Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Reader's Advisor Online Blog

www.readersadvisoronline.com

Target Audience
This blog targets professional librarians and support staff that provide reader's advisory.

Usefulness of Content
Articles are written by experts in the library field and cover a broad range of topics from popular nonfiction genres like micro-history to the relevance and usefulness of litblogs. Updated on a monthly basis, the reader can find brief book reviews and stay abreast of selections soon to be released.

Consistency of Design
The site's layout is consistent throughout almost to the point of being a bit boring. The articles take up the majority of the screen leaving room on the right for listing current fiction/nonfiction best sellers, books to keep your eye on, new this week, categories, and finally their favorite blogs. Colors and fonts remain consistent throughout.

Ease of Navigation
The navigation is a bit clunky. One page rolls into the next, with no links to help navigate back to the top or to a previous article. There is no table of contents or links to articles. Much scrolling is involved. If you access a link, you must use the back arrow to get back to where you were.


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