The below forwarded message may be of interest to you if you download books
from BARD. If we're lucky, we won't notice a difference with the new
website.
Miriam
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From: DB-Review@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:DB-Review@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of peter
altschul
Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2017 8:54 AM
To: DB-Review@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DB-Review] [leadership] FW: Operations Alert 17-45 (New NLS
website launch)
FYI. Peter
From: Marlin, Mike@CSL [mailto:Mike.Marlin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, July 7, 2017 3:27 PM
To: BUAC Rueda, Richard@BUAC
Subject: FW: Operations Alert 17-45 (New NLS website launch)
FYI
Please see notice below about new NLS web site.
Mike L. Marlin, Director
California Braille and Talking Book Library Sacramento, CA ALA Executive
Board Member
Email:
mike.marlin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mike.marlin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Phone: (916) 651-0812
Toll Free in CA: (800) 952-5666
From: NLS Documents for Network Librarians
[mailto:NLS-REPORTS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of nls-reports-admin
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2017 12:11 PM
To:
NLS-REPORTS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:NLS-REPORTS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Operations Alert 17-45 (New website launch)
NLS Operations Alert No. 17-45
DATE : July 7, 2017
TO : Network Libraries
FROM : David Pelizzari, Acting
Head, Publications and Media
SUBJECT : New website launch
The new NLS website is currently scheduled to go live at the longstanding
NLS URL of www.loc.gov/nls<http://www.loc.gov/nls>
this coming Sunday, July 9th. There will be no change to the URL for the
homepage. Your bookmarks to the longstanding NLS URL for the homepage will
still function correctly and take you to the new site. The longstanding URL
for BARD login will also remain exactly the same. No changes have been made
to BARD or the NLS catalog. The site has also undergone repeated
accessibility and screen reader testing here at NLS and out in the field.
Please be aware of the following issues and activities during the switchover
period of three days, from Sunday the 9th through Tuesday the 11th.
1. The old website-the one we're all familiar with-will continue to exist
through October (at least) and our patrons can continue to use it while they
gradually become familiar with the new site.
Its URL, however, will change: the old site will no longer be at
www.loc.gov/nls<http://www.loc.gov/nls>, but rather at
www.loc.gov/nlsold<http://www.loc.gov/nlsold>. There will be a prominent
link on the homepage of the new website-on the left-hand side, under the box
of "Quick Links"-so that patrons can jump back to the homepage of the old
website if they wish to.
If they are on the old site, there will be an equally prominent link so they
can jump to the new site.
2. On the new website, the "Search" field at the right top edge will be
optimized only once the switch of URLs is made on Sunday and Monday. For
that reason, it may be a couple days before it is fully functioning.
Patrons can use built-in navigation on the new site to find what they are
looking for during this brief period. We appreciate your patience during
the time required for the "Search" to become fully optimized for searching
the new site.
3. During the same three-day period, for the most visited areas of our
website, we will be embedding new internal URLs and redirected URLs so that
patrons can easily find what they are looking for. Again, we appreciate
your patience as this process is completed.
4. We will be grateful for your feedback about any issues you encounter, or
suggestions you can make. Please send them to
dpel@xxxxxxx<mailto:dpel@xxxxxxx> and mschw@xxxxxxx<mailto:mschw@xxxxxxx>.
We will log and prioritize those changes we cannot make immediately so that
we can iterate on them continuously in the weeks to come.
For more information contact:
David Pelizzari dpel@xxxxxxx<mailto:dpel@xxxxxxx Mark Schwartz
mschw@xxxxxxx<mailto:mschw@xxxxxxx
Publications and Media Section
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