to surface content and more quickly direct users to the most helpful resources and information.

The Libraries' web presence underwent an accessibility audit in spring 2012 which reviewed 100 of the Libraries most popular pages and gauged accessibility for assistive technology users. Student intern, Cory Samaha, a blind computer programmer and web user, conducted the audit.

Samaha worked with the Libraries’ web developer, Katherine Lynch, for several months as an intern in web development and accessibility. He reviewed web pages individually, looking for potential problems that might make using the site difficult for screen readers and keyboard-only users.

On Monday, January 23rd, Cory Samaha started his internship in Web Development and Accessibility at Drexel University Libraries.