Comments for Instructional Design Resources

Comment on Issuu - a great embeddable PDF viewer by sia

sia — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:48:10 +0000

Cool site, thanks for the tip. I’m guessing that it probably won’t take long before they get that hyperlinking covered.

Comment on Two weeks with Meebo in our catalog by The Shifted Librarian » Undeadening the Dead Ends

The Shifted Librarian » Undeadening the Dead Ends — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:16:19 +0000

[...] such as The University of Calgary, McMaster University, Topeka Shawnee County Public Library, and Baylor University have implemented MeeboMe widgets at the dead ends of their catalogs. I’m wondering if any [...]

Comment on CSS Drop-Down Menus by Stephen Ball

Stephen Ball — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:18:10 +0000

If you want truly awesome full CSS drop down menus, check out:
http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/

A few highlights:
http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/drop_definition.html
http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/opaque_dl.html
http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/drop_definition3.html
http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/variable_dl.html

Comment on Session C105 — Cool Tools for Library Webmasters by Internet Librarian 2007 » Library & Literary Miscellany

Internet Librarian 2007 » Library & Literary Miscellany — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:51:11 +0000

[...] nice summation of the Cool Tools slideshow has been provided by LawLib Tech and by Instructional Design Resources, but there’s nothing like viewing the original slides for yourself. Here’s the [...]

Comment on IL2007 - The New Rules of Web Design by ellenh

ellenh — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:13:37 +0000

Some of my notes:

Make what users do most often on your website the most easy and efficient thing to do or navigate to.

Stop thinking about “revolutionary” once every 5 years redesign, but think about “evolutionary” iterative small changes webdesign happening all the time.

Good stuff!

Comment on IL 2007 - Opening Keynote by Lib R. Arian

Lib R. Arian — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:04:43 +0000

Nice summary! Some interesting points.

Comment on We’re in UR conference, bloggin UR talkz by Lib R. Arian

Lib R. Arian — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:47:58 +0000

The lack of liveblogging is galling…my soul is being crushed by no liveblogging….tablet pcs hate livebloggers…

Comment on Museums Do it Better by Lib R. Arian

Lib R. Arian — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:05:37 +0000

Hey when’s this liveblogging show gonna start? I need to get the latest information from cutting edge librarians at INTERNET LIBRARIAN. For real.

Comment on Website eyecandy by KimV

KimV — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:48:19 +0000

Ooh, this is a nice site! I use Design Meltdown (www.designmeltdown.com/) a fair bit. That’s probably my favorite site for inspiration.

Comment on Beautifully designed library websites, part 2 by kimv

kimv — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:43:17 +0000

I’m also a big fan of Northwestern’s site. Its just so retro, but clean and simple too. http://www.library.northwestern.edu/