As the semester is soon coming to an end I am starting to feel a bit overwhelmed. Deadlines are coming up and I am feeling the crunch! I try and try to manage my time as best as I can and it just seems like I am constantly stressed for time.
Currently I am helping to update the website for my job. I work for IU Northwest Library. I had a bunch of ideas but after talking to the IT folks I learned that those ideas are on hold for a bit. They are going to change the CSS so even if I did make some changes, I would end up having to change it to what is supposed to be “consistency” for the campus. It was a bit of a downer for me because I looked forward to trying out new things to make our site interesting. So for now I just get to reword things and make some other changes here and there to make the site flow a little better. BUMMER!
I really wanted to use the things I have learned over the semester to help bring the library up to par technologically. I mean we are in the business of providing information and our own website is not even up to date? It is frustrating but I understand why some things have to be put on hold. In the meantime I can practice and see if the library will be willing to use my ideas after the style sheets are given to the library.
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While I feel your frustration at having to wait to update the site, I am sure it must be a relief that the IT folks did let you know that they are going to change the CSS...I can only imagine how frustrating it would have been if you had already made the changes and then had to change it again for "consistency".
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting that there is a push to update the website where you work, updating websites has been a big thing here at the IUPUI library lately also, our archives department just recently launched a very nice new updated site, complete with chat.
Hopefully your updates will not have to be put on hold for very long!
I can sympathize. Oftentimes it is the website that gets overlooked until someone notices how wildly outdated it is. Plus, with all the constant changes in the libraries, updating the website can be a bit time-consuming, I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteLuckily, you didn't go ahead and implement your awesome changes only to have to change them again! Hopefully your ideas can be applied just as soon as the IT people are ready for them.
Yeah I wouldn't have been happy doing the changes and then watch them get wiped out!
ReplyDeleteWe are hoping to be able to get more up to date like IUPUI and other libraries are. I hope I get to help with it. I would love to see how the changes are made from that view!
I am so with you! I used to manage all of the sites for student affairs at IU South Bend. It was especially difficult with athletics because they always had so so many great ideas for things to do with all of the pictures and events that they had going on. My advice-E-mail your ideas to yourself and keep them in a folder named ideas. You could even subdivide that folder for different sections/topics. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteHang in there, Raquel. I'm sure you'll get your chance. You may even be able to use some of the next generation catalog features and products we just learned about.
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