{"id":171,"date":"2008-02-27T05:33:37","date_gmt":"2008-02-27T03:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visuaheli.com\/blog\/?p=171"},"modified":"2016-09-13T16:38:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T14:38:39","slug":"bnf-information-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.visuaheli.com\/blog\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"BnF information architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visuaheli.com\/blog\/?p=171\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-172\" style=\"border: 0;\" title=\"title5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visuaheli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/title5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"153\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For <a title=\"website Kahn + Associates\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kahnplus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kahn + Associates (Paris, France)<\/a> we were asked by the <a title=\"website BnF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bnf.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\">BnF <\/a>(La Biblioth\u00e8que Nationale de France) to analyse the world&#8217;s four largest national Libraries websites. Upon the outcome, we proposed structural improvements on the BnF&#8217;s own website.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Our approach<\/h3>\n<p>The main focus of the analysis was strategic. Web-accessible database software and content management systems make these large sites possible. What are national libraries communicating on their website? Why are they doing it? What are they preparing to do next? We looked closely at the kinds of information available on each web site, the intended audience for this information, and the relationships between serving the audience that visits the physical library and the remote audience that uses information on the website.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"lightview\" title=\"::The final table, Overview of Four National Library Websites, contains a comprehensive list of resources, distingushing online catalogs with bibliographic content from those with digital content, locating diverse features such as digital pedagogical collections and website archives on each site.::\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visuaheli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/table.gif\" rel=\"gallery[bnf]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-173\" style=\"border: 0;\" title=\"table\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visuaheli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/table-600x392.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.visuaheli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/table-600x392.gif 600w, http:\/\/www.visuaheli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/table.gif 1002w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Elements of the process<\/h3>\n<p>We gathered information about all the digital collections and services available on the current websites of the four libraries. This information was categorized and presented in tablular form to further analysis and discussions with the client. The table facilitates comparison of similar resources across the four sites.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content_small\"><a class=\"lightview\" title=\"::A set of maps were created, showing the structure and content of each of the four library websites. To do this, we customized the visual language used in previous isometric maps, developing new symbols that could apply to all four sites.::\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visuaheli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/bl-res-map.jpg\" rel=\"gallery[bnf]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-174\" style=\"border: 0;\" title=\"bl-res-map\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visuaheli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/bl-res-map-97x97.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"97\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"lightview\" title=\"::A history of the Home Pages for each library was gathered and analyzed. The graphical and logical evolution of the Home Pages were presented in a series of images, illustrating the way each institution has modified its discourse over the past three years.::\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visuaheli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/bl_changes.jpg\" rel=\"gallery[bnf]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-176\" style=\"border: 0;\" title=\"bl_changes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visuaheli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/bl_changes-97x97.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"97\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"lightview\" title=\"::Vizualizing link structures within the BnF website clearly showed missing connections to important related services and information.::\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visuaheli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/page-31.jpg\" rel=\"gallery[bnf]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-177\" style=\"border: 0;\" title=\"page-31\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visuaheli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/page-31-97x97.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"97\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"lightview\" title=\"::We conducted interviews with major stakeholders from each of the library's divisions, to gather and organize their goals for the website, as well as the vision they had of the audience they serve. In the process we developed a new consensus among the divisions about the types of audience and the needs to be served.::\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visuaheli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/slides.gif\" rel=\"gallery[bnf]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-178\" style=\"border: 0;\" title=\"slides\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visuaheli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/slides-97x97.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"97\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"lightview\" title=\"::A series of wire frame models for the Home Page were produced, demonstrating how the page could be divided into zones that address the needs of each audience. ::\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visuaheli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/bnf_postit.jpg\" rel=\"gallery[bnf]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-179\" style=\"border: 0;\" title=\"bnf_postit\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visuaheli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/bnf_postit-97x97.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"97\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"lightview\" title=\"::After discussions, the wire frames were populated with real content, to demonstrate how the system could be used to present current activities at the library.::\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visuaheli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/wireframes.gif\" rel=\"gallery[bnf]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-180\" style=\"border: 0;\" title=\"wireframes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visuaheli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/wireframes-97x97.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"97\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Kahn + Associates (Paris, France) we were asked by the BnF (La Biblioth\u00e8que Nationale de France) to analyse the world&#8217;s four largest national Libraries websites. 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