100 Cheat Sheets

The Cheat Sheet Cheat Sheet: Everthing from HTML and CSS to MySQL and Perl to Blogger and WordPress to general web technology. Definitely worth a look.
[from TechEssence.info]

HTML 5?

The first draft of HTML version 5 is now available.  This is a working draft and is probably a long way from true implementation.  However, it does give us an idea of where HTML is headed.  There is also a document which defines the differences between versions 4 and 5.  It is an excellent document [...]

ProQuest Widgets

Jenny Levine at The Shifted Librarian has highlighted a new service from ProQuest — ProQuest Widgets — the ability to easily create a search box on your web site that will search all or some of the ProQuest databases.  You could have a search box for just the business databases or just popular literature or [...]

Best Web Sites on Capitol Hill

For the second year, the Congressional Management Foundation has reported on the web sites created by members of Congress and their staff.  Called the 2007 Gold Mouse Report, the report itself is well written, with insights into what makes a good congressional website, e.g., easy to use and navigate, Section 508 compliance, information on how [...]

Top Public Library Websites

During December 2007, the subscribers of Web4Lib and PubLib were asked for a list of their top public library websites.  The list has been completed and is now posted to the web.  See what you think about the list.  Sorry — no Texas libraries made it.
[from Web4Lib]

Usability Book from LITA

Neal Schuman has published a LITA guide called Making Library Websites Usable:
If your library’s website is not as user-friendly as it could or should be, you need this book. A LITA guide, it is the most authoritative, current reference on usability testing for libraries. It gives you practical advice in clear, non-technical prose, plus success [...]

Feedback on New ALA Website Design

Here’s your chance to provide feedback on the new American Library Association website design.  They’ll take you through about ten screenshots of the new design and then ask you to fill out a survey.  It should take between 10-15 minutes.
If you have time, be sure to check it out!
[from LITA Blog]

Making Library Web Sites Usable

A new LITA guide will be available in early February:
Lehman, Tom and Terry Nikkel. Making Library Web Sites Usable. Neal Schuman, 2008. ISBN 978-1-55570-620-3. 208 pp. $65.
From the LITA Blog:
With clear, non-technical language, Making Library Web Sites Usable breaks down what usability assessments are, why they are important for libraries, why libraries [...]

Cascading Style Sheets Snapshot 2007

I teach Cascading Style Sheets, so as a result, I try to keep up with the specification. Versions 1 and 2 were relatively easy to incorporate. However, with the next version(s), the World Wide Web Consortium has decided to break the specification into pieces, or modules — the Cascading Style Sheets Snapshot 2007. [...]

Finding Old Web Pages

Greg Notess has updated his guide to Finding Old Web Pages.  I wish I had known about this list before.  I am constantly looking for changes in the design of specific web pages and this might have made it easier.  Notess provides the name and link to the service, how to use it, and notes [...]