The South Carolina State Library is pleased to announce the launch of its newly redesigned website statelibrary.sc.gov. The new site has an easy-to-navigate menu bar and provides keyword searching of its website pages.
The website is designed to reach our core audiences with pages intended to better facilitate access to the information these groups need. Users of the site can sign up for a library card, search library collections, sign up for email alerts or even ask reference questions. The library also offers events such as book talks and signings and specialized library and teacher training which can be found under the events link. The site is optimized for access via personal computer, tablet, and smartphone.
The new website also integrates LibGuides into its overall design. LibGuides is an easy to use content management system (CMS) used by many thousands of libraries worldwide. Librarians use it to curate knowledge and share information by creating online guides on multiple topics or subjects. Recently, Springshare (parent company of LibGuides) featured the South Carolina State Library’s implementation of LibGuides version 2. According to Rob Lindsey, State Library User Experience Designer, we “have been very pleased with version 2. Because of LibGuides’ flexibility with content types and user access controls and the diverse content needs of our staff at the SC State Library, our content strategy uses LibGuides essentially as a CMS backend for all of the specialized content we produce.”
Lindsey has also launched a new website for the library’s Talking Book Services (sctalkingbooks.org) and is migrating additional State Library-sponsored program websites to this new format.
